The Online Learning Consortium™ (OLC) partners with our dedicated member community to achieve excellence in digital learning through innovative programs, research, events, evaluation tools, and professional development designed for diverse roles and contexts.
We are proud to announce the brand new Course Review Scorecard from OLC! Developed as the latest course-level review instrument, the Course Review Scorecard evaluates the quality of online, blended, and digital learning, extending OLC’s commitment to advancing quality in education. In the latest Insights, dive into the development of the new Course Review Scorecard, and discover how it aims to promote continuous improvement in both course design and delivery.
Harness the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to transform your teaching and course design in this new skills pathway. Offerings include Artificial Intelligence Demystified, AI for Collaborative Brainstorming, AI-Powered Course Design, and Leading in the Age of AI.
Complete three workshops to earn the “Teaching and Learning with AI” microcredential. Sign up today or contact us for group enrollments.
Work with colleagues from around the world to explore and understand both the opportunities and barriers to advancing local and global online learning. Program graduates join a growing network of online leaders in higher education focused on improving and advancing the impact of digital learning on all aspects and formats of education.
Empower your team with access to OLC’s extensive library of over 50 expert-facilitated workshops alongside a new Microlearning Library, offering 15 skills-focused modules on OLC’s interactive Canvas platform. Each module is designed to fit into your team’s schedule, with quarterly updates to keep them at the forefront of online learning.
The Instructional Design Professional (IDP) Certification will enable you to showcase your skills and knowledge in creating impactful, engaging, and effective learning experiences in higher education as a seasoned instructional design professional.
Join us for the exclusive one-day leadership symposium focusing on strategy and high-impact practices.
Since our founding in 1999, we’ve become the go-to source for everything related to digital learning. Thousands of educators rely on The Online Learning Consortium for expert guidance, professional development and resources to help them excel in digital learning.
Our events attract a dynamic and engaged audience, offering exceptional opportunities to network, explore emerging technologies, and exchange insights on online, blended, and digital learning. Join thousands of faculty, administrators, course designers, and professionals committed to advancing quality digital education.
Challenge our teaching and learning paradigms, reimagine the learning experience, and ideate on the innovative classroom of tomorrow. Discover OLC Innovate 2025
Get the latest information of online learning research findings, current practice, emerging trends and promising new technologies. Discover OLC Accelerate 2025
Become a master by designing an effective learning environment in your field of interest.
Get certified and enhance your skills to be more effective in the principles of online teaching.
From a network of your peers. The OLC library covers all aspects of eLearning with high quality research that investigates how online environments amplify, shape, and constrain teaching and learning. Here you will find information providing effective approaches and interventions that promote online student engagement, persistence, improvement, and success.
Innovative Digital Learning for Critical Language Education The Online Learning Consortium (OLC), with funding from the National Security Agency’s STARTALK...
About the Report This report, Voices from the Field: Current Trends and Challenges in Instructional Design and Learning Technology, explores...
The mental health landscape in higher education has reached a critical juncture, with an increasing number of students experiencing severe...
About the Report A Joint Publication of the Online Learning Consortium, WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies, and Complete College America...
This guide offers ten considerations that are consistent across online course quality evaluationinstruments, including rubrics and scorecards. Exemplary criteria from...
Measure and quantify elements of quality within your digital education programs with our Quality Scorecard methodology. The program offers criteria for excellence in the administration of e-learning programs which includes over 72 quality indicators for higher education. This is an exclusive OLC member benefit.
Membership provides you and your faculty with great benefits and privileges — discounted pricing on conferences and workshops, free webinars, peer networking, early access to research and more.
We offer several levels of membership, including professional and institutional memberships. Find which one is right for you!
OLC Accelerate showcases groundbreaking research and highly effective practices in online and digital learning across K-12, higher education, and corporate L&D. This event is designed to empower and support leaders, instructional designers, educators, and training professionals by offering a wide range of sessions and activities.
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