Using H5P to Enrich Online Learning Engagement in a Postgraduate Certificate Program Teaching

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the educational transition from traditional face-to-face to entirely online or hybrid learning. Online learning engagement has long been considered essential to effective learning and teaching, but with many challenges (e.g., learner autonomy, cyber distraction, and digital competence) in higher education, especially post-pandemic. This chapter aims to present empirical innovative practices and experiences in using H5P, a free and open-source content collaboration platform, to enrich online learning engagement in a hybrid mode teaching of the Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Supporting Learning in Higher Education (PGCert) in a Sino-British international university in China. The authors introduce the technological features and demonstrate how the H5P based educational technologies enhance online learning rather than just a substitute. For reflective rethinking, the challenges, barriers, and practical implications in developing the curriculum, designing the learning activities, and delivering the course using the H5P in an online learning environment.