Coursera

Training and Learning Online (Coursera)

Offered by University of Leeds,
Training and Learning Online (Coursera)

Have you considered completing online training programmes and courses? Or perhaps you have to work online for your studies and you are not sure how to do it? Learning online is very different from face-to-face learning, as it often involves independent study and a different set of skills. On this course, you will develop effective online learning strategies that work for you, whether you are learning for work, leisure or for your studies, so that you can make the most of it.

Class Deals by MOOC List - Click here and see Coursera's Active Discounts, Deals, and Promo Codes.

  • You will discover how to learn from different media, and acquire practical skills like note-taking and how to reflect on your learning so that you can draw meaningful conclusions.
  • You will learn how to communicate online so that you can contribute to online learning discussions.
  • You will find out about online collaboration tools and practice the skills you need to be able to manage productive collaborative work online.
  • The course also explores best practice for conducting online research, using online research tools and evaluating online information.

By the end of the course, you will have learnt essential study techniques and skills. These will help you to learn effectively online, as part of developing your knowledge, skills, training or continuing professional development.
What You Will Learn

  • Develop effective online learning strategies that work for you, and produce useful and reflective notes.
  • Contribute meaningfully to online learning discussions.
  • Develop the skills to lead productive collaborative work online.
  • Explore research tools and approaches to find and evaluate online information.

Syllabus

WEEK 1
Being an effective online learner
In this first week, you will develop the skills you need to learn online successfully. You will explore techniques and strategies for reading, note-taking and reflecting that will help you get the most from learning online. You will consider the importance of reflection and examine how you can do this effectively to consolidate your learning.

WEEK 2
Communicating and collaborating online
In the second week, you will explore the benefits of working online and how to get the most from your online communications. You will also look at different ways of working with people online, and develop strategies for meaningful and productive online collaboration.

WEEK 3
Researching online
In this final week, you will develop your online research skills by exploring how to investigate a topic and effectively use search engines. You will also consider what it means to be a critical thinker and how this can help you succeed at work.

Go to Class
MOOC List is learner-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Related Courses

International Travel Preparation, Safety, & Wellness (Coursera) Coursera
Johns Hopkins University

International Travel Preparation, Safety, & Wellness (Coursera)

Personal and Professional Development

Whether you've traveled before or not, living and working overseas can be challenging. Learn how best to prepare and make the most of your time internationally. This course will prepare you to work and live overseas. It explores the epidemiology of common morbidity and mortality among travelers and examines key prevention, safety, and travel medicine principles and services to contextualize risks and maintain wellness.

Jun 22nd 2026
4 Weeks
Ethics Personal Development Safety
Details
Autoliderazgo y gestión de emociones para avanzar en desafíos complejos (Coursera) Coursera
Universidad de los Andes

Autoliderazgo y gestión de emociones para avanzar en desafíos complejos (Coursera)

Personal and Professional Development

"Autoliderazgo y Gestión de Emociones para Avanzar en Desafíos Complejos" es un curso práctico, enfocado en tu primer círculo de influencia: tú mismo. El curso te invitará a conectarte con tus propósitos e identificar la forma en la que tus creencias, miedos y hambres con frecuencia dificultan el logro de tus propósitos y tu avance en desafíos de liderazgo. El curso te va a permitir identificar, y si lo decides, trabajar temas personales que te ayudarán a ser más efectivo y a acercarte más a vivir tu vida como quieres vivirla.

Jun 23rd 2026
4 Weeks
Personal Development Leadership Emotions
Details
Economics: Society, Markets, and [In]equality (Coursera) Coursera
Parsons School of Design, The New School

Economics: Society, Markets, and [In]equality (Coursera)

Economics & Finance

Thinking critically about today's economy can help you understand the world around you. Economics: Society, Markets, and [In]equality will pique your curiosity and inspire you to learn more about the power dynamics that determine how people and resources are valued, how goods move around the world, and how we manage our planet and the future.

