What is online learning?

If you're new to online learning, you might think the experience could be impersonal -- just you, sitting in front of your computer either late at night or before sunset, depending on your personality! Nothing could be further from the truth. You'll meet people from all over (we've had folks from Australia and New York, and from Louisiana and California in the same courses) and connect with them in deep and meaningful ways as you collaborate to learn the course content.

We deliver our online courses in Blackboard, which is a courseware system designed to hold all course announcements and assignments, plus a discussion board (there's other stuff, there, too, which you'll learn all about once you're in a course). You'll post messages to the discussion board and take part in conversations with other students via "threaded" discussions, which means that you can follow a thread of messages, from the initial post through reply after reply. Unlike a listserv or email, these discussions are recorded and fully sortable and searchable.

Concord Consortium courses are generally limited to an enrollment of twenty or fewer students, so you're not lost in an anonymous crowd. You'll receive weekly or biweekly feedback from your instructor. Courses are also available for graduate credit (see individual course descriptions for more details).

Find out which courses are best for you