Orientation Guide: Building A Wellbeing Economy

Orientation guide
BUILDING A WELLBEING ECONOMY

OR I E N TAT I ON G U I DE
Building a Wellbeing Economy
Welcome to Building a Wellbeing Economy: Foundations for

Learning and Practice. We’re excited you’re joining us for this
course, a partnership between New Economy Network Australia
(NENA) and The Yunus Centre Griffith University.
We’re passionate about building economic systems that generate

ecological health and social justice. And we hope this course
gives you more tools to generate outcomes like these in your
communities. The guests we have lined up are phenomenal, we
can’t wait to get started with you!
This orientation guide provides the important information you need

to set yourself up for a fantastic learning experience. We’re here to
support you all the way, if you have any questions or issues reach
out to Dr Michelle Maloney.
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BU I LD I N G A W E L LB E I N G ECON OM Y
Course Overview and Key Dates
Each week you should reserve 30-60 minutes to review the preparation
materials (readings, podcasts, pre-recorded videos) to help you prepare
for the session.
In the live sessions, you’ll discuss this material and learn more through
facilitated discussions with guest presenters, all experts in their topics.
Live online sessions are held weekly on Tuesdays 4-6pm AEST
19 APR: What is economics - different schools of thought
26 APR: Social justice, decolonization, equity and law
03 MAY: Ownership, property, commoning and cooperatives
10 MAY: Work - universal basic income, workers cooperatives
17 MAY: Housing – affordability, availability, sustainability
24 MAY: Energy - fossil fuels, renewable, demand and efficiency
31 MAY: Food systems – systems change + sustainable agriculture
07 JUN: Creating systems change in the new economy + wrap up
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Lesson Structure
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Your Griffith University Digital Badge
To receive your Building a Wellbeing Economy:

Foundations for learning and practice digital badge,
you will need to:
• Attend all eight classes
• Answer a multiple choice quiz at the end of the course
• Submit a 1-2 page reflection at the end of the course
What you’ll learn
• How to recognise current economic paradigms and

their impacts on facets of Australian society
• How to identify key characteristics of several schools

of thought, and their relationships to wellbeing
economies
• How to critically engage with current and emerging

trends that challenge dominant paradigms and
propose different trajectories
• How to articulate the role and significance of civil

society in creating alternatives to the current
paradigm, and in influencing government policy and
global challenges
What we hope you’ll be able to do once

you’re finished
• Understand the need for learning to bring about

social change, and articulate practical ways wellbeing
economies principles and practices can contribute to this
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• Analyse paradigm issues to identify underlying causes,

assess options, and consider innovative approaches
relevant to your context
• Reflect on whether and how you are already, or could in

the future, engage with wellbeing economies practices
and principles
• Improve your awareness of your own strengths and

limitations
• Manage information and communication through

technology platforms
Tell us like it is
We are always testing, learning and adapting.
Feel free to share your feedback as it comes to you or when

we check in with you in weeks four and eight using feedback
surveys.
We also love seeing and hearing your reflections. We’ll

be looking for volunteers to create a short, guided, video
reflection about their learning experiences during and after
the course. It helps us to better understand how you are
gaining knowledge and applying concepts to your own
contexts, so please do consider volunteering!
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Set yourself up for learning
Like many educational institutions Griffith University uses Microsoft

Teams for many learning experiences. The following information and tips
should help you get started, and we recommend you attend our pre-start
familiarisation session if you’re new to Microsoft Teams. You will receive an
invitation closer to the date.
Keep an eye out for your invitation
When you’re invited to a Course ‘Team’, you’ll receive an invitation like this:
If your email address is associated with a Microsoft account already you will
be able to click straight through. If it’s not, when you click ‘Open Microsoft
Teams’ you’ll be asked to create a free Microsoft account. You’ll only need to
do this once, we promise!
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Use Teams online or via the desktop app
You’ll be offered the option to open either Teams Desktop (Download