Jun 27th 2026
5-12 Weeks
Markets Economics Globalization
Details
Study Skills for University Success (Coursera) Coursera
University of California, Irvine

Study Skills for University Success (Coursera)

Languages & Literature

In this course, you’ll learn about many important skills to support your study, including time management, discovering your own learning styles, and reading more effectively and increasing your vocabulary. You’ll hear some guidelines for studying effectively in online or remote classes, which are becoming more and more popular in university-level education. You’ll also improve your skills in listening to lectures and taking good notes to help you as you study for tests.

Jun 22nd 2026
4 Weeks
Learning University Study Skills
Details
Positive Psychology Specialization Project: Design Your Life for Well-hebeing (Coursera) Coursera
University of Pennsylvania

Positive Psychology Specialization Project: Design Your Life for Well-hebeing (Coursera)

Health & Society

You are encouraged to take the first four courses of the Foundations of Positive Psychology Specialization before starting this course and completing the Specialization Project. This course, taught by Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman brings all the key concepts from the first four courses to practice as you develop and test a new positive intervention for an audience of your choice.

Jun 22nd 2026
4 Weeks
Health Psychology Personal Development
Details
Think Again III: How to Reason Inductively (Coursera) Coursera
Duke University

Think Again III: How to Reason Inductively (Coursera)

Personal and Professional Development

Want to solve a murder mystery? What caused your computer to fail? Who can you trust in your everyday life? In this course, you will learn how to analyze and assess five common forms of inductive arguments: generalizations from samples, applications of generalizations, inference to the best explanation, arguments from analogy, and causal reasoning. The course closes by showing how you can use probability to help make decisions of all sorts.

Jun 22nd 2026
4 Weeks
Probability Personal Development Reason
Details
Introduction to Personal Branding (Coursera) Coursera
University of Virginia

Introduction to Personal Branding (Coursera)

Personal and Professional Development

Though the concept of personal branding isn't new, questions remain about how to create one and, more importantly, what it means to maintain and inhabit that brand. Learners will: understand both what personal branding means and what it means to inhabit their brand o Establish themselves on at least three social media platforms; create a mission statement for their personal brand; build a board of directors for their brand o Become familiar with the basics of digital security and reputation management; create a system for on-going brand maintenance.

Jun 22nd 2026
5-12 Weeks
Management Personal Development Social Media
Details
Meaningful Predictive Modeling (Coursera) Coursera
University of California, San Diego

Meaningful Predictive Modeling (Coursera)

Statistics & Data Analysis Data Science

This course will help us to evaluate and compare the models we have developed in previous courses. So far we have developed techniques for regression and classification, but how low should the error of a classifier be (for example) before we decide that the classifier is "good enough"? Or how do we decide which of two regression algorithms is better?

Jun 22nd 2026
4 Weeks
Testing Training Predictive Modeling
Details
Alternative Mobility Narratives (Coursera) Coursera
University of Amsterdam,EIT Urban Mobility

Alternative Mobility Narratives (Coursera)

Social Sciences

Ready to imagine a radically different mobility future? This course is about the stories that we tell ourselves about why and how we move. By critically examining our current narratives, we help you think about mobility in a new way. Using systems dynamics modelling, we explore how a mobility innovation (of your choice) impacts our mobility system as a whole, for better or for worse. This course will invite you to reflect on our mainstream mobility narrative built on engineering and economics. But warning: you may end up never looking at mobility in the same way again!

Jun 22nd 2026
5-12 Weeks
Critical Thinking Interaction Mobility
Details
Effective Problem-Solving and Decision-Making (Coursera) Coursera
University of California, Irvine

Effective Problem-Solving and Decision-Making (Coursera)

Business

Critical thinking – the application of scientific methods and logical reasoning to problems and decisions – is the foundation of effective problem solving and decision making. Critical thinking enables us to avoid common obstacles, test our beliefs and assumptions, and correct distortions in our thought processes. Gain confidence in assessing problems accurately, evaluating alternative solutions, and anticipating likely risks. Learn how to use analysis, synthesis, and positive inquiry to address individual and organizational problems and develop the critical thinking skills needed in today’s turbulent times. Using case studies and situations encountered by class members, explore successful models and proven methods that are readily transferable on-the-job.

Jun 22nd 2026
4 Weeks
Data Analysis Decision Making Critical Thinking
Details