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Expert Review: Ubiquitous Learning and Instructional Technologies

By Prosun • December 21, 2025

Course Overview

This course, provided by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is characterized by its rigor and practical application focus. The curriculum covers essential concepts: will analyze currently available technologies for learning. Areas addressed include: learning management systems, intelligent tutors, computer adaptive testing, gamification, simulations, learning in and through social media and peer interaction, universal design for learning, differentiated instruction systems, big data and learning analytics, attention monitoring, and affectaware systems. Participants will explore the processes for selection and implementation of suitable technologies, the design of electronic learning resources, design and application of digital media in teaching and learning, familiarization with web usability and accessibility, and critical analysis of the benefits of technologies in education. Recommended Background is designed for people interested in the future of education and the "learning society," including people who may wish to education as a profession, practicing teachers interested in exploring future directions for a vocation that is currently undergoing transformation, and community and workplace leaders who regard their mission to be in part "educative." Related Resources Online resources are available here: https://newlearningonline.com our Online Communities! CGScholar (Create an account and the New Learning community) https://cgscholar.com/community/community_profiles/newlearning/community_updates Facebook https://www.facebook.com/newlearningonline Twitter https://twitter.com/neolearning Take for Credit at the University of Illinois has the same content and anticipates the same level of contribution by students in the Assessment for Learning course offered to graduate certificate, masters, and doctoral level students in the Learning Design and Leadership Program in the College of Education at the University of Illinois. Of course, in the nature of MOOCs many people will just want to view the videos and casually some of the discussions. Some people say that these limited kinds of participation offer evidence that MOOCs suffer from low retention rates. Far from it – we say that any level of engagement is good engagement. On the other hand, if you would like to take for credit at the University of Illinois, you will find more information about our program here: https://ldlprogram.web.illinois.edu/overview/ And you can apply here: https://education.illinois.edu/epol/programsdegrees/ldl The Learning Design and Leadership Series of MOOCs is one of a series of eight MOOCs created by Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis for the Learning Design and Leadership program at the University of Illinois. If you find this MOOC helpful, please us in others! eLearning Ecologies: Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning for the Digital Age https://www.coursera.org//elearning New Learning: Principles and Patterns of Pedagogy https://www.coursera.org//newlearning Assessment for Learning https://www.coursera.org//assessmentforlearning Learning, Knowledge, and Human Development https://www.coursera.org//learningknowledgehumandevelopment Ubiquitous Learning and Instructional Technologies https://www.coursera.org//ubiquitouslearning Negotiating Learner Differences: Towards Productive Diversity in Learning https://www.coursera.org//learnerdifferences Literacy Teaching and Learning: Aims, Approaches and Pedagogies https://www.coursera.org//literacyteachinglearning Multimodal Literacies: Communication and Learning in the Era of Digital Media https://www.coursera.org//multimodalliteracies.