TNU promotes collaborative learning. We ask our participants to actively contribute to the programme. Participation can be in the form of active contributions to the discussions, asking critical questions to fellow participants and to the coaches, suggesting useful sites or cooperating with others in the completion of the assignments. The participants are made co-responsible for the exchange of knowledge and level of interaction in TNU's courses. The discussion tools and the daily availability of the coaches who guide you through the learning process within your online learning community facilitate this process.

Every week there will be different assignments. The assignments aim at reflecting the content provided and stimulating discussion for a further deepening of the content. Parallel to the assignments, the 'discussion tools' provide explicit space for further debate, questions and exchange of knowledge.