{"id":6542,"date":"2020-07-08T18:06:26","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T18:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/?page_id=6542"},"modified":"2020-07-08T18:06:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T18:06:26","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/online-courses\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW84739305 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW84739305 BCX0\">The Online Courses (OC) team, part of the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) team, was established in 2013 to\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW84739305 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW84739305 BCX0\">design,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW84739305 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW84739305 BCX0\">develop and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW84739305 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW84739305 BCX0\">produce<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW84739305 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW84739305 BCX0\">\u00a0free, external-facing, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) on the digital\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW84739305 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW84739305 BCX0\">social learning platform\u00a0<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW84739305 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW84739305 BCX0\">FutureLearn<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW84739305 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW84739305 BCX0\">.\u00a0 Exceeding more than a million enrolments across its diverse portfolio in 2019, the Online Courses team have\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW84739305 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW84739305 BCX0\">collaborat<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW84739305 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW84739305 BCX0\">ed\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW84739305 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW84739305 BCX0\">with academic\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW84739305 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW84739305 BCX0\">experts from Schools and Departments<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW84739305 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW84739305 BCX0\">\u00a0across the University and Henley Business School,<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW84739305 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW84739305 BCX0\">\u00a0to create more than 40 Open Online Courses (OOCs) and two small private, invitation-only courses\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW84739305 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW84739305 BCX0\">(<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW84739305 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW84739305 BCX0\">SPOCS). 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