{"id":12780,"date":"2016-09-13T22:48:27","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T22:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/csf101\/?page_id=12780"},"modified":"2016-09-13T22:48:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T22:48:27","slug":"instructions-for-getting-ready","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/csf101\/interactions\/course-announcements\/instructions-for-getting-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"Instructions for getting ready"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<p>Dear Creating Sustainable Futures participants\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Welcome to the Creating Sustainable Futures course<\/b> (CSF101), hosted at the <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/oeru.org\/\">OERu<\/a>. We aim to show how sustainable futures are entirely possible.  Many projects once deemed impossible are thriving. The tools and processes can support this.\n<\/p>\n<p>These instructions are for: Independent study before the course starts.\n<\/p>\n<p>The course was developed to build capacity in Creating Sustainable Futures (CSF).\n<\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/oeru.org\/\">OERu<\/a> envisions a world where all learners will have more affordable access to higher education. This is a pilot offering of this micro-course (see heading below) and we hope that you find it useful.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Introductory_Overview\">Introductory Overview<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>During this introductory session you will familiarise yourself with the CSF101 course site and meet the course facilitators. You will also establish your personal learning environment and introduce yourself using your course blog.\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Course site<\/b>:  <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/CSF101\/\">http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/CSF101\/<\/a> (bookmark this page).\n<\/p>\n<p>Please share the gift of knowledge and help us by completing the optional <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1fkH16cb3T1bY2WTxHIde894P4ZcaykQvxE9sDviybOY\/viewform\">OERu new participant survey<\/a>. This information will be used to assist the OERu with the future design of free courses with pathways to achieving credible credentials.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Resources_for_this_session\">Resources for this session<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/csf101\/startup\/start-here\/\">Start here<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/csf101\/course-guide\/orientation\/\">Orientation<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/csf101\/course-guide\/setting-up-your-learning-journal\/\">Setting up your learning journal<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Important_links\">Important links<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/csf101\/course-guide\/syllabus\/\">Course syllabus<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/csf101\/interactions\/course-feed\/\">Aggregated course feed<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Pilot_offering\">Pilot offering<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/oeru.org\/\">OERu<\/a> is a charitable collaboration of international institutions committed to widening access to more affordable education opportunities for all. For more information about the OERu, please view our <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F4q3CjOQARI\">promotional video<\/a> on Youtube.\n<\/p>\n<p>This is the pilot offering of the course. We are trialling a few new technologies and you may encounter a few teething problems. We thank you in advance for your understanding and feedback to help us improve our open technologies. Thank you in advance for your understanding and gift of time to help us improve.\n<\/p>\n<p>The OERu international network will be launching a free first year of study early in the new year leading to two exit awards. Creating Sustainable Futures is one of the courses that will be offered as part of the 1st year of study. Your participation in this course will help us refine our technologies to provide free learning opportunities based entirely on Open Educational Resources (OER) and open source software with pathways to achieving formal academic credit towards recognised credentials.\n<\/p>\n<p>Learners participating in this pilot course for formal credit (optional), will still be able to prepare assessments for transcript credit from Otago Polytechnic on a fee for service basis.\n<\/p>\n<p>Welcome aboard and we look forward to seeing you online!\n<\/p>\n<p>Your facilitators\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Steve Henry<\/b>, Director\/Lecturer, Centre for Sustainable Practice, Otago Polytechnic<br \/>\n<b>Simon Harvey<\/b>, Programme and Development Manager, The Natural Step NZ, and <br \/>\n<b>Alexa Forbes<\/b>, Sustainable Practice adviser, Centre for Sustainable Practice, Otago Polytechnic\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.015 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.017 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 26\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 48\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 54\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 0\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 2\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key wikiedu-mw_:pcache:idhash:176818-0!*!*!!*!*!* and timestamp 20160913224823 and revision id 1009503\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/csf101\/interactions\/course-announcements\/how-announcements-work\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/csf101\/interactions\/course-announcements\/instructions-for-session-1\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<br \/>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Creating Sustainable Futures participants Welcome to the Creating Sustainable Futures course (CSF101), hosted at the OERu. 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