Posts Tagged ‘LITE’

  • I have completed LITE!

    Date: 2009.09.05 | Category: Study Reflections, Unit SSK12 | Response: 0

    Reflection
    Unit: SSK12
    Week: 1
    Date: 05 September 2009

    Hooray!

    I am delight to write this SLog entry, for I have just completed my first assessment. Not only am I please to have achieved this milestone (no matter how small), but I am also relieved because now there is one less thing to worry about for next week. Once the QSK Worksheet is complete I will truly relax ( that’s assuming of course I have got myself up to date and don’t allow myself to fall behind).

    I genuinely believe that LITE was a great benefit to me. This was not just something that I completed for the sake of ticking boxes. I have learnt to cite and reference works from other people correctly. This is something I did not know how to do previously. Sure, I have seen plenty of it in the books I read, but I didn’t know the conventions to be followed, especially for referencing journals, newspapers and websites.

    I think I can say with some confidence that I know how to search the web and by extension databases and catalogues, but the lessons for searching were an excellent refresher and I believe after having done them my searches will be much more effective and efficient. I had also learnt about boolean operators before, but it was useful to refresh that knowledge as well and admittedly I had never considered the power of boolean searches when the right combinations are used.

    The LITE exercises refined my understanding of where I should be looking for information, such as books for thorough and systematic treatment of a topic, journals and newspapers for the latest and up to date information, and reference materials like dictionaries and encyclopedias for overviews, definitions, and background or introductory information.

    For completing this assessment I have rewarded myself with a new Filofax to organise my life and my study.

  • My brain hurts

    Date: 2009.09.05 | Category: Study Reflections, Unit SSK12 | Response: 0

    Reflection
    Unit: SSK12
    Week: 1
    Date: 05 September 2009

    It’s Saturday and I’ve been studying all day. Slowly the course work is coming together, but I still feel well behind. I am catching up on some of the discussions in the Online tutorial.

    I have completed the LITE assessment and I have found the LITE lessons quite informative. I can see that the items I am learning during the lessons are going to be a huge help in the future when I am trying to track down some information for an assignment. I can see that despite the fact that I am already quite savvy at searching, there are items I have learnt that will make my searches even in the work place far more efficient. I was a little disappointed that I got 4 out of 5 in two of the Module Quizzes, but in reality it’s not that bad, as long as I learn from the lessons. The overall percentage in relation to my final results is quite low so as not to affect them too much. I guess it’s just the perfectionist in me and my desire to do the best I can. Sometimes it is frustrating knowing you could have done better.

    I only just started the QSK Worksheet today. It’s going to take me a lifetime to write each of these answers. I’m still on the first question, I’ve already written over half a page and I’m only half way done.

    I’m falling behind on the Exercises and readings too. I’ve only read half of Chapter 3 of A Guide to learning Independently. I haven’t completed the reading by Krause, Kerri-Lee. (2005). ‘The changing face of the first year…’ and I haven’t even started the reading, Vivekananda and Shores (1996).

    Additionally, I’m still yet to start and complete the Exercises from Chapters 15 & 16 in A Learning Companion.

    In summary, I need to complete the follow:

    • Exercise 1: Keeping a learning log (Optional)
    • Exercise 15: Previewing a book
    • Exercise 16: Previewing edited books
    • Exercise 2: Transferring your learning strengths
    • Exercise 3: Planning your approach to study
    • Read: Vivekananda and Shores (1996).
    • Read: Chapter 3, ‘Becoming an independent student’ of A Guide to Learning Independently
    • Submit: QSK Woksheet (Due 11 September 2009, 4 pm AWST)