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Multiliteracies for Social Networking and Collaborative Learning Environments

Here's what you should be doing first week of the session

Tick off the check list at the bottom of this page

Accompanies ORIENT - Week 1 

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

• Google (for Google Docs; best to do this via http://gmail.com)
• Yahoo http://yahoo.com
• Posterous http://posterous.com 
• Edmodo http://edmodo.com  
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/194181233930205/ 
• Voxopop: http://www.voxopop.com/topic/0a1f4d2c-70a5-474e-8a19-d50be076c1d9  
• Optionally, you should register on
• Twitter http://twitter.com 
• Skype: http://skype.com
• WiZiQ: http://wiziq.com

Interaction

• With your Yahoo ID 
• Join the Yahoo Group: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/multilit/
• Delicious (using your Yahoo ID) or Diigo 
• With your Google ID you can access:
• Google Docs http://docs.google.com 
• Google Reader http://reader.google.com  
• Google+ http://plus.google.com and Google+ Hangout
• YouTube http://youtube.com  
• With your Posterous ID you interact with us here: http://multiliteracies.posterous.com/
• Anyone can view and subscribe to this blog 
• Let Vance know if you wish to be added as a contributor 
• With your WiZiQ or Google+ or Skype ID, you can meet us LIVE
• Upcoming events schedule: http://learning2gether.pbworks.com 
• Podcast and recordings: http://learning2gether.posterous.com 

MOOC theory of course organization

• http://learning2gether.posterous.com/me-portfolios-putting-the-me-in-me-learning-v
• http://justcurious.posterous.com/rethinking-multiliteracies 
• Collaborative blog space: http://multiliteracies.posterous.com/ 

Me-Portfolios 

• http://learning2gether.posterous.com/me-portfolios-putting-the-me-in-me-learning-v
• The EpCoP MOOC (a MOOC about ePortfolios) at https://sites.google.com/site/epcoplearnspace/home/mooc left behind many recordings which have been archived on our Tutorials pages

Week 1 Checklist

You've accomplished Week 1 ORIENTATION when you've successfully:

____ 1. got your Yahoo and Google (Gmail) IDs

____ 2. joined the Multilit Yahoo Group http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/multilit/

____ 3. sent at least one introductory message

____ 4. entered your details on the Google Doc form --> Link UPDATED for 2013 here

____ 5. got an account at Posterous and subscribed to the blog http://multiliteracies.posterous.com/ 
and reminded Vance to make you a contributor 

____ 6. learned your local time in GMT according to http://timeanddate.com 

____ 7. checked the schedule at http://learning2gether.pbworks.com/volunteersneeded 

____ 8. made note of events you can attend in your personal calendar

____ 9. had a look at other MOOCs taking place along with ours

____ 10. familiarized yourself with Getting Started and checked out the links in the Sidebar ==>

____ 11. understood the theory underpinning "open" courses,
           are able to differentiate cMOOC from xMOOC

____ 12. understood the course objectives <-- hint, YOU set your objectives :-)

____ 13. understood the concept of Me-Portfolios

____ 14. given some thought to where you'll document your Me-Portfolio for this course

____ 15. had a look at the upcoming topic, Week 2, Declare