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What you’ll be learning
In this course you’ll:- explore different definitions of resilience
- discover how you can learn to become more resilient
- investigate how resilience contributes to career success
- explore the role of organisations and communities in building resilience
- produce your own resilience plan.
Meet the team
Your lead educator for this course is Associate Professor Marcus O’Donnell (Pro Vice-Chancellor, Teaching and Learning, Deakin University). Marcus has over 30 years experience in education, health and community development, and currently researches connections between education and wellbeing.Also on hand to join you in conversation for the first few weeks is Warren Summers. As a psychotherapist, communications manager and community worker, Warren’s research explores the interaction between narrative, social justice and wellbeing.Dr Bianca Frost from our course design team will also be on-hand in later weeks to support discussions and help answer your questions.If you haven’t already, make sure you follow Marcus, Warren and Bianca for course updates, feedback and discussions. You might also like to follow our conversations using #FLResilience on social media.Your learning outcomes
By completing this course you should be able to:- define and explain resilience
- apply resilience frameworks to your professional career
- create your own personal resilience plan.
Plan your time
Depending on how long you engage in conversation with other learners at each step, this course should take you about two to three hours each week to complete.You’ll also notice that many steps include additional links under ‘see also’. While not included in the overall course time, these provide an opportunity to further explore particular topics you may be interested in. (Note: YouTube links to TED Talks may not be available in some countries.)Build your professional portfolio
This course has now been accredited by The CPD Certification Service, a UK-based body that recognises a wide-range of activities critical to the ongoing development of skills and practices that complement your academic qualifications and/or work-based experience.Should you elect to upgrade and meet the standards required for a Certificate of Achievement, you can use this as evidence of your commitment to continual professional development.Your task
What are the key words that come to mind when you think of resilience?Add two or three words to this word cloud*, which we’ll refer to later in the course.In the comments, share with other learners why you chose these words and what they mean to you.(Liking and replying to comments that interest or challenge you is an important way of contributing to the conversations that will make this course a vibrant experience not only for you, but also for other learners.)When you’re done, select mark as complete and move to the next step. * This link is to a third party website that requires a JavaScript-enabled web browser.Professional Resilience: Building Skills to Thrive at Work

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