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Multiliteracies for Social Networking and Collaborative Learning Environments

Updated now for EVO 2014

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

• A Google account (for Google+ communities and Google Docs; best to do this via http://gmail.com)
• Yahoo http://yahoo.com (for YahooGroups, but it's optional, as per this rundown of other options)
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/194181233930205/   
• Twitter http://twitter.com 
• Skype: http://skype.com
• WiZiQ: http://wiziq.com

Interaction

• With your Google ID you can access:
• Google+ http://plus.google.com and Google+ Hangout, and join our community http://gplus.to/multimooc  
• Google Docs http://docs.google.com   
• Make comments on YouTube http://youtube.com  
• With your Yahoo ID 
• Join the Yahoo Group: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/multilit/
• Delicious (using your Yahoo ID) or Diigo 
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• 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.net/2011/08/22/me-portfolios-putting-the-me-in-me-learning-v/  
• http://curiousvance.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/rethinking-multiliteracies/ 
• ongoing posts at: http://evomlit.wordpress.com/ 

Me-Portfolios 

• http://learning2gether.net/2011/08/22/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  left behind many recordings which have been archived on our Tutorials pages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 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 and understand how the course works

____ 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. had a look at other MOOCs taking place along with ours and tentatively decided on one you'd like to explore during this session

____ 11. read http://tinyurl.com/understandingMultiMOOC and understand how the course works

____ 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

____ 12. understood the course objectives <-- hint, this is a tricky one, because 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 topics for the coming Week 2, and Badges