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Empowered Digital Teacher for Online Learning<\/b> (EDT4OL) is an open online course and its time to get started. The course materials are hosted on this web site.<\/p>\n

Learners are required to submit an Acceptance Portfolio<\/a> to gain entry to the course. Cohorts are restricted to 30 students due to the high levels of facilitation needed on this intermediate level course. We want you to succeed!\n<\/p>\n

After achieving the Acceptance Portfolio Badge, learners participate and interact using their own personal learning environments. We will show you how to set these up during Session 0<\/a> once you have been accepted to the course.\n<\/p>\n

The purpose of this page is to help you find your way around this course site so you can start preparing your Acceptance Portfolio.\n<\/p>\n

5 things you should do before starting the course<\/span><\/h2>\n
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  1. Register on this course site<\/b> by clicking on the user icon (<\/i>) in the site menu.
    This will enable you to post comments using WEnotes and ensure that you receive course instructions via email. (Note: As an open course, registration is not mandatory and we will post copies of the     course announcements<\/a> on the course site.)\n<\/li>\n
  2. Review the course guide<\/a><\/b>, in particular the:\n