The Ocademy prides itself on offering a balanced curriculum that fosters creativity, problem-solving, illumination, logic, fitness, and empathy. Our foray into the online world involves a limited edifoo schedule, with new subjects to be added each term.
Below is a sample of what you can look forward to. See the Precepterhood & Edifoo page for course summaries and instructor information. Click course name links for full description & sign-up.
COREses
- Omniversal Origins - Learn about the omniverse's building blocks, those who watch over it, and those who make it thrive [1 joule]
- Element courses - Immerse yourself in your natural element, be it IGNIS (fire), TERRIS (earth), ARBIS (wood), AQUIS (water), NITRIS (air), PLATEN (metal), or AETHER (soulspirit) [1 joule]
- Naturim for non-linguists - Become one of the few who knows how to read this precursor to the romance languages using the original alphabet [4 joules]
- Reasoning & Puzzling - Participate in a themed OmniQuest adventure to hone your skills in working out riddles and puzzles, deductive reasoning, basic math, and dot-connecting [3 joules]
ELECTIVE ENRICHMENT
- Caring for Dragonkind - Master identification, recognition, treatment, and reaction protocols as apply to dragonkind [3 joules]
- Overcoming the Perils of Parenting in a Pandemic - Practice pandemic parenting without losing your cool or marbles [6 joules]
- Paranormal Pursuits - Go beyond the veil to learn what goes on all around us whether we realize it or not
ARTS & CRAFT
- Aroma as Therapy for relaxation and bliss [2 joules]
- Writing
- The Author's Journey - A specialty program designed to get new writers published in 2021. Open to non-enrolled students. [Separate fees apply]
- Submit a piece to an Ocademy's anthology [1 joule]
- Acting
- Be a caller to Bramble On, the show that recaps the wildly popular soap opera, Love Among the Brambles [1 joules]
- Serve as an Omnicast reporter [2 joules]
- Join the cast of Oracles [3 joules]
ATHLETICS
- Squallix Primer - Learn the history and best playe practices of this incomparable water sport played with dwarf kraken, hippocamps, and puffer fish [3 joules]
- Sluggery Basics: Raising, Training, and Showing Your Slug - Everything one need know about slugs as pets and competitors [2 joules]
- Tao Cheng - The feel-good age-old martial art on which Qi Gong and Tai Chi are said to be based. Available in person outdoors in Southern California [6 week course - 3 joules]
- Fantasy Fitness - Themed dance classes offered by Siren School. Taught in person outdoors in Southern California, health protocols permitting [6 week course - 4 joules]
- Alternative Athletics: Blazing (Ignis), Dodge Boulder and Bula (Terris), Scampering (Arbis), Plunging (Nitris), Drags (Platen) - Learn the history and best playe practices of your chosen sport [1 joule]
PHILANTHROPY (especially beneficial for those required to do "community service")
- Volunteer with Whimsicalidocious, the Ocademy's arts nonprofit [2 joules]
- Sponsor a critter via the Ocademy's Fabled Creature & Monster Rescue organization [2 joules]
Tuition is priced on a per course basis with a number of courses heavily discounted &/or offered complimentarily as pandemic relief
Each course is comprised of 3-10 lessons unless otherwise stated.
"Joules" refer to course "units" and are credited toward validation (graduation) and Plunder rewards.
Visit the Preceptorhood & Edifoo page for information on faculty & their courses
Application and Enrollment to be completed prior to course registration for inclusion in the Plunder rewards program. If fees are prohibitive, email omniedifoo@gmail.com to request succor (financial assistance)
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Expected additions in the Vurzbel term
(02 May - 10 July 2021):
Bathrobe Baking with Trish - Life skills & Enrichment
Shared Treasure Hunt - Scallywag Philanthropy
Interdimensional Etiquette with Dame Prunylda Figg, MM~DD - Sociology
Jaliluum Traditions - Enrichment & History
Fun & Festive Costumery - Arts
How to Interview Humans for radio & print - Enrichment
