Dear [First Name]

Welcome to Session 1: Why open matters.

Please consult the course schedule on the syllabus page for recommended dates for this session.

If you have just joined us, you will find copies of the instructions for the introductory Session on the course site.

Recap

We hope that you found the instructions useful for setting up your course blog.

By now you should :

• be familiar with the layout of the course site,
• have read the course guide
• have “declared yourself” on your course blog (and registered the URL of your blog) and tested posting a comment using WENotes. We harvest these contributions for the course feed.
• Completed the optional new OERu participant survey.

This session: Why open matters

In this session you will investigate and discuss the implications of why open matters for learning in a digital age.

1. Work through the learning materials.
2. Complete the activities.

Need help?

For general support on using OERu technologies, please consult the support site and guidelines for getting help.

If you need course specific help, post your questions using the LiDA103 general forum. Remember to include the url of the page where you are having problems.

Let’s leverage the power of peer-learning by helping each other. If you know the answer to a question in the forum, help a friend by responding. Bear in mind that as an international course, academic volunteers helping out on the course may be in a different time zone and could be sleeping when you post a question.

Most of all have fun!

Best wishes