The first few weeks of an open online course are the most disorienting. As a learner, you approach the course with expectations that have been defined by previous learning experiences. You look for readings, you look for the discussion space, and you look to the instructor to detail the content…
You may have caught George Siemens’ (@gsiemens) post on how to participate in an online open course, and wondered how you might get started today, in O-week. Over the next few days I’ll be showing you what works for me in orientation week according to the first of the five steps that Dave…