{"id":60598,"date":"2022-03-17T18:10:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T22:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pacificopencourses.col.org\/cs4odfl\/?page_id=60598"},"modified":"2022-03-17T18:10:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T22:10:10","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pacificopencourses.col.org\/cs4odfl\/startup\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"floatright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pacificpartnership.col.org\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"PPODL-Screenshot.png\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/e\/e3\/PPODL-Screenshot.png\/400px-PPODL-Screenshot.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"320\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both\"><\/p>\n<p>This section provides information about the Pacific Partnership for Open, Distance and Flexible Learning, and the <b>Communication Skills for Open, Distance and Flexible Learning<\/b> (CS4ODFL) online course.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"About_the_Pacific_Partnership_for_Open.2C_Distance_and_Flexible_Learning\">About the Pacific Partnership for Open, Distance and Flexible Learning<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/pacificpartnership.col.org\/about\/\">Partnership for Open, Distance and Flexible Learning<\/a> (ODFL) in the Pacific is a 5-year project (2020 \u2013 2025) funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs &amp; Trade to support enhancing capacity and efficiency of education sectors in the Pacific through greater use of innovative delivery mechanisms and technology.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Commonwealth of Learning (<a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.col.org\/\">COL<\/a>), together with the Pacific Centre for Flexible and Open Learning for Development (<a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/pacfold-learn.org\/\">PACFOLD<\/a>) are implementing the initiative.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"About_CS4ODFL\">About CS4ODFL<\/span><\/h2>\n<table class=\"oeru1 table table-striped\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Course code<\/b>\n<\/td>\n<td>CS4ODFL\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Duration<\/b>\n<\/td>\n<td>4 weeks\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Workload<\/b>\n<\/td>\n<td>3 &#8211; 5 hours per week\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Badges<\/b>\n<\/td>\n<td>Six digital badges\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Certification<\/b>\n<\/td>\n<td>Certificate of Completion\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"What_will_I_learn.3F\">What will I learn?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In this short online course you will:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Develop an understanding of the role of inclusive and equitable communication practices, teaching presence, and course netiquette for successful open, distance and flexible learning (ODFL) delivery.\n<\/li>\n<li> Learn about the uses of technology and media for efficient and accessible communication in an ODFL environment.\n<\/li>\n<li> Review and discuss key pedagogical considerations when designing course structure, learning activities, feedback and communication strategies.\n<\/li>\n<li> Recognise the attributes of an effective online facilitator.\n<\/li>\n<li> Gain hands-on experience in weaving online discussions and interactions, including strategies for conflict-management in the ODFL space.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Certification_options\">Certification options<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Participants who successfully achieve the six digital badges summarised below for the CS4ODFL course will receive a PDF Certificate of Completion.\n<\/p>\n<table class=\"oeru1 table table-striped\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Digital badge\n<\/th>\n<th>Requirement\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Course Netiquette\n<\/td>\n<td>Prepare a netiquette guideline for your online course.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ODFL Ecosystem\n<\/td>\n<td>Create a mind map of the ODFL communication tools suitable for your context to communicate with your students.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Communication Plan\n<\/td>\n<td>Design a course communication plan to guide and create opportunities to have more meaningful and engaging conversations with your students.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Weaving Online Discussion\n<\/td>\n<td>Review and weave sample discussion forum posts.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CS4ODFL Participant\n<\/td>\n<td>Complete and pass an online &#8216;knowledge test&#8217; quiz on core concepts covered during the CS4ODFL course.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ODFL Badge\n<\/td>\n<td>This is a cumulative badge awarded to CS4ODFL participants who have achieved the five preceding badges. Holders of the ODFL Badge will be awarded a Certificate of Completion for the course.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Prerequisites\">Prerequisites<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Any teacher is free and welcome to participate in this course. The course will be conducted in English. 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