Part I Course Commencement: May 1st, 2012
Total Course Cost for Part I: $1199
Part I Reservation Fee: $200
Monthly Fee: 18 payments of $55.50 ($999)
Part I Course Length: 18 months
Course Enrollment Limited to: 300 people SOLD OUT
Registration for this course is now closed.
However, if you are interested in being on the wait list, should there be any cancellations or for future encores, please click the button below to send your contact information to Tricia.
Reservation Payment:
If you want to reserve a space in the course hit the subscribe button at the bottom of this page. There are 300 spots available. This will bring you to a paypal page for a one time payment of $200. This is a non-refundable deposit which allows me to start manufacturing several of the thread lines for your kits. If you have extenuating circumstances and can not start the course, the fee will be refunded if I can fill the spot from a wait list. If I can not fill the spot, you will be due materials to the value of the deposit minus shipping.
If you prefer not to use paypal, I can take US checks for the reservation amount. Email me at tricia@alum.mit.edu for the mailing address.
After subscribing, hit the email registration button and send me your name, shipping address and preferred email address for the class correspondence.
Course Payment:
One month before course commencement, I will send you a link for an 18-month paypal subscription for the remainder of the course cost ($55.50/month). Your registration is complete once you start the subscription payments for the course.
If you prefer not to use PayPal, I will accept check payment. Email me for instructions and terms. I currently do not take credit card numbers directly.
Kit Shipments:
After I receive confirmation of the first monthly payment processing, I will send you the first course kit to the address you used in step 1.
Postal fees are included in the course pricing for US addresses. Canadian addresses will be sent an invoice for a $36 postal supplement. Other countries will receive an invoice for a $77 postal supplement. All kits will be sent by US priority or Global Priority. If your destination requires special handling by courier or Fed-Ex, I am happy to do so, email me for a quote.
A second course kit will be shipped approximately half-way through the course. Exact date will depend on manufacturing availability. Any kit materials missing from the course mailings will be mailed to you at my cost via first class mail as I receive any back ordered materials.
Subscription Suspension:
Your paypal subscription may suspend if the credit card expiration date is passed. In these cases, I will notify you and send a new link to restart the subscription. If a month goes by without restart, your passwords will be deactivated until the subscription is restarted.
User Names and Passwords: The first day of the course, we will send you an email with your uniquely assigned username and password as well as the link to the restricted-access course page. It is best to use a minimum number of computers to access the course materials as the database will flag accounts with logins coming from a large numbers of IP-addresses, resulting in a temporary suspension of password while a new password is assigned.
Class Content: The class content will be provided in chapters that have mixed instructional and historical content in a mixed PDF and Print-Only format. The main body of a chapter will be in PDF format with photos that are under restricted license being placed at the end in a series of print-only pages. There will multiple museum and private collections represented, so only part of the photos will be restricted to print-only. PDF pages will be downloadable page-by-page to keep resolution at a maximum for the photographs.
For any restricted license photos, they are provided in PRINT-ONLY Flash content. While many people already have this installed on their computer, there are some who will need to install or upgrade their Flash reader. If you register for the class, it is your responsibility to get the Flash reader installed, links will be provided to the Adobe site. Refunds will not be given unless your spot can be filled from a wait list. As an additional warning, some users of satellite internet have trouble downloading the large number of files involved in the class as their provider will 'throttle' their use. Please check with your provider on their policy for large downloads.
Monthly Emails: Each month, when the new class content is loaded, you will receive an email with the link to the new lesson. The links to content posted in previous months will still be active and able to be printed or viewed for the entire period of the course.
A Note on Course Practicalities:
There are always concerns raised on ability to complete a lesson before the next is posted. These courses are at YOUR pace. Needlework shouldn't be stressful - it should be an enjoyable experience. In the extreme case, you can print the content and put it in the course kit and place it aside for a few years (I have done that myself with other online classes - set aside for when my kids are older). It is your choice to get what you want out of the content. I give you permission to never finish the project but enjoy the process and information for what it teaches.
There are no requirements to send the completed project back to me (please don't). If your only experience for distance learning in the past was EGA correspondence courses and you enjoy the feedback - send me a picture or scan and ask questions, I will be happy to give you some feedback.
The course material will be additive, meaning the new month will be added to the last. So you don't need to worry that you might miss getting the material off the site by a certain time each month. A few months after the course completion, we will send out an email letting you know when the course materials will be removed from the site, giving you time to print out or download anything you may have missed. For courses which include animations/movies, the complete set of animations will be sent to your address on CD Rom at the end of the course so you may have them for future reference.
A Note on Course Sharing:
In order to provide historic information and photography to enhance the course materials, Thistle Threads has needed to enter into licensing relationships with museums that require payment based on the number of views of the material. We are required to provide the institutions with print outs of the login files to establish use payments. If there is sharing of the login and passwords by students with non-students, then Thistle Threads will not be able to afford to work with the institutions for such access. Therefore, we have put a more sophisticated login system in place to enable us to track individual usage and to reassign login credentials if necessary to prevent unpaid use of the materials. It is for this reason that some of the materials are print-only from the website as well. We hope that you understand why these limitations have been put in place and appreciate that it is so we may bring a richer experience to the course by using extant materials to educate. This is new territory for most institutions and has taken significant negotiation to establish, we hope it will be a good experience for them and us so that we may expand such opportunities in the future.
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