As i begin my mOOC journey with the University of Canterbury and OER Foundation

Yesterday was a different day altogether as my friend and a WE introduced me to the world of WE. As a person working in the field of higher education, i hopped in as soon as i heard about the forthcoming mOOC on 'Scenario Planning for Educators'. Scenario planning had crossed my mind several times as i did my small time research on Knowledge Management in Education, but it never occurred to me to learn that in a true sense. Thanks to my friend, i have taken myself to the next level. My interest in the course goes beyond a personal level as i am currently initiating a large programme meant to impart a new vigour to the Higher Education of the Kerala State through the 'Fostering linkages in Academic Innovation and Research' (FLAIR). FLAIR is an attempt to make the higher education in the highly literate state of Kerala future ready and its my sincere hope that my exposure to this cutting edge course will definitely help me deliver more.

#SP4Ed (2013.05) Scenario Planning for Educators - mOOC starts today

Scenario planning for educators (SP4Ed) is a free micro Open Online Learning Course (mOOC) offered by the e-Learning Research Lab at the University of Canterbury in collaboration with the OER Foundation Scenarios deal with a complex set of interrelated factors which typically play out over a considerable period of time. “ It’s easy to get lost in the ‘trees’ of these details and lose sight of the ‘forest’ — mastering the dynamic complexity essential to successful strategy. Here’s where the discipline of systems thinking finds its greatest advantage. By using the systems archetypes we can learn how to ‘structure’ the details into a coherent picture of the forces at play. ” —Peter Senge, 1994[1] Get to know about the course by logging on to www.wikieducator.org