Two of our most popular micro-credentials, namely HZVM884 Online teaching: accessibility and inclusive learning and HZVM885 Online teaching: embedding social, race and gender-related equity are about to begin another presentation in March. Both are 12-week courses offering 15 postgraduate credits, and can be used towards the Masters in Online Teaching.

Open doors to education with HZVM884.

HZVM884 focusses on developing the skills to create accessible and inclusive online learning environments. With the guidance of online teaching and accessibility experts, students of this course gain knowledge in pedagogy, technology, procedures, and legal requirements to enhance course accessibility. The course highlights the benefits of a blended learning approach and explores how technology can support learners with disabilities or additional needs. The assessed task involves a practical task designed to be of direct use to students in their own professional contexts.

Develop skills in gender, race and social inclusion with HZVM885.

HZVM885 gives educators an understanding of the differences between equality, inclusion, and educational equity and of the ways equitable participation in online learning can be provided in different learner contexts. Experts in learning design who are experienced in addressing inequity in all its forms have produced the course, which includes vital learning on equity in the curriculum and making it more inclusive. It also focusses on the importance of breaking the cycle of exclusion, discrimination, and disadvantage through the design and delivery of online teaching.

On both courses you will be studying alongside students from around the globe – we already have students from Africa, Asia and Oceania registered on this presentation of the course. So join them and benefit from the experiences of professionals in a variety of contexts around the world.

Registering for either of these micro-credentials also enables you to benefit from the MAOT Community of Practice in perpetuity, which gives you access to a series of approximately fortnightly free webinars from experts in the sector.

The registration deadline for HZVM884 is March 1st 2026.  Register here: https://www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate/modules/hzvm884/ 

The registration deadline for HZVM885 is March 15th 2026. Register here: https://www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate/modules/hzvm885/