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Quick Facts

Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

The introductory course on Odyssey planning by edX is apt for students who want to explore the realms of lives and their associated meaning in order to design lives that you want to make. The course provides a quality platform for online education in partnership with Stanford online education, a world-renowned prestigious university. Odyssey planning training is crafted with individual importance which can be pursued separately even though it's part of Stanford's 10 weeks program on Designing your life. This self-paced course is provided with online lectures given by Stanford's experienced panel of faculties.

Odyssey planning online program mainly highlights the main aim of teaching the students on how to make use of thinking to design and develop an effective and efficient approach towards building your vocation, which also includes an in-depth study of key concepts like Odyssey plan, the study of life, Different timelines like 5-years and 10-years and so on.

The Highlights

Course offered by edX
A Stanford university course
Part of 10 weeks Stanford’s designing your life course
Self-paced online program
The course duration of 4 weeks with 1-3 hours per week
Verified and shareable certification
Fee audit period
Introductory course on business & management

Programme Offerings

Online Class
video lectures
assignments
Discussion Forums
Additional resources
& Instructor-led

Courses and Certificate Fees

Certificate Availability
no

What you will learn

Designing skills

This introductory course provides the learners with enhanced knowledge and skills such as:

Students learn different ways to construct an effective approach towards designing the lives they want to be included in Odyssey planning online program.
Students are provided with three 5-years odyssey plans as well as a 10-year odyssey plan for future purposes as a part of the course.
Training to think like a designer provides the learners to have a more coherent and clear thinking process is included in the Odyssey planning course by edX.
The learners are given a comprehensive account of how to brainstorm ideas extensively in the course.
Under the Odyssey planning course, in-depth training on how to build strong prototypes for lives that guarantees minimum failures are provided to the learners.
To reinforce a creative approach towards life, in general, is kindled in the learner’s mind.
The importance of constructive feedback by sharing your work with others is taught to the students included in Odyssey planning online program.
The teaching of getting world affirmation brings harmony in work within you and your environment, is provided to the students in the Odyssey planning online course.
This course helps the learners to grasp ideas from their environment which is abundant with various resources.
Students grasp a knack for life-design prototypes of conversations and experiences in Odyssey planning training.

Who it is for

The following students can find the course highly beneficial:

Odyssey's planning online program is applicable to those learners who wish to harness the skills relevant to design lives and can go for this course.

Admission Details

The students should follow an online registration process for getting admission to this course on Odyssey planning online course.

The students can follow the given procedures for successfully registering in the course:

Step: 1- Direct to the Odyssey planning program link provided- https://www.edx.org/course/odyssey-planning.

Step: 2- Complete the sign-up procedure by creating a new edX account by providing details or linking any one of your existing social media accounts like Facebook or Google.

Step: 3- Now, Enrol in the course you want after completing the verification of the Email ID that you have provided while signing up.

Step: 4- You will be directed to a page asking whether you want to audit the course or directly head over to Payment. You can just audit and pay later if you wish so.

Step: 5- If you want to proceed with purchasing the account upgrade, click on the option purchase the verified account and go for a payment.

Step: 6- Finally, become a verified track user after completing the required payment by using any of the payment options given to you. With that, the full registration process stands complete which enables the candidates to start learning Odyssey planning training.

The Syllabus

Welcome

Prototyping your odyssey plan

The odyssey years
Stages of life

5-year timeline
Symbol of your odyssey
The odyssey plan
Your 10-year timeline
Your dashboard
Your three 5-year timelines
Sharing your odyssey plans
Reflecting on your odyssey plans
Writing your ‘thank you’ note

Revising or recreating your odyssey plans
Additional resources
Key insights

Instructors

Stanford Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: Are there any provisions for the students to pursue Odyssey planning certification course after a break?

The students can pursue even if the course is over, from the archives. This is a self-paced course and can be pursued after a break with the option: ‘Resume course’.

2: Which institution provides Odyssey planning certification course?

Odyssey planning certification course is provided by edX and the institution which designed and presents this course via edX is Stanford university from Stanford life design lab.

3: Are deadlines applicable to self-paced courses?

Deadlines provided for the Odyssey planning online program can be altered according to the convenience of the learners and are given to pace their studies. However, the deadlines set by instructors stand fixed.

4: Can students receive personal feedback from discussion forums?

The discussion forums provided in the Odyssey planning course by edX for the students to discuss and interact on various topics. They are not provided with feedback via discussion forums.

5: What is the overall course duration mentioned for this course?

This self-paced Odyssey planning online program can be personalized according to learner’s comfort but a recommended schedule is given with 4 weeks which can be achieved with 1-3 hours of weekly effort.

6: Can the students get full amount refund after unenrolling the course?

Students will be provided with a full refund if they unenroll from the course within 14 days of the refund eligibility period from the date of purchase or start of classes.

7: Can the students get lectures on any other subjects other than English?

Currently, students enrolled in the Odyssey planning online program are only provided with online lectures with transcripts in the English language only for reaching a maximum number of students. Students can check for any updates regarding changes.

8: What all benefits are associated with verified track accounts?

Students are provided with the Odyssey planning online program benefits only after becoming a verified track user. Those benefits are graded assessments, course certification, and unlimited access to course content.

9: When is the last date to apply for financial assistance?

The students of the Odyssey planning course should apply for assistance within the last date given for purchasing the upgrade for the course. This date is given right after enrolling in the course.

10: To which all online platforms can I share the course certification?

The students of the Odyssey planning online program are given provision to share the online course certification to several different social media platforms like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter as well as Google.