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Learning Journal Unit 1Every week in UNIV 1001, you will complete a Learning Journal assignment. In this class, your Learning Journals are composed of two parts - a reflection topic, and an APA exercise. Your reflection topic should be at least 300 words but no more than 500 words.Reflection Topic: ...

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Learning Journal Unit 1 Every week in UNIV 1001, you will complete a Learning Journal assignment. In this class, your Learning Journals are composed of two parts - a reflection topic, and an APA exercise. Your reflection topic should be at least 300 words but no more than 500 words.

Reflection Topic: College Success 1.

Write about what college success means to you. How will you define success, and what strategies will you use to achieve success? Be sure to be specific. 2. Do you have any concerns or worries about how you will manage your course assignments or expectations? Your journal entry will only be seen by you and your instructor, so feel free to share any questions and worries you have.

APA Exercise Every week in your learning journal for Online Education Strategies, you will practice APA format. This week, you are going to learn how to cite an e-book. These are available in the UoPeople library. Start by going to the library and find an e-book on a topic you’re interested in. Then, complete the following exercise: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

What is the title of the book? Who is the author (or who are the authors)? What year was the book published? What is the URL of the book? Using the information from #1-4, write the APA reference for the book you found. The reference goes at the end of your work, after all of your writing is finished. 6. Now, let’s write the in-text citation, to use at the end of a sentence you are writing. In-text citations are always (Author, Year). Using the information from #5, write the APA in-text citation for the book you found. Refer to the UoPeople APA Tutorials in the LRC for help in APA citations.

Reflection College success to me is when I have engaged in self-improvement to improve myself holistically to become a better version of myself. When I tried my best in all aspects of what I do, even if the results are not big, I feel proud of my efforts and I

can count myself as being successful. The various aspects I am talking about can take the form of improved communication with my peers, enhancement of knowledge through the courses, time-management abilities to balance my courses, as well as external commitments and responsibilities. I am always mindful that it is not merely the result that matters, but the journey that is of greater importance.

Some strategies that I am committed to take include: utilizing the platform of the discussion forum to provide my course mates with honest feedback, as well as remaining open to comments from others. I also hope to forge friendships with at least 2 group mates and get to know them better through constant engagements in weekly assignments. Also to aid in remembering what I have learnt, I will utilize spaced repetition and active recall techniques to constantly refresh my memory on the knowledge which I have gained and hope to use whatever I have learnt on a small mini-project of mine, maybe to program something while doing this degree. I will also schedule my priorities and begin on my assignments early to ensure that I am able to submit them on time, despite the various concurrent activities on my plate.

As for worries, I do have some worries that I will not be able to manage the workload for UoPeople, especially when it is near my exam period for my studies commitment elsewhere since I will be having examinations in January and it will be very content heavy. I also do expect to learn a lot from UoPeople. However, as the course is fully online learning, it will be my responsibility to read up on the content, as well as clarify my doubts with the lecturers. The concern thus would only be at the beginning of the term as I try to turn it into a habit for my study schedules and keep myself in check to being productive in my work.

Lastly, I also find myself in a new kind of environment of collaborative learning. This is something that I am not used to and will need some time to adjust myself, especially for the 3 replies on the discussion answers written by my other course mates. Just not too used to reading others' answers with the responsibility of giving a rating for their work and being graded like that as well, but I’m sure I’ll be able to adapt soon.

APA Exercise 1. Agency: Moral Identity and Free Will 2. David Weissman 3. 2020 4. https://www.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/OBP.0197.pdf

5. Weissman, D. (2020). Agency: Moral Identity and Free Will. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers. 6.(Weissman, 2020)

Disussion Question For this assignment, write at least 250 words - but no more than 500 words - answering the following question: What are the benefits of collaborative learning? How does University of the People integrate community-oriented learning into the classroom? In your response, be sure to share any experience you have with collaborative learning.

Collaborative learning is an educational method whereby learners and teachers interact with each other in learning. Different from studying individually, learning is enhanced by articulating and defending our viewpoints, listening to each other and giving constructive comments to gain a more complete understanding of a topic or subject. There are many benefits in this method of learning. First, studies have been done that showed that learning collaboratively may lead to increased involvement and better retention of knowledge. The process of it empowers participants to achieve higher levels of thought and the information is retained much longer than when learned in a non-collaborative setting. (Zambrano, 2019) This is due to the fact that the learner must organise their thoughts in a logical manner and lay out a cohesive argument with support to establish the point that they want to make and be able to defend their viewpoints. Through interaction with peers and the evaluation of arguments, these helps the individual to reflect more on their position, bringing new light and perspectives into the subject and reenforce the knowledge being learnt. Secondly, it encourages learning from other viewpoints. People with different backgrounds brings in new information. Because of the presence of other group members, we become more creative and diligent. (Philips,2014). This is because being peer reviewed by others forces us to prepare better and hence more diligence as individuals anticipate alternative viewpoints. Through more input, we can have a more holistic picture and also combine knowledge and insights to be more creative through the process. Lastly, it promotes listening to criticism and advice. Being able to not only critically but actively listen and take comments good or bad in to improve one self is a skill. (Understanding Listening, n.d.) It is hard when others disagree and disapprove of your ideas and arguments. To be able to listen to others and understand other’s viewpoints of where they are coming from is something to be cultivated. We all know and have seen of heated arguments whereby people shout and talk past each other. This kind of approach towards learning trains us to work towards being able to calmly listen and talk through our ideas, and have a good discussion out of it. In the University of the People (UoPeople), we are provided with opportunities for

collaborative learning most prominently in the discussion forums. It is during our assignments where students all around the world answers, discusses and evaluate each other’s inputs. This is an advantage of online learning which could not happen without the internet. I don’t have much experience with collaborative learning online and also in schools in terms of academics. I’m still a full time student and usually learn individually. This would be interesting as I engage more in this learning methodology through the weeks with people of all various backgrounds.

References Zambrano, J., Kirschner, F., Sweller, J., & Kirschner, P. A. (2019). Effects of group experience and information distribution on collaborative learning. Instructional Science, 47(5), 531-550. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-019-09495-0 Phillips, K. W. (2014, October 1). How diversity makes us smarter. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-diversity-makes-us-smarter/ Understanding listening | Boundless communications. (n.d.). Lumen Learning – Simple Book Production. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundlesscommunications/chapter/understanding-listening/...