How to Learn Online

‘How to Learn Online’ (HTLO) is a course that gains needed significance to be studied along these times of uncertainty that poses a considerable amount of challenges for traditionally pursuing education. Previously, online learning was dealt only as an alternative to traditional learning that becomes a new necessity. The course benefits the learner in terms of rendering information holistically about the history and emergence of online learning as an effective process for both the development and delivery of learning contents in either a synchronous or asynchronous manner. The learning contents of the course are developed based on the application of the VARK technique. VARK stands as the acronym for visual, auditory, reading/writing, and finally kinaesthetic. The incorporation of the learning techniques is made for making the contents interactive in nature. The ‘Visual’ aspect is addressed based on the application of pictures, smart arts, and graphs along with written content. The ‘Auditory’ aspect is addressed based on the incorporation of videos put forward by the course instructor in alignment with the different sessions of the course. The visual and auditory aspects are also addressed in terms of incorporating video materials containing links to different videos in alignment with the different sessions.
Likewise, the ‘Reading’ aspect is addressed based on the incorporation of study materials associated to the different sessions. The final session, ‘Open Assessment and Evaluation’ encourage the participants for the writing of answers to open questions which will be evaluated based on model answers generated for the corresponding questions. Finally, the aspect of ‘Kinaesthetic’ is addressed based on the designing of brainteasers along with the contents for the respective sessions. The application of brainteasers amid the contents happens to reduce the morbidity of the study and rather makes it more engaging and interesting. The employment of the above aspects contributes to enhancing the quality of the course content while at the same time increases its understanding among the masses.
‘How to Learn Online’ (HTLO) is a course that gains needed significance to be studied along these times of uncertainty that poses a considerable amount of challenges for traditionally pursuing education. Previously, online learning was dealt only as an alternative to traditional learning that becomes a new necessity. The course benefits the learner in terms of rendering information holistically about the history and emergence of online learning as an effective process for both the development and delivery of learning contents in either a synchronous or asynchronous manner. The learning contents of the course are developed based on the application of the VARK technique. VARK stands as the acronym for visual, auditory, reading/writing, and finally kinaesthetic. The incorporation of the learning techniques is made for making the contents interactive in nature. The ‘Visual’ aspect is addressed based on the application of pictures, smart arts, and graphs along with written content. The ‘Auditory’ aspect is addressed based on the incorporation of videos put forward by the course instructor in alignment with the different sessions of the course. The visual and auditory aspects are also addressed in terms of incorporating video materials containing links to different videos in alignment with the different sessions.
Likewise, the ‘Reading’ aspect is addressed based on the incorporation of study materials associated to the different sessions. The final session, ‘Open Assessment and Evaluation’ encourage the participants for the writing of answers to open questions which will be evaluated based on model answers generated for the corresponding questions. Finally, the aspect of ‘Kinaesthetic’ is addressed based on the designing of brainteasers along with the contents for the respective sessions. The application of brainteasers amid the contents happens to reduce the morbidity of the study and rather makes it more engaging and interesting. The employment of the above aspects contributes to enhancing the quality of the course content while at the same time increases its understanding among the masses.

Who will benefit from this Course?




How will you benefit from this Course?
After completing the How To Learn Online course, you will be able to:
- Develop Self-Learning practices in a virtual setting
- Discover various differences between the concepts of Online Learning, e-Learning, Virtual Learning and Distance Learning programs
- Get acquainted with different procedures for carrying out of Online Learning
- Learn about the concept and significance of Self-Care and its role in Online Learning
- Gain knowledge on how to apply technology while encountering glitches that affect the process of Online Learning
Where can you see yourself after this Course?

Completion of the course will help you in guiding students to carry out learning in a virtual environment, based on the infrastructures required, time management techniques, learning & assessment strategies etc.

Completion of the course will help you in gaining competencies in both developing and disseminating quality research materials, ideas & policies associated with online learning, and designing regulations for online learning and assessments.

Completion of the course will help you in gaining the needed knowledge in cultivating quality educational technology or Ed-Tech tools, and expertise in the development of online learning applications pertaining to different educational levels.

