SFC

• Computing


  May involve computer hardware and software to manage, process, and communicate information. The process of utilizing computer technology to complete a task.
• Six conditions for learning are: new experiences, solid foundations, rehearsal, processing, understanding, and demonstration
• Three essential steps towards successful study


  • Self-awareness: your own, capacity and achievement
  • Strategic awareness: developing good study habits, approaches and techniques
  • Personalised approaches: your strength, interests and circumstances
• Anxiety can cause issues like not being able to settle down to study, concentrate or focus attention, take in what they read, or remember what they learnt
• Drinking water several times a day helps neural activity in the brain and can help if you tire easily when studying or your thinking is muddled
• Recognise what kind of learner you are


  • Engage effectively
  • Enjoy your time studying
  • Achieve your best possible grades
• C.R.E.A.M. model for learning


  • C - Creative learning
  • R - Reflective learning
  • E - Effective learning
  • A - Active learning
  • M - Motivated learning
• Creative learning


  • Use your imagination
  • Be creative about learning
• Reflective learning


  • Be able to analyse your experiences
  • Be able to evaluate your experiences
  • Be able to draw lessons from your experiences
• Effective learning


  Organisation of space, time, priorities, and resources
• Active learning


  • Learning by doing; 'practice makes perfect'
  • Personal involvement – both physically and mentally – in the act of learning
• Motivated learning


  • Be aware of your own desired outcomes
  • Set yourself clear goals and objectives
  • Set short-term and long-term goals
• Lateral thinking


  Thinking outside the box to find creative solutions
• Metaphor


  Using one thing to represent or stand for another, as an analogy
• Receiving feedback


  Always write it down, think about it, and act on it in future
• Reflective Learning


  Learning from feedback
• We can always learn from feedback
• Exercise 2


  1. Think of types or categories of feedback received during this module

  2. Discuss in groups and feed back ideas to the class
• Positive feedback


  Can make people embarrassed
• Negative feedback

  Can make people defensive or even aggressive
• Receiving feedback


  1. Write it down

  2. Think about it

  3. Act on it in future
• Receiving positive feedback


  1. Thank the person giving the feedback

  2. Be polite and pleased by the positive comments, but don't show off

  3. Don't laugh because you're embarrassed, or shrug the compliment off
• We can learn as much from what we did well as from what we did badly
• Receiving negative feedback


  1. Thank the person giving the feedback

  2. Say that you're sorry they were not pleased with the work, although don't feel you have to be overly apologetic if you've done your best

  3. If the feedback is constructive, thank the person and consider the suggestions

  4. If the feedback is non-constructive, ask the person how they would have done it better
• Some people are very good at being critical but can't be constructive
• Effective Learning


  • Task Management
  • Time Management
  • Space Management
• Continual Professional Development (CPD)


  The recognition that it is necessary for a professional to continuously review and update their skills, knowledge and competencies in order to remain employable
• Effective Learning: Task Management


  1. Make a list of every task and job that you need to do

  2. Rank the list in order of importance

  3. Rank the list in order of urgency

  4. Add the importance and urgency rankings together

  5. Order the tasks from lowest total to highest
• CPD is important as the fast paced and dynamic nature of a technology–based environment means that skills, knowledge and competencies need to be continually reviewed and updated
• By engaging in CPD, IT professionals can keep up-to-date with technologies, thereby ensuring that they remain employable
• Realism


  When estimating time for tasks, estimate how long it will take, not how long you would like it to take
• Lifelong Learning


  The idea that learning does not happen only in your youth as preparation for a career, but should continue throughout your life with varying levels of formality
• Effective Learning: Space Management


  1. Organise paperwork as it arrives

  2. Organise computer files with a structured file system

  3. Set up a comfortable working environment
• Examples of Lifelong Learning


  • Playing football contributes towards lifelong learning through the development of team building skills
  • Playing chess contributes towards lifelong learning though development of problem-solving skills
• Studying


  Acquiring (extracting) information and recording information
• How to Study


  1. Building a Foundation

  2. Gaining Information

  3. Retaining Information

  4. Explaining Information
• Motivated Learning: Factors


  • Analyse your own motivations
  • Set goals and objectives
  • Celebrate your successes
• Building a Foundation


  • Know What You're Aiming For
  • Use Your Time and Space Effectively
  • Stay Focused
  • Learn How to Handle Pressure
• Academic writing style


  Formal, not chatty or using slang/colloquial language
• Personal Learning Plans


  1. Objectives and Success Criteria

  2. Analysis of strengths and weaknesses

  3. Plan of learning activities to meet short-term goals