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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">I received this, too and signed in. Not
      much additional information received since via email.<br>
      More about this course: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org">iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br>
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      I am currently looking for co-learners in this course, as there
      will be some group projects to do.<br>
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      With kind regards<br>
      Uli Spalthoff<br>
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      Am 10.10.2012 06:20, schrieb Zachary Charles Clifton:<br>
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      <div>No problem!</div>
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      <div>The originating email address was a nice generic <a
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        <div>On Oct 9, 2012, at 11:16 PM, Caryl Bigenho wrote:</div>
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              <div dir="ltr">Thanks Zachary...
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                <div>Perhaps it went in my junk mail and accidentally
                  got deleted. Did others get this email as well? What
                  was the originating email address? </div>
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                <div>Caryl<br>
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                    <hr id="stopSpelling">Subject: Re: [IAEP] Online
                    Classes... Have you heard from Stanford Venture Lab?<br>
                    From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
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                      href="mailto:Zachary.Clifton@Colorado.EDU">Zachary.Clifton@Colorado.EDU</a><br>
                    Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 22:42:37 -0500<br>
                    CC:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
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                      href="mailto:olpc-socal@laptop.org">olpc-socal@laptop.org</a>;<span
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                      href="mailto:yamaplos@gmail.com">yamaplos@gmail.com</a><br>
                    To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
                      moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="mailto:cbigenho@hotmail.com">cbigenho@hotmail.com</a><br>
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                    I've only received the following on 9/22/12
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                    <div>Welcome edu-preneurs!<br>
                      <div>I am very excited to connect with you and
                        work together to design new, effective learning
                        environments!<br>
                        <b>The course officially starts on October 15
                          and will run for 10 weeks.</b> During the
                        course period, you will watch a series of short
                        lecture videos, work on individual and team
                        assignments, evaluate your peers’ individual and
                        team assignments, and ultimately design and
                        pitch a new learning environment as your final
                        team project. Examples include learning
                        management systems that do more or are better
                        than existing tools, mobile learning models or e
                        learning pedagogies, a technology that supports
                        learning and assessment, new school system
                        models, or a blended learning program. The
                        strongest designs will trigger and facilitate
                        active, constructive, real-world problem solving
                        and collaborative learning, and will leverage
                        the 21st century communication media.<br>
                        During the first two weeks, you will focus on
                        individual assignments and <b>learning about and
                          connecting with your classmates</b>. There are
                        already 6,000 students enrolled, and I expect
                        more over the next weeks leading up to the
                        course, so make your presence known in the
                        discussion forum! It is very important to share
                        about your background, skills, interests,
                        philosophies, and experiences during the early
                        course period because by the 3rd week, you will
                        use these connections to form project teams. You
                        will form your own teams—they are not
                        assigned—so make sure people in the course know
                        your project ideas and work style. You may only
                        belong to one team at a time and you are
                        encouraged to create or join a team that
                        consists of classmates who share a similar
                        interests or beliefs about education, but with a
                        broad range of experience and skills
                        (particularly any skills or experience you don’t
                        possess that would help your work).<br>
                        <b>There are no quizzes multiple choice
                          questions in this course</b>. Learning here is
                        not memorizing— it is creating, designing,
                        negotiating, presenting, evaluating, and
                        building the working relationships and being the
                        active contributor that it takes to do all of
                        this on a team. Instead of exams, you will be
                        evaluated by your classmates on the level of
                        quality and originality of your work, as well as
                        on your level of active participation and
                        contribution in the class. Your course “rank” is
                        on a 0-5 scale. Completing only your individual
                        assignment will not earn you enough points to
                        complete this course. You need to earn a ranking
                        of at least 3 out of 5 to have successfully
                        completed this course. Your active engagement
                        throughout the course will be crucial. I
                        estimate that you will need to spend about 4
                        hours each week, though actual time needed may
                        vary depending on individual experiences and
                        team effectiveness.<br>
                        <b>Those highly ranked teams presenting
                          excellent solutions will be featured on a
                          Stanford website</b> so the world beyond this
                        course may learn about your work and perhaps
                        help your team make its design a reality.<br>
                        I am glad to see so many people from all over
                        the world interested in this course, and in our
                        shared vision of helping every student reach his
                        or her full potential regardless of age, color,
                        or nationality. We are here to cause a paradigm
                        shift in education settings around the world.<br>
                        Once again, welcome my fellow innovators! Let’s
                        design a new learning environment. If we imagine
                        it together, we can make it happen.<br>
                        Thanks for your passion.<br>
                        Sincerely,<br>
                        Paul Kim <br>
                        Chief Technology Officer and Assistant Dean <br>
                        Graduate School of Education <br>
                        Stanford University<br>
                        <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                          href="http://venture-lab.stanford.edu/education"
                          target="_blank">http://venture-lab.stanford.edu/education</a><br>
                        P.S. If you know of someone who might be a good
                        teammate for your project idea, don’t be shy to
                        have her or him join!<br>
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                        <div>On Oct 9, 2012, at 10:37 PM, Caryl Bigenho
                          wrote:</div>
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                              <div dir="ltr">Hi...
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                                <div>Has anyone received any
                                  communication for the online class
                                  offered by the Stanford Venture lab?
                                  It is supposed to start on October 15
                                  and I haven't heard anything yet. I
                                  know several of you signed up too, so
                                  I thought I would check to see if you
                                  have had any communications from them.
                                  Yama... you took it before, did they
                                  send out anything before the actual
                                  start date when you took it?</div>
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                                <div>In contrast, the MOOC "Gentle
                                  Introduction Python" class has sent
                                  emails almost daily for the past week
                                  or so with instructions for signing up
                                  on the multiple sites they will using.
                                  It also starts on the 15th.</div>
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                                <div>You can still sign up for these
                                  classes at:</div>
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                                <div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                    href="https://venture-lab.stanford.edu/education"
                                    target="_blank">https://venture-lab.stanford.edu/education</a></div>
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                                <div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                    href="http://mechanicalmooc.org"
                                    target="_blank">http://mechanicalmooc.org</a></div>
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                                <div>Caryl (SweetXOGrannie for the
                                  classes)</div>
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                              IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a
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