Completion of the course will help you in gaining an in-depth understanding of the infrastructural elements, key aspects, and processes for developing online course materials and corresponding assessments.

Completion of the course will help you in gaining an in-depth understanding of developing of online course materials, eyeing new learning opportunities, and in planning of quality academic support systems for meeting of emerging learning needs.

Completion of the course will help you in gaining understanding the learning needs of the online student communities, thereby enhancing your Faculty Developer for developing online courses to prospective students.
The Faculty Corner
Dr. Sabyasachi Dasgupta, an MBA from Calcutta University, a Doctorate from MICA, MDHEA from Symbiosis, Pune and a teacher by profession, has commanded prominent positions in several corporate and academic giants for more than 12 years. He has taught at the Florida State University and has also been a visiting researcher in the University. Dr. Dasgupta, apart from presenting research papers in national and international conferences, also has a number of publications including Scopus/ABDC/UGC Care, edited books, number of cases and book chapters under his belt. He is also a scientific committee member of TIIKM, Colombo, and a reviewer in Journal of Brand Management, Journal of Creative Communication and journals published by American Marketing Association.
What do you need to have to study this Course?
To study the course, HTLO you need to have:
- Basic computer skills
- Get acquainted with different procedures for carrying out of Online Learning
- Enthusiasm for gaining knowledge about different techniques, methodologies, strategies, and practices for carrying out Online Learning
- Interest in understanding the role played by infrastructural and community aspects in carrying out of Online Learning.
Course Content
- The session provides knowledge about the emergence and history of online learning
- The session helps in understanding internet technology integration with the educational system for fulfilment of the learning objectives
- Incorporation of a ‘Get a Spot-Call’ question is carried out for encouraging active responses from the audience.
- Brainteasers are included for helping in quizzing the understanding of the reader.
- The session benefits the students in terms of helping them gain knowledge about the emergence and growth of online learning practices.
- The session also benefits by introducing to the reader the different concepts of online learning and in providing an understanding of the growing significance of it
- The session benefits in understanding the manner in which the integration of internet technology in the realms of education contribute in enhancing the existing skill base and competencies.
- Application of brainteasers help in increasing the interest of the reader in understanding the concepts discussed.
- The sessions draws an effective comparison of online learning with e-learning, virtual learning and distance learning programs
- The session focuses on the concept of blended learning
- The session also highlights the procedures for conducting of online learning.
- Brainteasers are incorporated in the session for enhancing interest.
- Incorporation of a ‘Take a Poll’ Question is made for encouraging greater interactivity among learners.
- The session benefits in terms of rendering needed clarity to the understanding of the comparisons between online learning, e-learning, virtual learning and distance learning.
- It also benefits the reader in understanding the manner of development of blended learning programs.
- Use of a Venn diagram is also used for understanding the realms of matching of online learning with e-learning, virtual learning, distance learning and blended learning.
- The session also benefits in terms of understanding the manner in which the procedural aspects of online learning can be enhanced for gaining needed effectiveness.
- The application of brainteasers contribute in better understanding of the discussion carried out and does not make learning mundane in nature.
- The session highlights on the concept and different categories of Self-Care
- The session also elaborates on the aspect of self-care by rendering quality example
- The session uses brainteasers for generating further introspection.
- The session includes ‘Take a Poll’ application for encouraging response from the target audience.
- The session benefits the reader to understand the meaning of self-care and its significance for carrying out online learning.
- The application of brainteasers and ‘take a pole’ benefit in increasing the reader’s interest in understanding the discussion based on self-care.
- The session highlights different types of self-care induced strategies and practices that are undertaken for enhancing the health of both the body and mind.
- The session encourages learning as a continual process and evaluates the working of the human brain during learning.
- The session also highlights the significance of sleep in reducing stress and indicates on the manner of developing effective sleeping habits.
- The session includes the application of brainteasers for enabling better understanding of the topics.
- Incorporation of a ‘Take a Poll’ Question is made with this session for drawing greater attention and response.
- The session benefits in terms of understanding the impact of self-care strategies and practices on enhancing the quality of the body and mind.
- The session also benefits the reader by rendering an illustrative understanding of the aspect of continuous learning and working of brain during the learning process.
- The session benefits from understanding the different types of healthy sleeping habits that need to be practiced and the mode of countering insomnia.
