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How do I decide whether to create an account? |
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Creating a FREE account is optional when accessing an Open & Free Course.
- Track Your Progress:
- Creating an account when taking Open & Free Courses will allow you to track your progress as you work through each course.
- Accessing course materials anonymously does not allow you to save or track progress.
- Course Improvement:
- OLI is studying how students learn in an online educational environment and our study is directed at improving the course materials. As part of the account creation process, you have the option to opt in or out of this research study. A detailed statement about this research is provided for your review and consideration. After you create your account, you can decide to opt out at any time.
- Opting in will help us to know if OLI course designs and materials are effective. This valuable data informs improvements to OLI courses. We appreciate your help.
- If you choose to opt-out, your access to course materials will NOT be affected in any way. Data from your session will not be saved in our research database and our researchers will not see your work.
Note: If you are taking a course for credit through an institution, you will need to create an OLI account and enter a "Course Key" (provided by your instructor) to begin working in the OLI course. You will still have the option to either opt-in or opt-out of the research study.
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