- This is a free, non-credit mini course.
- This course is a prerequisite for all online courses offered by the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
- You must complete this course before enrolling in an online course.
Register for this course
Please note that registration for this course closes at 11:59pm on the first Friday of the class.
- Everything in this course is done online. There is nothing that requires you to be in a classroom or in Baltimore.
- This course takes between 1-4 hours to complete, depending on your skills working online.
- With the notable exception of LiveTalks, you can do the class work on your own schedule.
For details on the course, including assignments and requirements for completion, please see the "About the Course" page.
— Brian Klaas, Instructor for Introduction
to Online Learning
| IOL Schedule |
| Start date |
LiveTalk dates |
End date |
| July 6 |
July 9, 9am
July 14, 6pm
July 16, 1pm |
July 17 |
| August 17 |
August 20, 9am
August 25, 6pm
August 27, 1pm |
August 28 |
|
If you plan to take an online course in the first academic term,
the August offering of IOL is your last chance to complete the course
before the start of the first term.
|
| September 7 |
September 10, 9am
September 15, 6pm
September 17, 1pm |
September 18 |
| October 5 |
October 8, 9am
October 13, 6pm
October 15, 1pm |
October 16 |
|
If you plan to take an online course in the second academic term,
the October offering of IOL is your last chance to complete the course
before the start of the second term.
|
| November 2 |
November 5, 9am
November 10, 6pm
November 12, 1pm |
November 13 |
| December 7 |
December 10, 9am
December 15, 6pm
December 17, 1pm |
December 18 |
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Although the course's exercises may be completed at any point before midnight of the course end date, you must attend one of the three scheduled LiveTalk sessions in order to meet the requirements of the course.
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