- The application of brainteasers benefit the learners in reflecting back on the concepts learned and discussed.
- The session provides an understanding of the usefulness of Time in Online learning is described in this session.
- Need for Time management during the period of COVID – 19 has been highlighted as the formal learning format has been replaced by the online learning way.
- The session highlights the necessity of online learning skills explaining with suitable examples.
- The session observes the fruitfulness of brainteasers for generating further introspection.
- The session provides poll questions based on the content of the study material.
- The student can understand the relevance of time into the format of online learning as the post lockdown time would be a more digitally acclaimed time.
- By tending the online learning program effectively, a learner can inculcate the significance of time management thoroughly.
- The student can acquire a comprehension identifying with the improvement of the ability advancement process that empowers him/her to turn into a skilled online learner.
- The poll opinion captures the outlook of the learner regarding the particular point.
- The session highlights the usefulness of space in Online learning is explained in this session
- It demonstrates strategic space utilisation with suitable examples.
- This session elaborates the concept of the reflective learning method.
- It provides spot questions to acquire the perception of the study material.
- The study material contains two brainteasers asking the learners to answer the questions related to the content.
- The strategic space utilisation process eases the learners to concentrate on their study effectively in accomplishing his/her goal smoothly.
- The student can acknowledge two different formats of the online learning process after reading this material
- The learners may recognize the concept of the reflective learning process.
- This session is useful to gather knowledge about the effective displaying colours of the device with attractive images.
- The students will get the opportunity to pass their comment on account of the given spot question related to the study material.
- The perception of the learner can be understood about the study material when he/she attempts to answer of the brainteasers
- The session describes the importance of technology in online learning required to remove the glitches encountered by online learners while performing activities.
- It also explains the applications of different softwares in the online learning process.
- The session demonstrates the concept of continuum process with suitable examples.
- Brainteasers are incorporated in the session for enhancing interest.
- The session also focuses on enhancing the learner’s interest by inserting poll questions.
- This course reveals the importance of adaptability for the online learners and it manifests to acclimatise technology for removing the glitches that can be found in the device at any point in time.
- A leaner can understand the features of the software irrespective of what kind of software he is using in his/her learning process.
- The learner can acquire the knowledge of continuum process relating to varied software.
- The learners can take advantage of passing their opinion against the poll question.
- By attempting brainteasers the learners can understand whether they can inculcate the subject matter of this session or not.
- This session highlights the different types of servers and indicates on the advantages and disadvantages of each of the different options
- It highlights the effective bandwidth and configuration requirements for carrying out online learning.
- Uses of brainteasers are made in the session for enhancing reader engagement.
- A ‘Take a Poll’ Question is included in the session for attracting needed response from the audience.
- The session benefits in terms of making effective comparisons between the different types of servers that helps in making purchase decisions based on set budgets.
- The session benefits by lucidly generating technical details like bandwidth requirements and server configurations to the reader for taking of quality decisions.
- The usage of brainteasers benefit by increasing the user’s attention to understanding of technical details.
- The session highlights on the concept of LMS and also reflects on the different categories of LMSs.
- The session highlights the different features of the LMS types and reflects on the different steps required for installation of the LMS.
- Use of brainteasers is highlighted in the session for making the same interactive in nature.
- Inclusion of a ‘Take a Poll’ Question is made with the session for drawing needed response.
- The session benefits in terms of categorising LMS and discussing its features so that an effective selection can be made within the given budget.
- The session benefits the reader by elaborating the different steps and processes required for the setting up of the LMS.
- Enhancement of interactivity in the session based on the application of brainteasers creates the interest in the minds of the target audience.
- The session highlights the significance for selecting and developing a support team whether in-house or based on external support.
- The session also highlights the manner in which decisions are taken on factors like team size depending on the level of complexity of the LMS.
- Uses of brainteasers are made in the session for encouraging interaction of the participants.
- A ‘Take a Poll’ Question is effectively incorporated with the session for gaining potential responses from the target audience.
- The session benefits by elucidating on the different types of supports that are rendered by LMS vendors to the customers.
- The session benefits the reader by rationalising the decision of dividing the supports in terms of in-house and outsourced depending on factors like budget constraints.
