{"id":23,"date":"2015-11-10T02:12:33","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T02:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/rrapusqtheme\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2015-11-10T02:12:33","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T02:12:33","slug":"welcome-and-objectives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/rrapusqtheme\/learning-pathways\/course-introduction\/welcome-and-objectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome and objectives"},"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<br style=\"clear:both;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:302px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:29th_Asian_Pacific_American_Heritage_Festival.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/7\/72\/29th_Asian_Pacific_American_Heritage_Festival.jpg\/300px-29th_Asian_Pacific_American_Heritage_Festival.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Asian_Pacific_American\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:Asian Pacific American\">Asian Pacific American<\/a> Heritage Festival.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Overview_of_week_one\">Overview of week one<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><i>This course introduces you to regional relations in the Asia-Pacific region, including Australia and New Zealand.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n<p><i>It uses the frameworks of the Social Sciences and International Relations to guide you on a self-directed investigation of historical and contemporary regional relations throughout Asia and the Pacific, the different societies that comprise the region, and current affairs in the region.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n<p><i>The course ultimately aims to foster more understanding of the region among students of the course, in order to facilitate better international cooperation and cross cultural communication in Asia and the Pacific.<\/i><br style=\"clear:both;\">\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"objectives\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/rrapusqtheme\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/black\/Icon_objectives.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Objectives<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>explain the approach taken in this course to studying regional relations in Asia and the Pacific,\n<\/li>\n<li>explain what Open Educational Resources are, and understand how they will be used in this course to convey content relevant to the course objectives,\n<\/li>\n<li>recognise and explain the value of becoming digitally literate for success in both your studies and your work life.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.086 seconds\nReal time usage: 1.572 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 402\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 6103\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 7398\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 3430\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 7\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key wikiedu-mw_:pcache:idhash:125138-0!*!0!*!*!2!* and timestamp 20151110021222 and revision id 976586\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=\"\/rrapusqtheme\/course-guide\/resources\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/rrapusqtheme\/learning-pathways\/course-introduction\/conceptual-overview\">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>Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival. 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