pre-course+activities

To help you get ready, we have opened the course website as of 30th January 2012. You can learn more about the workshop site by reading How to – Get Started (pdf). Please also review the Tips for Successful Engagement in this Online MyCOOP Workshop (pdf). Course discussions will be carried out in discussion forums. Please have a look at the details on How to - Use the Discussion Forum (pdf).

Before the course gets started officially on the 5th of February 2012 please edit your profile, introduce yourself in the general forum and take some time to download the 4 MyCOOP modules and training manual for face-to-face training.

In your profile please tell us a bit about yourself, your profession and where you work. Please tell us where you are located and upload your picture. To edit your profile click on your name in the online users box in the left hand menu. For detailed instructions on how to edit your profile please read How to – Edit your Profile (pdf).
 * Update your profile**

The facilitators have designed this course with the expectations you shared in mind. For the benefit of other participants, please introduce yourself to and reflect a bit on how this course relates to your work. What can you contribute, and what do you hope to gain? This is our first activity in the discussion forum. Please have a look at related post from the course facilitators, which outlines some of the general expectations already shared, and reply to that post. Have a look at other peoples' posts in order to get an idea of who else is taking part in the course. Click on the monitors icon to go to the forum.
 * Introduce yourself to the others**

The 4 training modules and the training manual need to be read in advance. As you know the focus of this on-line workshop is oriented towards "train-the-trainer (TOT)". Therefore it is important that you master the standard knowledge (subject matter expertise) that is written down in these four content modules. The on-line workshop that starts next week will help you gradually on how to master the training manual and materials in relation with the content.
 * Prior reading material**