Amikor csatlakoztam az online marketing kurzushoz, még nem tudtam, milyen is az, amikor kinyílik a világ! (Megjegyzem, még most is csak halvány fogalmam van róla...)
És akkor íme a levél:
"Greetings to all:
One week to go before we officially launch Understanding Media by Understanding Google! Later this week, we'll release the detailed final syllabus for the final five weeks, to accompany that for the first week that we emailed to enrollees on Sept. 5 (and that now appears on the original course page as well).
Another important part of learning, as in any university environment, is interacting with other students. The Coursera system provides one way to do this, with a structured set of discussion forums (and participation in them does count toward your grade). But social media has also proven to be a good way for Courserians to interact, and you have several options if you want to expand your participation beyond the course platform.
You won't be surprised that we've created a private community on Google+, Google's social media platform. You can join it at this address: https://plus.google.com/communities/118182290005008275056. If you have a Google+ account, you can ensure that you regularly see its posts on your main page by clicking on the gear icon in the left-hand column, making sure the box that says "Show posts in Home stream" is checked, and perhaps even selecting "More" in the dropdown menu associated with the word "Amount." Google+ is also the place where, during the course of the quarter, Professor Youngman currently is planning to conduct live "Hangouts on Air," some of which are likely to contain randomly selected students.
Twitter is another good place to share comments, links to related material, and anything else you think your fellow students might be interested in. We encourage you to use the hashtag "#googlemedia" to make it easy for all of us to find and follow one another's posts. You can also follow Professor Youngman on Twitter; his handle is @YoungOwen. Facebook and Google+ also support hashtagging, of course, and you should use them there, too.
Professor Youngman also posts to a public stream on Facebook, which you can follow at http://facebook.com/YoungOwen. If you're viewing the site on a desktop, just click on the "Follow" box that appears inside his cover photo. On most smartphone implementations of Facebook, the "follow" button appears underneath the cover and profile photos. By "following" (not "friending" him), you'll see any relevant updates.
Of course, you're encouraged to use any of your favorite social platforms to find your fellow students and share with them. Instagram, Pinterest, and Tumblr have been popular in several other Coursera courses, and we wouldn't be surprised if Orkut were a good option for this class in some parts of the world! Finally, Professor Youngman's blog "The next miracle" can be found at owenyoungman.com, and he already has posted several entries related to this course.
Another opportunity for interacting in what is often called "meatspace" is to set up an in-person meetup with other students in your geographic area. Coursera makes this easy through its partnership with Meetup.com, and you'll find links inside the course site once it launches. For Chicago-area students, we'll be hosting a meetup with Professor Youngman on campus at Northwestern in mid-October; watch for details. And watch your email for more updates as the start date approaches. (Please note that the green "Go To Class" button at the bottom of this email won't actually work until the course launches on the 16th.)
– Northwestern's Coursera Team"
Ahová az internet elér, képes összekötni embereket, nemzeteket, legyenek szinte bárhol a világon. Az információ elér mindenhová. Csak kell egy közös nyelv - az angol...
Ismét kaptam levelet a közelgő kurzusomról... Nemcsak a kurzus anyagából lehet ám tanulni! Én folyamatosan figyelem, hogyan kommunikálnak velem, hogyan hirdetnek, hogyan épülnek fel a virtuális osztálytermek, hogyan írnak a tanfolyamról, milyen a technikai és az emberi háttér stb. Magyarán: hogyan kell profi módon kommunikálni, és milyen feltételekkel lehet mindezt megvalósítani.
Ahogy figyelem mindezt, azt veszem észre, hogy úgy dolgozik ez az oktató csapat, azt teszi pontosan, amit tanít. Meg lehet figyelni, milyen egységes csoportmunka van a háttérben. Azt gondolom, a magyaroknak - ha mást nem is - ezt mindenképpen el kellene sajátítaniuk a széthúzás helyett....
