Dear xxx,
We're now live!!! Thank you all for your patience during these past couple of weeks. The first two weeks of lectures, readings, and slides are all posted. The discussion forum is live. Please click here to get started:
http://www.modelthinking-class.org/
The class will last for ten weeks ending the last week of April. We will be covering two topics per week. Each topic will consist of a series of lectures with some embedded questions to make sure you're understanding the material as well as required and supplementary readings. Every week, starting in week two there will be a quiz. The quiz questions will vary in difficulty from basic competency questions to more challenging numerical calculations.
I encourage you to participate in our online discussion forum by posting alternative resources, offering up new uses for the models as well as extensions, and for providing feedback on the course and the assignments.
Please also forward this email to your friends who might be interested in learning about models or who might just be interested in this new form of online education. If you have friends taking the class, I strongly encourage you to form a study group to discuss the material with each other and think about how these models might be helpful in your lives. You might even find that it's more fun to watch the videos in a group.
Welcome again, I hope that you find this class stimulating and thought provoking.
Scotte