the Windows app) or Teams Online (Join on the web instead).
Note: some browsers are not compatible with the online option,
Chrome is a safe bet.
Similar to other platforms like Zoom and Slack, Teams encourages you
to download the app. You usually have access to more functionality that
way. If you’d like to have the option to collaborate when you’re on the
go, the app for mobile devices is very easy to use too – it’s accessible
via your app store.
Once you’re in
1. You’ll see the Team/s where you’re a member.
2. The channels (located inside the Team) help us organise the themes
and conversations where you’re learning or doing collaborative work.
Here’s a two-minute video from Microsoft giving you an overview

of functionality if you’re new to Teams. Or see below for more key
elements.
1. Teams 2. Channels
Notifications Your Profile
Access teams list
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Our Top Tips
✓ Take control of your experience and how you stay up to date with conversations.
Go to your Profile > Settings > Notifications to set how you are notified of
new conversations / documents etc. If you’re not often in Microsoft Teams you
may want to keep email notifications on.
✓ If you already use Teams for another organisation you’ll be able to switch
between instances by clicking beside your profile pic. You should see a
notification dot on your profile if there are messages for your attention.
✓ The @mention function will notify people of your post. Either use @Team to get
everyone at once, or @name to bring a post to the attention of specific people.
Use it judiciously because it will trigger a notification for team members –
equally, don’t be afraid to use it to help break through the hundreds of messages
we’re all bombarded with.
✓ Quickly find conversations where people have tagged you or replied to you by
clicking the bell icon.
✓ It’s nice to acknowledge you’ve read someone’s post – no one likes talking into a
vacuum! You can use emoji, a comment, GIF – anything you like, we’re a pretty
human bunch.
✓ Help keep conversation threads together by looking for the ‘Reply’ box (it’s
sometimes easy to miss it and reply to someone in a new conversation which
means your reply could get separated from the initial conversation.
✓ H
Hopefully that’s enough to get you started, we can’t wait to see you in the space. If you
experience any issues start by letting Athanasia know and we can go from there.
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BUILDING A WELLBEING ECONOMY

Building a Wellbeing Economy

Welcome to Building a Wellbeing Economy: Foundations for

We’re passionate about building economic systems that generate

This orientation guide provides the important information you need

Course Overview and Key Dates

Live online sessions are held weekly on Tuesdays 4-6pm AEST

19 APR: What is economics - different schools of thought

26 APR: Social justice, decolonization, equity and law

03 MAY: Ownership, property, commoning and cooperatives

10 MAY: Work - universal basic income, workers cooperatives

17 MAY: Housing – affordability, availability, sustainability

24 MAY: Energy - fossil fuels, renewable, demand and efficiency

31 MAY: Food systems – systems change + sustainable agriculture

07 JUN: Creating systems change in the new economy + wrap up

Your Griffith University Digital Badge

To receive your Building a Wellbeing Economy:

• Attend all eight classes

• Answer a multiple choice quiz at the end of the course

• Submit a 1-2 page reflection at the end of the course

What you’ll learn

• How to recognise current economic paradigms and

• How to identify key characteristics of several schools

• How to critically engage with current and emerging

• How to articulate the role and significance of civil

What we hope you’ll be able to do once

• Understand the need for learning to bring about

• Analyse paradigm issues to identify underlying causes,

• Reflect on whether and how you are already, or could in

• Improve your awareness of your own strengths and

• Manage information and communication through

We are always testing, learning and adapting.

Feel free to share your feedback as it comes to you or when

We also love seeing and hearing your reflections. We’ll

Set yourself up for learning

Like many educational institutions Griffith University uses Microsoft

Keep an eye out for your invitation

Use Teams online or via the desktop app

You’ll be offered the option to open either Teams Desktop (Download

1. You’ll see the Team/s where you’re a member.

Here’s a two-minute video from Microsoft giving you an overview

Notifications Your Profile

Access teams list

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