Lentebb megosztom veletek az újabb levelet, amit kaptam, hogy ti is lássátok, mennyi lehetősége van egy diáknak arra, hogy tanuljon, hogy segítséget kapjon, hogy kommunikáljon másokkal. Már csatlakoztam is a leírásban található csoportokhoz, mint például a Google+ vagy a Facebook. Érdekes találkozni virtuális osztálytársaimmal...
Képzeljétek el, a 40.000 diák között megtaláltam azt a 108 budapesti, és 2 vidéki magyart, akik részt vesznek ilyen kurzusokon, s létre is hoztak helyi csoportokat, ahogyan az a leírásban is szerepel.
Ezek a csoportok rendszeresen tartanak összejöveteleket a legkülönfélébb témákban.
Tudósok, programozók, nyelvtanulók, nyelvet tanítók, dizájnerek, marketingesek, meditáló csoportok mind-mind megtalálhatók ezekben a csoportokban.
Pozitív, nyitott emberek kicsiny csoportja ez, ahol minden érdeklődő megtalálhatja a számára érdekes témát.
A közös a csoportokban - az angol.... Talán ez nem véletlen, hiszen a nyelv segítségével első kézből értesülhetnek a technikai és egyéb újdonságokról, hírekről. Így elsőként indíthatnak vállalkozást, vezethetnek be új ötleteket Magyarországon.
És akkor íme a levél:
"Greetings to all:
One week to go before we officially launch Understanding Media by Understanding Google! Later this week, we'll release the detailed final syllabus for the final five weeks, to accompany that for the first week that we emailed to enrollees on Sept. 5 (and that now appears on the original course page as well).
Another important part of learning, as in any university environment, is interacting with other students. The Coursera system provides one way to do this, with a structured set of discussion forums (and participation in them does count toward your grade). But social media has also proven to be a good way for Courserians to interact, and you have several options if you want to expand your participation beyond the course platform.
You won't be surprised that we've created a private community on Google+, Google's social media platform. You can join it at this address: https://plus.google.com/communities/118182290005008275056. If you have a Google+ account, you can ensure that you regularly see its posts on your main page by clicking on the gear icon in the left-hand column, making sure the box that says "Show posts in Home stream" is checked, and perhaps even selecting "More" in the dropdown menu associated with the word "Amount." Google+ is also the place where, during the course of the quarter, Professor Youngman currently is planning to conduct live "Hangouts on Air," some of which are likely to contain randomly selected students.
Twitter is another good place to share comments, links to related material, and anything else you think your fellow students might be interested in. We encourage you to use the hashtag "#googlemedia" to make it easy for all of us to find and follow one another's posts. You can also follow Professor Youngman on Twitter; his handle is @YoungOwen. Facebook and Google+ also support hashtagging, of course, and you should use them there, too.
Professor Youngman also posts to a public stream on Facebook, which you can follow at http://facebook.com/YoungOwen. If you're viewing the site on a desktop, just click on the "Follow" box that appears inside his cover photo. On most smartphone implementations of Facebook, the "follow" button appears underneath the cover and profile photos. By "following" (not "friending" him), you'll see any relevant updates.
Of course, you're encouraged to use any of your favorite social platforms to find your fellow students and share with them. Instagram, Pinterest, and Tumblr have been popular in several other Coursera courses, and we wouldn't be surprised if Orkut were a good option for this class in some parts of the world! Finally, Professor Youngman's blog "The next miracle" can be found at owenyoungman.com, and he already has posted several entries related to this course.
Another opportunity for interacting in what is often called "meatspace" is to set up an in-person meetup with other students in your geographic area. Coursera makes this easy through its partnership with Meetup.com, and you'll find links inside the course site once it launches. For Chicago-area students, we'll be hosting a meetup with Professor Youngman on campus at Northwestern in mid-October; watch for details. And watch your email for more updates as the start date approaches. (Please note that the green "Go To Class" button at the bottom of this email won't actually work until the course launches on the 16th.)
– Northwestern's Coursera Team"
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