Humanising Online Course Design

Humanising online learning is:

“the ability of the course design and delivery to evoke learners’ affection so that learning over technology can be perceived “real”. The key to this is to replace the physical distance with psychological connections through any initiatives and means that foster emotional presence.” (Hikmatullah, et al., 2023).

Framework of Humanising Online Learning

Based on our research on online course design and delivery, we found that learners (particularly first-time online learners) would appreciate an online course that is:

Humanising Online Course Design Framework

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