Digital Futures Virtual Courses

To provide SMEs with additional professional development support, Digital Futures Hub has compiled a list of free courses provided by Deakin University. These virtual courses are available online through the FutureLearn platform.

Regardless of time or pace, participants can join at any time and learn with like-minded peers.

An average course lasts for 2 weeks and requires 3 - 4 hours of learning per week.

Available Courses

What is Leadership? Leadership is often misunderstood due to its complex nature. Learn what being a leader means and how to practice leadership.

Professional Resilience
Learn how to deal with stress at work and in personal life through building resilience skills.

Leading Culturally Diverse Teams in the Workplace
Explore why cultural diversity matters in the workplace and how multicultural teams can benefit organisations.

Crisis Leadership
Discover why leadership is crucial in a crisis and develop crisis management navigation tools.

Competitive Advantage: Using Information to Build Business Success
Learn the value of information to businesses and how it can give businesses a competitive advantage.

Investigating Innovation
What is innovation and why is being innovative important in personal and professional life? Find out with this online course.

Leading Strategic Innovation: How to lead with Purpose
Discover the importance of strategic thinking, innovation and purposeful leadership when dealing with change.

This project includes co-contributions from the Victorian Higher Education State Investment Fund (VHESIF).

For further information on our other VHESIF funded projects please visit the links below.