- The application of the brainteasers contributes in generating deeper involvement of the participants in understanding the discussion carried out.
- This session highlights various types of online learning formats.
- The object of this session is to persuade the online students to become aware of the changes regarding schedules, assignments, and procedures in the online learning.
- It explains the concept of the preparation of self learning plans.
- Brainteasers are used to bring about interest among the learners regarding the course content.
- Apart from the brainteaser, spot questions are incorporated in the session.
- The student may feel ease in choosing a suitable online learning course after knowing various types of online learning formats.
- This course enables the learners to have adequate knowledge about the importance of communication to acknowledge the changes regarding schedules, assignments, and procedures in online learning.
- The session helps to acquire knowledge on various self-regulatory methods in the HTLO process.
- Regarding brainteasers, correct questions are driven in for evaluating the level of understanding of the learners about the material.
- The spot question is treated as an additional question together with MCQ. Here a learner has to write a few lines to express his understanding of the given question.
- This session aims to remove the fear and anxiety of the learners.
- This meeting likewise exhibits how to expel such jittery from the brain cells of the students.
- The session also highlights effective self-assessment.
- The session incorporates two brain teasers for a better understanding of the study material.
- For collecting the opinion of the learners an additional poll question is provided.
- The learners may obtain knowledge for the removal of the jittery covered in their minds about the completion of the course material.
- The self-check exercise enables the learners to gain confidence for the completion of the course.
- The briefest method of giving the answers is incorporated in the online learning process to retain the interest of the students towards study.
- The brainteasers evaluate the attention level of the learners over the study material they have gone through
- The poll opinion represents the thought process of a learner about the content of the material.
- This session administers the importance of social learning in the online learning process.
- This session elaborates on the importance of social cues with proactive examples.
- This module caters to the process of online communication between single-user and multi-users.
- Another important aspect called brainteasers is additionally provided in the material that goes uniformly with the content.
- A suitable spot question is also incorporated in this session.
- The readers may get acknowledged with the concept of social learning that can be grasped from the surrounding occurrences held over time.
- The readers can acquire the perception of different online learning procedures that can be the best communicative way of pursuing the study in the future.
- The learners get acquainted with the term called social cues that acts as a stimulator into the thought process of the learners and brings viability into the process of online learning.
- The learner can be familiar with the benefit of the chatting process that helps him/her to develop better online communication with the other internet users.
- The brainteaser section enables the learner to recognise the content of the material effectively.
- This session describes the importance of the online learning community.
- The acceptance of the community depends on the key factors that are mentioned in this session.
- This session illustrates the attributes of the community who are playing significant roles in constructing the curriculum of the online community.
- The presence of the brainteasers provides an opportunity to pursue the material effectively.
- The poll question is developed considering the usefulness of the community learners under the online learning process.
- The reader can understand the importance of online community after going through the material.
- The reader can be benefitted by knowing the field of satisfaction through the application online learning community program under the online learning process.
- The degree of acceptance can be perceived when the reader will go through the points of the key factors given in this study material.
- The reader will try to connect himself/herself with the online community after going through the outcome of the positive traits that exist between the online community and student learning procedure.
- The brainteaser enables the reader to perceive the importance of community development in the online learning program.
- The opinion of the learners is the reflection of their thought process that can be understood through their feedback.
- The session focuses on the listing of open questions that have been prepared to cover up back to back all the sessions under this course.
- Model answers for the questions are prepared accordingly based on the issues covered by the sessions of this course.
- The model answers to the questions prepared under this session for assessing participants’ understanding of the concepts discussed in the course and their application.
- Since the list of questions is prepared to cover the entire course modules, the answers to the questions provided by the students show their ability to understand the concepts discussed, and their applications in an effective manner.
- The model answers acting as benchmarks that empower the students to evaluate his/her own performance and clarity of understanding.
- The model answer enables the student to reduce the knowledge gap involved and thereby enhances the level of understanding.