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Multiliteracies for Social Networking and Collaborative Learning Environments
Accompanies ORIENT - Week 1 - Jan 13-19, 2014
Here's what you should be doing first week of the session
Tick off the check list at the bottom of this page
Content and what to do in general
- Main portal page: here
- Register for the course according to the instructions in the Call for Participation here: http://evosessions.pbworks.com
- Get started with "Orient" in the first week: here
You will get maximum benefit from the course if you register with the following Web 2.0 services
When requesting to join Yahoo! Groups please leave a message that will distinguish you from a spam-bot.
In the example below, this is what the moderator sees ...
Spam-bots are often scripted to leave some innocuous message that could apply to any group.
Interaction
- With your Google ID you can access:
- With your Yahoo ID
- With your WiZiQ or Google+ or Skype ID, you can meet us LIVE
MOOC theory of course organization
Me-Portfolios
Week 1 Checklist
You've accomplished Week 1 ORIENTATION when you've successfully:
____ 1. got your Google (Gmail) ID, joined our Google+ community, http://gplus.to/multimooc, and posted your introduction there
____ 2. joined the Multilit Yahoo Group http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/multilit/ (or found its feed, with or without a Yahoo ID)
____ 3. entered your details on the Google Doc form --> Link UPDATED for 2014 here
____ 4. checked the schedule of live synchronous events associated with this course listed at http://learning2gether.pbworks.com/volunteersneeded
____ 5. learned your local time in GMT according to http://timeanddate.com and made note of these and other events you can attend in your personal calendar
____ 6. read http://tinyurl.com/understandingMultiMOOC to understand how the course works
alternatively, read Dave Cormier's explanation of Rhizo14, more humorous, and the courses work about the same:
http://davecormier.com/edblog/2014/01/12/your-unguided-tour-of-rhizo14/
____ 7. familiarized yourself with Getting Started and checked out the links in the Sidebar ==>
____ 8. read or viewed at least one artifact on our FrontPage or at Getting Started and commented on it on Google+ or our Yahoo! Group, or in your blog,
____ 9. Scooped or Tweeted your comment and TAGGED IT #evomlit
____ 10. added yourself to the Twitter list http://list.ly/list/DDH-multimooc
____ 11. had a look at other MOOCs taking place along with ours and tentatively decided on one you'd like to explore during this session
____ 12. had a look at http://tinyurl.com/small2014 at least enough to understand the theory underpinning "open" courses,
and are able to differentiate cMOOC from xMOOC
____ 13. understood the course objectives <-- hint, this is a tricky one, because YOU set your objectives :-)
Alternatively, read Dave's Objectives for Rhizo14, they're the same as ours
____ 14. understood the concept of Me-Portfolios
____ 15. given some thought to where you'll document your Me-Portfolio for this course
____ 16. had a look at the upcoming topics for the coming Week 2, and Badges
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