Course: Designing Learning for the 21st Century, Topic: Week 1 Introduction

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General
General

《Designing Learning for the 21st Century》（为21世纪设计学习）是一门开放课程，该课程由英国博尔顿大学教育控制论研究所（IEC）的专家们专门为中国的教育技术学硕士研究生而设计。中方学生在本地学校远程学习该课程的内容，并按课程要求完成相应的学习活动。在学生的整个远程的学习过程中，英方专家组与学生们进行同步和异步相结合、实时和非实时相结合的各种交流互动，及时解答学生在学习过程中遇到的各种问题，及时提供学术支持服务，引导和促进学生完成一个学期的课程学习。最后由中方教师给出符合本地学校考核要求的定量评价（通常为具体的分数）。考核成绩合格者即可获得本地就读大学的相应课程学分。

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Week 1 Introduction
Week 1 Introduction
Stephen Powell

The purpose this induction is to introduce you to the course you will be studying. You will get to know your online facilitators, be introduced to the approach to learning, teaching and assessment and have the opportunity to ask questions about the course.

What to do:

Individual activity, read about the 'Rationale Behind the Course Design'

Group activity, 'Introduce yourself in the course discussion forum'

Group activity, make a short movie about yourself (like the one we have done) and upload to YouKU, share this in the 'course discussion forum'

Group activity, introduction to the module using Skype, Thursday 14th October, 16.30 hours Beijng Time (9.30 Greenwich Mean Time

Individual activity, set up your learning journal using a blog, if you already have one use that - choose your own software, but make sure it has an RSS feed so that we can aggregate everyone's posts together

Read about the course approach to teaching, learning and assessment 'Patchwork Media and Approach to Assessment'

Collaborative activity, establish your learning set

Group activity, ask any questions you have about the course in the 'course discussion forum'