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University of the People UNIV 1001 Online Education Strategies - AY2021-T1 Learning Guide Unit 6

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Description Learning Guide Unit 6

Table of contents Overview Introduction Active Reading Annotating: Creating an Annotation System Note Taking Strategies Discussion Assignment Learning Journal Self-Quiz Graded Quiz Annotated Resource List

Overview Unit 6: Studying and Note-taking Topics Note taking strategies Reading strategies for studying VARK learning styles

Learning Objectives By the end of this Unit, you will be able to: 1. Evaluate dierent note-taking strategies that can be used eectively for processing dierent types of information. 2. Utilize a note-taking strategy to study the main ideas and most important details in written work. 3. Examine eective learning strategies for dierent learning styles. 4. Recognize and prepare basic APA citations and references.

Tasks Peer Assess the Unit 5 Written Assignment Read the Learning Guide and the Reading Assignments Participate in the Discussion Assignment (post in, comment on, and rate the Discussion Forum) Complete an entry in the Learning Journal Take the Self-Quiz Take the Graded Quiz

Introduction For the nal 3 weeks of class, we are going to focus on academic preparation skills to help you develop eective study habits to support you throughout your academic career – and beyond. This week, we will start by examining studying and note-taking skills.

What Do Top Students Do Dierently? | Douglas Barton View What Do Top Students Do Dierently?. If needed, view What Do Top Students Do Dierently? Transcript [PDF].

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READ and TAKE NOTES on: College Success.Chapter 4: Listening, Taking Notes, and Remembering College Success.Chapter 5: Reading to Learn

Active Reading Studying and note-taking are a central part of college learning, but to study eectively, you need to be able to read prociently. Reading dicult and detailed text can make it challenging to remember what you have read. Very few people can read a text once and retain all of its details. Learning how to read eectively makes it easier to retain what you have learned. By reading with a purpose, you will achieve deeper learning. Active reading involves deeper engagement with the text before, during, and after reading. A good way to understand active reading is by comparing and contrasting it to what’s sometimes called passive reading. As you read, reect on your own reading practices. Have you been reading actively, or reading passively?

Licenses and Attributions Excelsior Online Reading Comprehension Lab: Active vs Passive Reading License: CC-BY-4.0

Annotating: Creating an Annotation System Taking notes as you read is one good way to improve knowledge retention. In order to become the most ecient learner, it is important to learn some eective strategies for organizing the information that you read so that you can more easily study it and retain it.

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Licenses and Attributions Excelsior Online Reading Comprehension Lab: Annotating: Creating an Annotation System License: CC-BY-4.0

Note Taking Strategies Dierent note-taking strategies may be more eectively used for dierent applications and types of information. It is helpful to learn each strategy and understand how to best use it and with which type of information or text. Together, reading skills and note-taking skills allow you to study more eectively. This week, you will learn strategies to improve your reading, note-taking, and studying skills.

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1. When taking notes in class, it is important to…

write down everything the professor says.

write your notes in your own words.

only summarize the key points

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only summarize the key points

2. What is the best way to take notes?

By hand.

On a computer.

Neither, I don’t take notes.

3. Which note taking strategy is the best for you?

The Outline Method.

The Cornell Method

The Mind Map Method

The Flow Method

The Write on the Slides Method

However I feel like taking them that day.

4. When should you review your notes?

Before a big test or assignment.

Right after class.

As often as I can.

It doesn't matter.

Licenses and Attributions Chapman Learning Commons: Taking Notes. License: CC-BY-4.0

Discussion Assignment After reviewing the reading assignments this week, it’s time to put some of your new note-taking skills to use. Choose a note-taking strategy that was presented in the unit. Then, use your note taking strategy to take notes on the following: Smith, S., & Smith, R. (2015). Money trees (No. 663) [Audio Podcast Episode]. In Planet Money . NPR. https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/11/13/455941812/episode-663-money-trees 1. What note-taking strategy did you select? Why? 2. How will the note-taking strategy you selected help you study? How does this compare to other note-taking strategies you looked at this week?

Discussion Requirements Your Discussion should be at least 250 words in length, but not more than 750 words. Be sure to attach your notes on the chapter to your discussion post. Use APA citations and references for the textbook and any other sources used. Refer to the UoPeople APA Tutorials in the LRC for help with APA citations.

Discussion Responses It is your responsibility to respond to three classmates by providing comments, asking questions, or having a conversation about their main post. Feedback should be appropriate, meaningful, and helpful. For instance refer to how your own experience supports/contradicts the opinions developed by your peers. If you think they are too general or not rooted enough in personal experience, you may also ask for more detailed examples supporting these opinions. In particular make sure that the examples provided are properly referenced and that you are able to access them. Overall, your comments should contribute positively to the conversation by broadening or clarifying it. Feedback should be at least 3-4 complete sentences (100 words).

Rating Discussions After posting an appropriate, meaningful, and helpful response to your three classmates, you must rate their posts on a scale of 0 (unsatisfactory) to 10 (Excellent). The rating scores are anonymous; therefore, do NOT mention in your remarks the separate rating score you will give the peer. The instructor is the only person who knows which score matches the comment given to a peer. Some classmates may worry that some peers will not provide a fair rating, or be unable to provide accurate corrections for grammar or other errors. It is the instructor’s responsibility to ensure fairness and accuracy.

10 (A) - Excellent, substantial, relevant, insightful, enriching, and stimulating contribution to the discussion. Also, uses external resources to support position where required and/or applicable. 8 - 9 (B) - Good, quite substantial and insightful, but missing minor details which would have otherwise characterized it as an excellent response. 6 - 7 (C) - Satisfactory insight and relevance, but required some more information and eort to have warranted a better rating. 4 - 5 (D) - Limited insight and relevance of the material; more eort and reection needed to have warranted a satisfactory grading. 0 - 3 (F) - Unsatisfactory insight/relevance or failure to answer the question, reecting a poor or limited understanding of the subject matter and/or the guidelines of the question.

