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<h2 class="hd hd-2 unit-title">1.2.1 Taking the Course with Colleagues</h2>
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<p>We believe the best way to take this course is with other colleagues from your community. Of course, you’re welcome to take the course by yourself. But as much as possible, we encourage you to participate in this learning experience with colleagues. </p>
<p>To invite colleagues to take <em>Sorting Truth From Fiction: Civic Online Reasoning</em> with you, you can use the sample emails or Twitter and Facebook posts in our <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uSeSIBXlvCI5pPUEKmSPheOAfq0dgeCdJFQMEHkHvkc/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Course Invitation Kit</a>. </p>
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<h2 class="hd hd-2 unit-title">1.2.2 Form a Learning Circle</h2>
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<p>Once you have a group of colleagues who have enrolled in the course, one way to take the course together is to form a learning circle. </p>
<p><strong>What is a learning circle? </strong></p>
<p>A learning circle is a facilitated study group of learners who are registered in the <em>Sorting Truth From Fiction: Civic Online Reasoning</em> course. </p>
<p><strong>Why form a learning circle? </strong></p>
<p>This course is designed to encourage you to use what you learn in your context as soon as possible. Your learning circle can provide encouragement, support, and diverse perspectives. </p>
<p><strong>What materials can help us create powerful learning circles?</strong></p>
<p>We’ve created the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/11JmVm55INUSSMheCEzWpErKR638UTrt4qYX3tCo6lhk/edit?ts=5f501457#" target="_blank"><strong>Learning Circle Facilitator's Guide</strong></a> for <em>Sorting Truth From Fiction: Civic Online Reasoning</em> to give you the tools you need to lead a learning circle. In this guide are suggested discussion topics and activities for meetings, but we encourage your learning circle to interact with the course in the ways that seem most valuable and productive for your needs. The way in which your learning circle engages with the course is entirely up to you. </p>
<p>The Learning Circle Facilitator’s Guide has ideas and strategies for working collaboratively, including:</p>
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<p><strong>Access the Learning Circle Guide here as a <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/11JmVm55INUSSMheCEzWpErKR638UTrt4qYX3tCo6lhk/edit?ts=5f501457#" target="_blank">Google Doc</a> and as a <a href="/assets/courseware/v1/22438eee929732b3a544103eef8acb23/asset-v1:MITx+0.504x+3T2020+type@asset+block/Learning_Circle_Guide_for_Sorting_Truth_from_Fiction__Civic_Online_Reasoning.pdf" target="[object Object]">PDF</a>.</strong></p>
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<h2 class="hd hd-2 unit-title">1.2.3 Share Your Learning</h2>
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<p><strong>Social Media</strong></p>
<p>Social media has created powerful new tools for educators to form informal communities of practice with others around the world. As you proceed through the course, we encourage you to share your learning both in our forums and in your own online networks. </p>
<p>Those of you who are active on Twitter can follow us<a href="https://twitter.com/mit_tsl?lang=en" target="_blank"> @MIT_TSL</a>and <a href="https://twitter.com/SHEG_Stanford" target="_blank">@SHEG_Stanford </a>and share what you are learning in this course using the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/truthfromfiction?src=hash" target="_blank">#truthfromfiction</a> hashtag. One advantage of participating in these networks is that they allow you to make connections that can persist beyond the end of this course. They also allow you to share your learning in this course with your local community and other networks. </p>
<p>As always, whenever you share on social media, be thoughtful about how your posts will be received by colleagues and community, and be sure to follow local and regional norms, rules, and guidelines. </p>
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<p><strong>Justin Reich<br /></strong><span style="color: #808080;"><em>Assistant Professor<br /></em></span>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</p>
<p><strong>Sam Wineburg</strong> <br /><span style="color: #808080;"><em>Margaret Jacks Professor of Education<br /></em></span>Stanford University</p>
<p><strong>Joel Breakstone</strong> <br /><span style="color: #808080;"><em>Director<br /></em></span>Stanford History Education Group</p>
<p><strong>Teresa Ortega</strong> <br /><span style="color: #808080;"><em>Assistant Director of Curriculum and Operations<br /></em></span>Stanford History Education Group</p>
<p><strong>Mark Smith</strong> <br /><span style="color: #808080;"><em>Director of Assessment<br /></em></span>Stanford History Education Group</p>
<p><strong>Darby Kerr</strong> <br /><span style="color: #808080;"><em>Program Associate<br /></em></span>Stanford History Education Group</p>
<p><strong>Patrick Yurick</strong> <br /><span style="color: #808080;"><em>Director of Experience Design<br /></em></span>High Tech High Graduate School of Education</p>
<p><strong>Josh Littenberg-Tobias</strong> <br /><span style="color: #808080;"><em>Research Scientist<br /></em></span>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</p>
<p><strong>G. R. Marvez</strong> <br /><span style="color: #808080;"><em>Graduate Researcher<br /></em></span>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</p>
<p><strong>Alex Lindsey</strong> <br /><span style="color: #808080;"><em>Director of Content Management<br /></em></span>PYD.Studio</p>
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