Welcome to week one of the EDT4OL Acceptance Portfolio!

Dear [First Name]Welcome to the ‘Empowered digital teacher for online learning’ (EDT4OL) course.We want to ensure that students who gain entry into the EDT4OL course have the digital skills they’ll need to succeed, and this will be determined through submission of an Acceptance Portfolio. You will be able to acquire these skills by working through the independent study materials for the Acceptance Portfolio over the next two weeks.You should aim to spend between 3 - 6 hours each week. The time you spend completing the activities and challenges will vary according to your existing skills. In this first weekly e-mail for the Acceptance Portfolio, we’ll focus on instructions for for getting started and the first two sessions:

• Getting started – Website orientation before course starts
• Portfolio Session 1 – Basic wiki skills
• Portfolio Session 2 – Copyright and Creative Commons licensing

Getting started

1. Read what the EDT4OL course is about 
2. Work through the getting started page
3. Complete the short pre-course survey 

Session 1 – Basic wiki skills

1. What is a wiki?
2. Why use a wiki?
3. OER reuse

1. Request a WikiEducator account
2. Basic wiki skills challenge

Session 2 – Copyright and Creative Commons licensing

1. Open licensing – The basics (From the DS4OERS course)
2. CC Remix game (From the DS4OERS course)

Need help?

If you need course specific help, post your questions on the EDT4OL general forum.   If you know the answer to a question in the forum, please share your knowledge by posting a response to assist others.We hope you enjoy these sessions.Best wishes,
Your EDT4OL Facilitation team.