BMGT10190 Effective Learning and Develop

Academic Year 2020/2021

You are at the beginning of your degree and have an opportunity now to create and build experiences that will stand to you for your lifelong career. Effective Learning and Development (ELD) will help you recognise opportunities for development in the academic, professional and personal areas of your life.

You will explore skills under the three wheels of ELD, including understanding mindsets and resilience, referencing/citing of sources, practicing empathy and its link to innovation, setting goals, creating and presenting a CV, understanding learning styles and strategies, thinking critically, evaluating resources, managing your time, expressing yourself verbally and in writing, creative thinking and understanding everyone’s contribution to knowledge. These skills are not exclusively associated with one of the ELD wheels, those skills are generally transferable into others.

ELD is the foundational module which will converge into the Personal Development Portfolio (BMGT30460) in your final year. Evidence is key to evaluate change and this module will introduce you to Brightspace’s ePortfolio which will allow you to document your learning, to collect insights and reflections throughout your studies.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

2. Module Learning Outcomes
On completion of this module students will be expected to be able to:
(a) understand the importance of mindsets, resilience and empathy for achieving long term success,
(b) value individual differences in learning and the importance of managing time and personal learning preferences,
(c) present work which meets basic standards in referencing, citing and source evaluation, and written and verbal presentations - including CVs,
(d) reflect on learning to date with evidence from the literature and set goals to strive for in the future, and
(e) understand their and others’ role in the contribution to knowledge.

Indicative Module Content:

Week 1 Transforming into a student: Facing failure, being innovative and building resilience

Week 2 Understanding and setting goals

Week 3 Creating your future CV

Week 4 Identifying your learning style and helpful strategies

Week 5 Developing your research skill by finding reliable sources and processing them effectively

Week 6 Becoming a critical thinker

Week 7 Managing your time - and procrastination

Week 8 >> Study Week <<

Week 9 Expressing yourself in written and spoken words

Week 10 KPMG: Experience workshop

Week 11 Finding our shared purpose in research and learning

Week 12 >> Study week <<

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

4
Small Group

20
Specified Learning Activities

40
Autonomous Student Learning

50
Total

114
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
The teaching and learning approach in this module is experiential in nature, inspired by Kolb’s (1984) learning cycle of concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualisation, and active experimentation. We aim to engage students as much as possible in discussion through activities which embody specific conceptual content, a reflection on that experience in reference to its conceptual foundations and based on that an application in our lives.
Students will interact in small groups, virtual and plenary sessions, complete tasks on a weekly basis, and reflect on their experience in a learning reflection at the end of the term. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Incompatibles:
BMGT10130 - Mastering University Learning, HUM10010 - Study Skills in the Humanities, HUM10030 - Introduction to Arts

Equivalents:
Effective Learning & Developmt (SBUS10090)


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Portfolio: Learning Reflection Week 12 n/a Graded No

70
Continuous Assessment: Continuous contribution inventory Throughout the Trimester n/a Graded Yes

30

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Students will receive automated or class level feedback as well as a record of task completion on Brightspace within twenty working days of the submission deadline. Class level feedback on the Learning reflection component will be provided with the provisional grade release. Supplementary individual feedback will be given upon written request after the "cooling off" period.

Name Role
Ms Carolin Grampp Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Maeve Houlihan Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Mary Parkinson Lecturer / Co-Lecturer