Here are some questions to consider as we think about the feedback and rating to give our classmates: 1. Did the peer respond to everything asked by the assignment prompt? 2. Was the peer’s overall response organized and logical? Was it easy to follow and smooth? 3. Was it easy to understand the ideas the student was trying to communicate, or did you have to make assumptions to make sense out of what the peer wrote? 4. Did the peer use their own words, or if they borrowed from somewhere else, did they give credit to the source they used? 5. Were there consistent errors in grammar and punctuation that made it hard to understand or make sense out of the writing? If at any time you suspect that a post in this Discussion Forum violates UoPeople's rules regarding plagiarism and/or any aspect of UoPeople’s Academic Code of Conduct, please notify your instructor immediately. Remember that your instructor will be reviewing responses, ratings, and comments. Your instructor will adjust ratings if he/she believes that they do not seem warranted or supportable.

Learning Journal Reection Topic: Learning Styles Determining your learning style can be both benecial and fun. Go to the VARK website and learn about the four major learning styles: Visual, Aural (Auditory), Read/Write and Kinesthetic. Then take the VARK Questionnaire. Once you know your style(s) read about the dierent learning strategies here: Visual Strategies Aural Strategies Read/Write Strategies Kinesthetic Strategies Once you have completed the readings, answer these questions: 1. Was this your rst time taking this type of inventory? If no, did your results change from the last time? If so, did your learning style results surprise you? 2. Now that you have identied your learning style, how will you apply this knowledge to your studying? 3. Reect on the studying strategies you have used previously. Have your study habits been eective? Why or why not? What studying strategies from this week do you think will be helpful? Be sure that your Learning Journal entry is a minimum of 400 words.

APA Exercise Every week in your learning journal for Online Education Strategies, you will practice APA format. For the past 4 weeks, we have practiced how to cite and reference dierent kinds materials – books, articles, website, and videos. While there are other kinds of materials that can be cited and referenced, most will be very similar to what you have already learned. Last week, we started focusing on how to correctly quote and how to correctly paraphrase. This week, we will continue this work. Go back to the e-book you found for our Week 1 APA exercise. Then, complete the following exercise: 1. What was the full reference for the e-book you found for the Week 1 APA exercise? (If your instructor gave you feedback on how to correct your reference, be sure to write the correct reference this week). 2. What was the in-text citation for the e-book you found for the Week 1 APA exercise? (If your instructor gave you feedback on how to correct your citation, be sure to write the correct citation this week). 3. Find a paragraph in your e-book, and copy and paste it here. 4. Select a section from #3, and using the APA rule for short quotations, put the section in quotation marks while adding an APA in-text citation at the end.

5. Re-read the section from #3, and re-write it in your own words while adding an APA in-text citation at the end. (This is called paraphrasing). Note: If you are struggling, try reviewing the UoPeople APA tutorials in the LRC.

Learning Journal Rubric The rubric detailing how you will be graded for this assignment can be found within the unit's assignment on the main course page.

Self-Quiz The Self-Quiz gives you an opportunity to self-assess your knowledge of what you have learned so far.

The results of the Self-Quiz do not count towards your nal grade, but the quiz is an important part of the University’s learning process and it is expected that you will take it to ensure understanding of the materials presented. Analyzing your results will help you perform better on future Graded Quizzes and the Final Exam. The Self-Quiz will remain open until the end of the term and allow unlimited attempts. Please access the Self-Quiz on the main course homepage; it will be listed inside the Unit.

Graded Quiz The Graded Quiz will test your knowledge of all the materials learned thus far. The results of this quiz will count towards your nal grade.

Please access the Graded Quiz on the main course homepage; it will be listed inside the Unit.

Good luck!

Annotated Resource List Below is an annotated APA list of all the reading and other resources found within this unit's learning content.

Barton, D. (2015, March 26).What do top students do dierently? [Video]. TEDx Talks. Made available through Kaltura What do top students do dierently? Transcript [PDF]. Chapman Learning Commons: Taking Notes. (n.d.). Taking notes. The University of British Columbia. https://learningcommons.ubc.ca/student-toolkits/taking-notes/ Taking Notes Transcript [PDF].

College success. (2015). Minnesota Libraries Publishing. http://open.lib.umn.edu/collegesuccess/or download thepdf. Chapter 4: Listening, Taking Notes, and Remembering Chapter 5: Reading to Learn While some of the material in Chapter 4 is about listening to lectures, all of the techniques are important for online students. Note-taking is important for both in-person and online learning. Listening strategies are important too - throughout your educational journey, you may encounter videos and PowerPoint presentations where Chapter 4 strategies will apply. Excelsior Online Reading Comprehension Lab. (2020). Active vs Passive Reading. Excelsior. https://owl.excelsior.edu/orc/introduction/active-reading/ Excelsior Online Reading Comprehension Lab. (2020).Annotating: Creating an Annotation System . Excelsior. https://owl.excelsior.edu/orc/what-to-do-while-reading/annotating/annotating-creatingan-annotation-system/ Annotating: Creating an Annotation System Transcript [PDF]. Annotating Handout Smith, S., & Smith, R. (2015). Money trees (No. 663) [Audio Podcast Episode]. In Planet Money . NPR. https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/11/13/455941812/episode-663-money-trees You will use this podcast for the discussion Vark Modalities You will use a variety of pages from the VARK website to learn about learning styles for your learning journal. VARK Questionnaire Visual Strategies Aural Strategies Read/Write Strategies Kinesthetic Strategies

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