Nottingham is part of unique social online learning experience

The University of Nottingham is offering a free course on sustainability as part of a new venture in social online learning. The University is part of FutureLearn - an online platform offering free course content from the UK's top universities, which had its official launch on September 18. FutureLearn, the first UK-led provider of massive open online courses (MOOCs), offers learners around the world access to free, high-quality courses from its internationally renowned university partners. Social interaction is central to the FutureLearn experience, enabling people to learn actively by engaging in conversations around the learning material, or vicariously, by following discussions. FutureLearn has also been designed to work on smartphones, tablets and desktop computers, so that learners can enjoy the same high-quality user experience, regardless of the screen size. FutureLearn is wholly owned by The Open University. A new website combines the best elements of the social web with The Open University's 44 years of expertise in distance and open learning.