Originally published here.
Progress as an in(ter)dependent learner:
- Develops skills to evaluate my strengths and weaknesses each week
- Strengthen my self-motivation/self-examination week by week
- Boost my critical thinking to formulate answers for each assignment
- Heighten my persistence throughout the course - instead of asking for help straight away, I’d try to seek answers by myself
What have I gained from this course:
- I have enhanced my skills to self evaluate my work weekly and learn from my weaknesses and strengths and apply them to the following weeks work
- Become more thorough in researching through books/websites
- Communicating to people so we can discuss the work
- Meet deadlines and make sure that all my work is handed in on time
What will I take away with me/where will I use it?
I believe that I will take away all the skills that I have learnt throughout the course and will use it in most of my lessons in school and in the future.
- Social skills - e.g. to work collaboratively, contribute, resolve any issues that we come across as a group
- Thinking skills - e.g. evaluate evidence (validity, reliability), identify bias and ask relevant questions
- Self management skills - e.g. focus, time and resource managing
- Information skills - e.g. recognise and select appropriate sources, reflect and evaluate and apply own/prior knowledge to my work
Obstacles I faced during the course:
- When a member didn’t take part of the collaborative assignments, I took their load of work on board and made sure the assignment was complete for the deadline
- At first I didn’t think I would be able to complete an assignment in a week, so the following week I made sure I started the assignment at the beginning of the week so I knew that I would have enough time to finish and complete it in time
What feedback did I receive and how did I take it?
- The feedback I received throughout the weeks; I took on board and made sure I tried to incorporate some of the criticism into my next weeks assignment
What success did other participants have and how did it make me feel?
- I believe that most of the other participants gained more or less the same skills as me, this means that I know that I put enough effort to gain the skills which gives me comfort to know that I am able to learn independently