today's tasks, help for the confused.

[Yishay Mor]

Hi all,

The project proposal list on the dreambazaar keeps growing (http://www.olds.ac.uk/the-course/week-1/dreambazaar) and already we're seeing some clouds in the team up! (http://www.olds.ac.uk/the-course/week-1/team-up) and study groups (http://www.olds.ac.uk/the-course/week-1/study-circle) cloudscapes. Good job! 

We know forming a team and a study circle is no mean feat. Nevertheless, we think that although you could work through the MOOC on your own, your learning experience - and your success - would be greatly enhanced by working with others. 

Some of you may be uncertain about the difference between a team and a study circle. Quite simple: your team is a small (3-7) group of people with whom you work on a shared project. A study circle is a wider group with looser ties with which you interact regularly. After all, its hard to hold a conversation with 1000 people.

So, where do you find your team mates / circle members?

- if you come with an organic group, from your work / studies / town, that would be a good place to start.

- scan the dreambazaar clouds, and leave comments on those that interest you. We've started tagging them in http://www.bibsonomy.org/tag/dreambazaar+oldsmooc, perhaps that helps.

- post a message to the open list, and start a conversation.

Some of you have been leaving feedback indicating you're uncertain where to do what. In case you haven't seen it, the "how it works" page may clear things up:

http://www.olds.ac.uk/about/olds-mooc-how-it-works

Happy MOOCing!

Yishay
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Dr. Yishay Mor
Senior Lecturer, Educational Technology
http://iet.open.ac.uk/people/yishay.mor
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