Familiarise yourself with the course site and course guide.

• Dates: Independent study before starting the course.
• Resources:
  1. About LiDA101
  2. Start here
  3. Course Guide
• Key activities:
  1. Complete the OERu new participant survey (optional).
  2. Complete the 5 things you should do before starting the course

Establish your personal learning environment (PLE) and declare yourself.

• Dates: Independent study (recommend 2 days)
• Learning materials:
  1. Establish a personal learning environment
• Key activities:
  1. Work through the learning materials for this learning pathway
  2. Complete the Scavenger hunt activity
  3. Complete the LiDA photo challenge
  4. Establish your course blog and declare yourself to the group
  5. Complete the PLE quiz

Define what digital literacies mean for you and use online technologies to support tertiary learning.

• Dates: Independent study (recommend 3 days)
• Learning materials:
  1. Introduction to digital literacies
• Key activities:
  1. Work through the learning materials for this learning pathway
  2. Post a WENote comment
  3. Use a mastodon.oeru.org as a social media backchannel for the course
  4. First Hypothes.is annotation
  5. Participate in the forum: Why digital literacies matter?
  6. Complete your self-assessment of digital literacies
  7. Complete the PLN mapping challenge
  8. Complete the Digital literacies quiz

Develop advanced search skills to locate credible and reliable open access resources online to support your learning.

• Dates: Independent study (recommend 3 days)
• Learning materials:
  1. Find and select open resources
• Key activities:
  1. Work through the learning materials for this learning pathway
  2. Choose your research topic
  3. First resource bank activity using advanced search techniques
  4. Second resource bank activity using database search techniques
  5. Evaluate online resources using the CARS framework
  6. Select and use citation management tool
  7. Complete the annotated bibliography challenge
  8. Complete the Find open resources quiz

Digital, academic and study skills required for success in higher education in a digital age

• Dates: Independent study (recommend 3 days)
• Learning materials:
  1. Learning in a digital age
• Key activities:
  1. Work through the learning materials for this learning pathway
  2. Complete the listening and note-taking mini challenge
  3. Participate in the discussion on the future of higher education in a digital age
  4. Complete the reading and note-taking mini challenge
  5. Complete the research on academic skills mini challenge
  6. Share resources on academic skills for learning success
  7. Complete the learning reflection challenge
  8. Complete Learning in a digital age quiz