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72 ORGANIZACIJA ZNANJA 2016, LETN. 21, ZV. 2 and subchapters; in addition to text, many media and visual elements are added, such as pictures, recordings, diagrams and tables. Each course contains many practical exercises and examples, quizzes to check one’s knowledge as you go along and for studying, links to other similar contents and additional explanations available online, etc. (Figures 1 and 2). Figure 1: COBISS/OPAC online course in the Moodle web environment (Source: IZUM, 2013) Figure 2: Example of COBISS/OPAC online course contents (Source: IZUM, 2013) The advantages of our online courses are: • modular concept and good overview of contents, • easy-to-understand explanations with graphic displays, • quizzes for studying and checking newly acquired knowledge as you go along, • interesting examples, equipped with visual displays or videos, • adaptability to individual needs; while the course takes place, it is available 24 hours/day, • course book with entire content and exercises in pdf- format; each course participant can print it out or save it to their computer or another device, • final exam, • course instructor monitors and guides the learning process, helps course participants and answers all their questions, • several communication options for communication among course participants or with the course instructor, • availability to all interested users, • free-of-charge participation, etc. 2.3. Some indicators of online course use In the entire time period (2005–2015) while the online courses were carried out, we recorded a large number of participants with a varied educational background. At the same time, participants also come from different age groups. Below you will find diagrams for different online courses that display the number of participants by months in the abovementioned time period, by number of acquired attendance certificates and activity and structure of participants as well as gender. The COBISS/OPAC online course has been carriedoutwithout any interruptions from the launch of online courses; until the end of 2015, 932 participants took part, 533 successfully completed the course and acquired an attendance certificate (Figure 3). Most participants attended the COBISS/OPAC online course in spring, in March, followed byApril in May. The least attendance was recorded in the summer months when the course is held only once a month. During the rest of the year, two courses per month are organised (Figure 4). Figure 3: COBISS/OPAC online course between 2005 and 2015 Figure 4: Number of COBISS/OPAC online course participants and issued attendance certificates by month between 2005 and 2015 Aleksandra Rubelj, Janita Tacer Slana, Pero Šobot: ONLINE LEARNING...