Context

We thought you might like to know a bit more about our School, and therefore, the context in which this course is delivered. If any of you are in London, drop in and say "Hi!".

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Course Director's Introduction

Claire Nadaf is the Associate Professor for Continuous Personal & Professional Development (CPPD), at London South Bank University. Claire is a Registered Nurse and has worked her way through the healthcare system and into education. Claire now leads on the promotion of the faculty’s CPPD portfolio across London.

Course Structure

The course takes place over a six week period. Each week is a 'module' in canvas.net terms. Each of these modules contains a mix of text, image and video-based materials which should take around three hours to work through. There are also exercises to allow course participants to test their learning as they go through the course.

Although the course team will be involved in many of the discussions that take place, it is hoped that participants will not only post their own views, but will comment on others to create a meaningful debate.

Who are you?

We want very much to know who you are and will be starting this right away in week one. However, there are a few quick things to do before the modules start that will help everyone know each other at least on a cursory level.

Set up your profile in Canvas

We plan to have discussions here in Canvas and to that extent, having a profile will help us better know each other and have access to each other. Take a moment to do that now. Instructions are located here.

To learn more about us...

Claire Nadaf Associate Professor for Continuous Personal & Professional Development (CPPD)

Susan Maddex Senior Lecturer Adult Nursing

Keiron Spires Associate Professor eLearning

Sara Spiteri Teaching Assistant

Weekly Modules

Each week a new module will be available and will provide you with new material to explore and exercises or tasks to help you test your own learning. To strengthen your learning, and to help you better understand your views of mental health in the context of what others feel, we expect your participation in discussions here on the Canvas site.

Each week centres around an episode in the story of Gary, told in the form of a video drama. This is then supported by a range of other material, as well as input from a number of experts in the field of mental health.

Credit/ Certificates

All participants are eligible to receive a certificate of completion for this course. The requirements are to complete all the end of week quizzes, and any of the tasks marked as mandatory for the certificate. Details of how to print your certificate, or how to apply for an LSBU validated certificate will be in the last module.

Discussions & Communications

Each week there will be exercises to post to the discussion boards. We are not planning to use social media outside of the Canvas site because of the nature of the topics, and the constraints on the use of social media as a health care professional.

To Communicate With Your Instructor Canvas has a messaging system you can use to send messages to your instructor should you have issues or concerns.

Netiquette Guidelines

Time Commitment

If you were to read everything posted in the module and complete every assignment and discussion, we anticipate that you would spend 3-6 hours a week on this course.

Using a MOOC

If you have never participated in a MOOC before, there will be a lot going on and it is very important that you stay focused and don't get caught up in the noise! We highly recommend watching Dave Cormier's 'Success In a MOOC'. In this short video, he outlines some key survival tips in making this one an exhilarating experience.

Getting Help

Need technical support with Canvas? Click on the word "Help" in the upper right-hand corner of your Canvas screen. From there, you will be able to search the Canvas Guides, ask a question, or suggest a feature. There is also a collection of "How to" guides found at Canvas Guides.

Need course content help? We encourage you to post first on the course 'General Discussions' board. We will try to respond to questions on the this board within 48 hours Monday-Friday. The course runs on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).