Course resources (start here)

Topic outline

• General
  
  

  General

  • A Warm Welcome to new community members! Start Page (all Gaia U courses link from here)

    
    If you find yourself on this page you have successfully signed up for a program or course - welcome!
    
    

    We are delighted you are here and look forward to accompanying you on the transformative action un/learning journey that lies ahead of you. Please find the 3 sections of resources below. Jump into these at your own pace - take care not to overwhelm yourself - little and often is a good approach.

    1. Some readings to set the scene
       
       
    2. Links to courses. One of these will take you to your chosen program. We publish these links on the course start day so come back that day to see your course listed.
       
       
    3. A collection of useful software for you to download or otherwise activate. Each of these is used in our programs and also has good value for general use. Try them out!
• 1. Readings to set the scene
  
  

  1. Readings to set the scene

  In this section find resources that will stay with us and probably grow throughout the Orientation - the Word & Book Glossary, the TechTips & Scholar Skills, the Orientation Handbook are examples.

  On the top of each element page there are links to each of these resources so they are easy to get back to. Once you are done, use the links in the horizontal scroll bar above to get back to the element you were working on.

  • Don't believe a word of it! Book

    Some key approaches to effective self-directed learning

  • Scheduling study time Book

    Ask youself (and do some analysis) "do I really have time for this"?

• 2. Links to courses
  
  

  2. Links to courses

  If your chosen course does not show up here it is because you have arrived before we are ready.
  

  To bide the time read the readings above, download and set up the software from below and, if on a paid program, set up your email system with a folder or filter to catch mail form your chosen course (use the first 3 or 4 capital letters or numbers from the course title below as the filter term - this shows up in the subject line of emails from us).
  

  
  

  • CRL - Creating regenerative livelihoods URL
• 3. A collection of useful software
  
  

  3. A collection of useful software

  • Firefox Browser URL

    Our sites are optimized for the popular, reliable and free Firefox browser. With open source security!

  • XMind for XMindmapping URL

    Our favourite m/mapping software. Free, versatile, does workbooks, can be embedded and shared on Gaia U sites - we use it a lot!

  • Libre Office URL

    Free, open source Office suite - makes pdf's as standard - great for resilient documentation

  • Diigo - social bookmarking URL

    Social bookmarking site - great for sharing discoveries on the web - another free gem - open your account today!

  • Google URL

    A Google account is very useful (we publish some documents as Google Drive documents) - add Gmail, Google Drive and more to your list of options