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Starting out Part 1

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This introduction material consists of six different parts, which I suggest you read in sequence, but you can, of course browse. There are however some specific tasks that you need to do over the next two weeks. They are:

 

 

 

 

 

Texts and tools

 

This is a vast and dynamic area. Technologies for online learning are in constant change and are far ranging; research into this area is vibrant and expansive; each of us will also have different experiences and interests. To try to account for some of these dynamic elements, the course unit will both provide core reading and tasks, and give you scope to dig into areas in greater depth, sharing as you proceed. This sharing will be facilitated by the use of various tools that allow for both group negotiation and collaborative publishing.


Online texts and other content in Blackboard

 

The texts you find in each study unit will provide input and guidance for various tasks and activities as described below. The pages you read, such as this one, can be saved and/or printed for offline reading. As these materials are now being offered in a wiki you should be able to access them even after you have completed the course unit.

 

We also advise thinking about organisation of materials locally as you will find yourselves reading and exploring vast amounts of content. We illustrate the potential of the shared social bookmarking with tools like http://delicious.com/; you might want to set up your own and link to others' pages. Alternatives include http://www.diigo.com/ and http://www.mendeley.com/, which we're sure people will have views on. There is also the University's own Talis Aspire system for reading lists, which now works on a similar basis.

 


Activities

You will find various activity types in these materials.

 You will be directed towards online texts either on the web or or through the library e-journal service, and these are often scaffolded by a specific task. To access the library, you can use the link to reading lists on the Menu. You may also find it useful to check the e-books service as various volumes are available there. These volumes are usually indicated on the reading list as an alternative source.

 Within each unit various tasks involve more individual reflection and note-taking, on reading texts, experiences or specific tools or tasks.

 You may be directed towards online applications and tools, and this may also be an aspect of the course which is informed by the experiences you share together.

 The enquiry task in the second half of the course will be carried out in a smaller study group. The specific application to be used will vary depending on group interest and you should negotiate this as part of your groupwork.

 We hope that you will participate in the course discussions as much as possible as these are a central aspect to the learning approach. Specific tasks in the texts will give you a focus for contributions; you will also see opportunities to share information or resources along the way and we look forward to reading those. These contributions will themselves also give you scope to think about how we encourage and manage course discussions as online tutors.


 

 

 


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