Openness learning reflection
Challenge summary
| Summary: | Learning reflection based on this subunit, Dimensions of openness for learning in a digital age. |
 | 1 hour |
An important part of university study is self-reflection. You are required to prepare a learning reflection for the final assignment and this learning challenge will give you the opportunity to practice and refine your skills in preparing a learning reflection.
Stimulus resources
Support resources on reflective writing
- Reflective writing (or pdf version) published by the Learning Centre at the University of New South Wales. (Remember to read the subpages of this resource.)
- Reflective writing in education published by Monash University. (Remember to read the subpages of this resource.)
- Examples of reflective writing published by the University of New South Wales.
Dr Melissa Wehler's "How to Write a Reflection Essay" video
Purpose
The purpose of this learning reflection challenge is to:
- provide evidence of your learning on a selected dimension of openness by clarifying the connections between your experience (what you already know) and what you have learned during this learning pathway.
- become a reflective practitioner.
Tasks
The following actions will help you in preparing your written learning reflection.
- Consult the stimulus resources on reflective writing.
- Select one of the following dimensions of openness for further investigation:
- Conduct a search for published research on your chosen dimension of openness and share links to valuable resources on bookmarks.oeru.org. Remember to tag your post using the course code: lida103 as well as additional descriptive tags, for example: open access, open policy, open business models etc.
- Use the suggested activity on the respective sub-page of this learning pathway for your investigation or choose an alternate focus based on the resources you find online.
- Generate a bullet list of your prior experience and knowledge of the dimension of openness before your online investigation of the topic.
- List WHAT you have learned but also HOW you learned it.
- Think about your response or reaction to the new knowledge and insights derived from the literature you have studied.
Outputs
- Prepare and publish a blog post of about 400 – 600 words reflecting on your learning on your chosen dimension of openness.
- The openness dimension component of your blog post you selected for investigation (about 200 words) should cover the following aspects:
- Reason why you chose the dimension
- Succinct summary of the dimension and your most important findings supported by references using the APA citation style.
- List of the three most important implications of the dimension for learning in a digital age.
- You learning reflection component of the post should cover the following aspects:
- Description: Provide your reader with specifically what happened?
- Evaluation: What was “good” and “bad” about the experience?
- Analysis: What did you learn from it? How do you feel about it now? Did it change you? How?
- Conclusion: What alternatives did you have at the time or what else could you have done?
- Plan: What new knowledge or skills do you have and how will your experience inform future learning?
- Remember to include the course tag (lida103) for harvesting your blog post for the course feed.
- Post a comment on one or two blog contributions.
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