SEDA/SEDA301/Start Here

SEDA/SEDA301/ 1. StartHere

Social Entrepreneurship in the a Digital Age

Welcome to the first open online micro-course for Social Entrepreneurship in the Digital Age. This module is called creating social impact with social entrepreneurship and social enterprise (SEDA301). In this micro-course you will go on your own introductory journey to understanding how the fast-paced development of new digital technologies provides powerful resources for addressing today’s social and environmental challenges. Combining the perspectives of business entrepreneurship, regional science and information systems, this micro-course will uncover the potential of digitally connected social entrepreneurship as an agile and exciting vehicle for creating positive social and environmental change.

3 things you should do before starting the course

1. Register on this course site by clicking on the user icon ( ) in the site menu.  This will enable you to submit microblog posts using WEnotes and manage your registered learning journal blog url if you use one. (Note: As an open course, registration is not mandatory and we will post copies of the course announcements on the course site.)
2. Familiarise yourself with the web site navigation to find out where the:
   • Course resources,
   • Learning materials (see learning pathways in the menu above),
3. Review the:
   • Course overview

Study Tips

There are a few things you should know about creating social impact with social entrepreneurship and social enterprise (SEDA301) (SEDA301) course:

1. Course tag: The course code for Creating social impact with social entrepreneurship and social enterprise : (SEDA301). Write this down because you can use this tag for your blog posts.
2. Course discussion boards: This Course also uses free and open discussion boards to help reduce obstacles to learning and help students join a community. You can find SEDA301 General Discussion Board here. Links to specific Discussion boards will be provided throughout the course.
3. Course feed: The course hosts a live feed where you can monitor posts from WEnotes and participant blog posts using the SEDA301 tag or label.
   • WEnotes is the locally hosted microblog technology for posting comments to the course feed.
4. Suggested study time: This is a synchronous course which means you can participate at times which are convenient for your own schedule.
5. Navigating this unit: The course is divided into learning pathways, which form sections of the micro-course. Each of these learning pathways builds on the last. It is recommended these learning paths are completed in sequencial order.