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Join the National Osher Online Experience

Now, explore Osher Online, which offers world-class classes and curriculum, led by engaging instructors known for deep expertise in their field. You’ll learn alongside other curious Osher members across the country, all in a virtual, lively and conversation-centered weekly session.
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  • About Osher Online Courses

    Osher Online is a collaborative program offered by the National Resource Center for Osher Institutes (Osher NRC) at Northwestern University that expands the range of courses available to OLLI members.   These courses also provide you with the opportunity to connect with OLLI members across the country.   OLLI at the University of Miami is excited to be part of this initiative for the Summer 2026 session.

  • What's Included

    • Osher Online courses are offered by the Osher National Resource Center ( NRC) via Zoom
    • Courses are fully online – classes are not recorded.
    • The NRC manages the courses and communication to registered students
    • An OLLI at UM annual membership and per-course fee are required to register.
    • The cost is $80 per person, per course.
    • Course registration is handled by OLLI at UM
    • Each course is held online over six-week sessions, with 1.5 hour session every week

  • Before your first class

    You will receive a welcome email from Osher NRC. They will provide log-in credentials to osheronline.net, the one-stop-shop to access to class Zoom links, syllabi, discussion boards, and download supplemental materials.

    You will also have access to a pre-class orientation provided by the Osher NRC, where you will get helpful information for accessing your class.

    Note: Please log on 10-15 minutes before the start of each class to allow ample time to troubleshoot or get support tech support from the NRC team.

  • Support for courses

    While registration is processed through OLLI at UM, all support for Osher Online courses is provided by the Osher Online Team at the Northwestern University School of Professional Studies.  For assistance, call them at (312) 503-5555 or email osheronline@northwestern.edu.

  • Refund Policy

    Cancellation requests received more than 8 days prior to course start date 100% Refund
    Cancellation requests received between 4 and 7 days of the course start date 75% Refund
    Cancellation requests received less than 3 days (72 hours) before the course start date No Refund

     

Summer 2026 Courses

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  • Discovering Portugal

    Tuesdays, July 7, 2026 - August 11, 2026 

    Ms. Alison Roberts 

    Explore how tiny Portugal played an outsized role in world history. We will examine its fifteenth and sixteenth century maritime expansion and its central role in the transatlantic trade in enslaved people. We will trace Portugal’s rise as the Iberian Peninsula’s only independent kingdom, its global reach from Brazil to Japan, and its later decline into twentieth-century poverty under Europe’s longest dictatorship. We will see how democracy reshaped Portuguese culture and survey its landscape, art, architecture, and food to learn why Americans are flocking there today.

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  • Protecting Yourself as a Patient

    Tuesdays, July 21, 2026 - August 25, 2026 

    Dr. Singh Hardeep

    This course will help us keep ourselves and our loved ones safer in today’s complex healthcare system. Medical harm (often unintentional yet preventable) injures and kills hundreds of thousands of patients each year. We will learn how to reduce risk from common problems such as medication errors, care accidents, infections, diagnostic mistakes, and procedural or surgical complications. Through presentations, videos, and discussions, patient safety experts and advocates will share practical strategies, tactics, and resources to help us navigate care with greater confidence.

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  • Revolutionary Echoes in Washington

    Thursdays, July 9, 2026 - August 13, 2026 

    Dr. Kasey Sease

    The Declaration of Independence shaped Americans long after the Revolution. This course will examine how people in Washington, D.C. invoked the Declaration and its ideas after independence - from city planners shaping the capital to Union soldiers defending it during the Civil War. We will explore how the Declaration was used to advance causes and define the nation’s civic identity. Featuring museum artifacts from the Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection, this course will trace D.C.’s early history through.

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  • The Indispensable Founder: George Washington

    Mondays, July 13, 2026 - August 17, 2026

    Ms. Dede Petri 

    As America celebrates 250 years of independence, this course examines the indispensable founder, George Washington – his life, political leadership, and roles as farmer, entrepreneur, and architect. We will also explore the groundbreaking Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, which has owned and managed Mount Vernon since 1858, when a determined group of women without the right to vote or own property united to save Washington’s home, launching the American historic preservation movement.

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