Online Learning Units

Enhance students' access to support – through initial transition and beyond

Our Online Learning Units (OLUs) provide opportunities for students to feel better prepared for university life and build the skills and confidence they need to achieve more successful outcomes.

Wonkhe and Pearson recently surveyed more than 5,000 students on belonging at university and found that just 69% of students agree they feel they belong at their university1. The state of students’ self-assessed mental health was also consistently and dramatically associated with their sense of belonging. Our Online Learning Units are designed to help students with transitioning to university and being aware of their mental health. 

Whatever students' prior experiences before joining your university and wherever they are studying, help them feel more confident, better equipped and ready to fully engage in their learning.

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1 Belonging and inclusion survey, Wonkhe and Pearson, Feb 22

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FREE access* to our Wellbeing Unit!

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Created by our experienced learning design experts in response to research undertaken during the height of the pandemic and recently updated to reflect the new hybrid approach, each engaging, student-focused Unit acknowledges the traditional challenges of transitioning into higher education while addressing the newer challenges brought about by COVID-19.

The interactive, self-paced content encourages students to think critically about their own skill set and situation – fostering confidence as they progress through their higher education journey.

Student voice video - Transitioning to HE

Transitioning to Higher Education

Helps set students' expectations of starting university, highlighting differences with prior learning and supporting development of key skills.

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How to Learn Online

Provides students with information and skills to help them become better digital learners, including effective communication and collaboration.

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Wellbeing Unit – ACCESS FREE!*

Helps students manage their mental and physical wellbeing – building their resilience, adaptability, stress-management and self-awareness.*

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NEW: Skills for University Success

Teaches students the core skills they will need to effectively study at university, such as time management, note taking, and organisation. It also offers tips on how to revise for their exams. 

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NEW: International Students Guide to UK

Helps international students navigate the UK university system, understand cultural differences, and manage culture shock as they move to the UK to begin their studies. 

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*Simply copy and paste the URL for the Wellbeing Unit into your VLE. You can also choose to purchase our customisation option for the Wellbeing Unit – enabling you to add your own branding and content.

What do the Units provide?

Designed to support stronger engagement, higher retention and more successful outcomes, each Unit is easy to integrate alongside your existing provision and gives students ongoing, 24/7 access to insight, guidance and support to help them take control of their learning experience.

  • Interactive learning and activities provided in the Units give students access to development opportunities that they can draw on at different points of their HE experience (including pre-sessionally, during the induction period, first semester and beyond).
  • Each Unit provides around 2 hours of interactive content – built around an engaging learning design to deliver a great user experience – to help students develop and improve important skills and behaviours as they start their higher education journey. 
  • Each Unit encourages students to think critically about their own skill set and situation. They highlight the importance of independent learning, identifying and addressing skill gaps and engaging with and contributing to the academic community.

What does each Unit offer?

These Units have been developed in conjunction with experts in each field, with content peer-reviewed by practitioners, academics and students to ensure they are of the highest quality.

Each unit covers important areas to support student success, including: what to expect; assessing skills; finding support; managing studies; learning with others; and learning in a digital environment. Many tools are also embedded to support students' ongoing development, such as action plans, reflective journals, and checklists.

Wellbeing: FREE access

Part of the wider provision of scalable solutions we provide – all designed to help universities deliver high quality support online.

Customisation

You can choose to use the Units as they are, or you can tailor the look and feel of particular elements of the content for your institution – helping your students to get a consistent experience and an increased sense of belonging. This includes adding your institution’s own content into the Units, which can also help it resonate with your students and promote existing university initiatives. 

In recognition of the ongoing impact of the pandemic on students' mental and physical health, we're continuing to offer FREE access to the standard version of our Wellbing Unit throughout the 2021/22 academic year but you can also choose to add customised content to this Unit for a small fee. 

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Made me feel ready and confident to start my course.

Helped me feel more at ease about starting my university life.

Helps explain what university is expecting of you and how to achieve all of your goals.

A very informative unit, which gives you key information. The way the information is given is very engaging too. 

Many good tips worth sharing!

Made me feel more confident about how to manage my work successfully.

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Please get in touch using the form below to enquire about providing your students with access to the Transitioning to HE and How to Learn Online Units or to explore customisation options for the Wellbeing Unit.

To get free access to the standard version of the Wellbeing Unit, please click here.

 


If you're a student at a UK or Irish HE Institution and would like to access the FREE Wellbeing Unit directly, please visit our Online Learning Units page.










Get free access to the standard version of the Wellbeing Unit.