{"id":6335,"date":"2026-10-05T14:20:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T21:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/malat-coursesite.royalroads.ca\/lrnt523\/?guid=693cdf22e0bf43a86196b32489e6839e"},"modified":"2026-10-05T14:20:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T21:20:48","slug":"welcome-to-week-1-of-unit-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-coursesite.royalroads.ca\/lrnt523\/welcome-to-week-1-of-unit-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Week 1 of Unit 3"},"content":{"rendered":"by Elizabeth Childs. &nbsp;<p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:left;\"><\/p><p>Hi Everyone,<\/p>\n\n<p>We\nare starting\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/malat-coursesite.royalroads.ca\/lrnt523\/schedule\/unit-3\/\"><strong>Unit 3<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0today, can you believe it?! The last one of\nthis course. This unit focuses on futures, in a similar way that Unit 1 focuses\non histories. There is one activity this week, intended to help you with\nstarting to think about the final assignment. This of this activity as an\ninformal way to begin working on your final assignment. It's intended to be a\nsort of a stepping stone into your assignment. When you visit the unit page,\nyou'll see that there's a number of readings available.<strong> Instead of reading all\npapers for the activity, you are asked to skim them all and then pick one or\ntwo to read for this week's activity. <\/strong>This should lighten the load a little,\nbut still enable you to begin working on your final assignment by\ncompleting\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/malat-coursesite.royalroads.ca\/lrnt523\/schedule\/unit-3\/\"><strong>Activity 7<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Live\nsessions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>In\nterms of this week, we have a synchronous session booked in our calendar for\nThursday <strong>Oct 8<sup>th<\/sup> 4:30 \u2013 6:00pm pacific time<\/strong>. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>Our\nnext synchronous session is scheduled for <strong>Oct 20th 4:30 \u2013 6pm pacific time<\/strong>.\nYou will have completed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/malat-coursesite.royalroads.ca\/lrnt523\/schedule\/unit-3\/\"><strong>Activity #7<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by then and will have spent some time thinking\nand writing the final assignment. We will use this session as an opportunity to\ncheck-in, chat about assignment #3, explore some topics related to the future\nof education and meet your LRNT 524 instructors and talk a little bit about what\nto expect in LRNT 524. I'll send a reminder closer to the date, but if you're\navailable please add this time and day to your calendar.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>On a\nside note, I am thoroughly enjoying your Assignment 2\u2019s and will aim to have my\nfeedback and assessment to you shortly. As always if you have any questions or\nneed anything from my end, please don\u2019t hesitate to ask.<\/p>\n\n<p><br \/>\nHave a fabulous week and we will speak soon.<br \/>\nCiao,<\/p>\n\n<p>Elizabeth<\/p><br \/><p><\/p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Elizabeth Childs. &nbsp;Hi Everyone,<\/p>\n<p>We<br \/>\nare starting\u00a0Unit 3\u00a0today, can you believe it?! The last one of<br \/>\nthis course. This unit focuses on futures, in a similar way that Unit 1 focuses<br \/>\non histories. 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