{"id":4618,"date":"2016-08-21T01:13:59","date_gmt":"2016-08-21T01:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/csf102\/?page_id=4618"},"modified":"2016-08-21T01:13:59","modified_gmt":"2016-08-21T01:13:59","slug":"instructions-for-getting-ready","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/csf102\/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>Welcome to the Creating Sustainable Futures course (CSF102), 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.\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 CSF102 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\/CSF102\/\">http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/CSF102\/<\/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\/csf102\/startup\/start-here\/\">Start here<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/csf102\/course-guide\/orientation\/\">Orientation<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/csf102\/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\/csf102\/course-guide\/syllabus\/\">Course syllabus<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/csf102\/interactions\/course-feed\/\">Aggregated course feed<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Welcome aboard and we look forward to seeing you online!\n<\/p>\n<p>Your facilitators\n<\/p>\n<p>Steve Henry, Director\/Lecturer, Centre for Sustainable Practice, Otago Polytechnic<br \/>\nSimon Harvey, Programme and Development Manager, The Natural Step NZ, and <br \/>\nAlexa Forbes, Sustainable Practice adviser, Centre for Sustainable Practice, Otago Polytechnic\n<\/p>\n<p>We acknowledge the funding support of the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO which supported the development of the course materials and the open source technologies we are using to enable educators around the world to widen access to open online courses using OER. We are trialling a few new technologies with the 2016 offering of the course and you may encounter a few teething problems. 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