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GEN 105 Assignment: Reading and Retention
GEN 105 Assignment: Elevator Speech
GEN 105 CheckPoint: Technological Tools
GEN 105 CheckPoint: Distance Learning I
GEN 105 CheckPoint: Distance Learning II
GEN 105 CheckPoint: Communicating in Forums
GEN 105 Week 2 Discussion Questions
GEN 105 Week 4 Discussion Questions
GEN 105 Week 6 Discussion Questions
GEN 105 Week 8 Discussion Questions
GEN 105 Assignment: University Library Article Search
GEN 105 CheckPoint: Detecting Plagiarism
GEN 105 Assignment: Mastering a Skill
GEN 105 CheckPoint: Setting Goals
GEN 105 CheckPoint: Reading and Comprehension
GEN 105 CheckPoint: Multiple Intelligences
GEN 105 Capstone CheckPoint
GEN 105 Final Project: Student Survival Guide
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• Resources: Appendix C, and Elevator Speech digital story
• Due Date: Day 7 [post to the Individual forum]
• View the digital story located on aXcess at http://corptrain.phoenix.edu/axia/gen105/elevator_01.html. • Construct your own 350- to 400-word scenario in which you explain distance learning to a friend. Your response should explain how Axia courses work and should correctly use each of the following terms at least once: o Threaded Discussion o Forums
GEN 105 Skills for Learning in an Information Age
Course Syllabus Page 11 o Asynchronous Communication o Feedback
GEN 105 Assignment: University Library Article Search (UOP)
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• Resources: Appendix E, University Library
• Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum
• Review Appendix E to recognize article characteristics.
• Find two articles in the University Library about any one topic or combination of topics listed below. One of your articles must be a peer-reviewed article, which is an article that has been reviewed by a group of experts in a certain field. o Distance learning at college o Ensuring academic honesty o Effective personal goal setting o Time management skills for college students
• Take time to choose the best database for your chosen topic(s), and use a different database (such as EBSCOhost or Thomson Gale PowerSearch) to find each article.
Whenever applicable, practice using the Boolean and wildcard search strategies you learned about in the University Library Interactive Tutorial.
• Provide the following information for each article:
GEN 105 Skills for Learning in an Information Age
Course Syllabus Page 14 o What keyword search did you use to find the article? o What is the title of the article? o Who is the author(s)? o When was the article published? o Was the article peer-reviewed? o In what database did you find the article?
• Summarize what each article is about in 2 to 3 sentences per article. If there are specific opinions or facts in the articles, be sure to document them.
• Post the article information and summaries for both articles to the Individual forum
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• Resource: Anthony’s Dilemma digital story
• Due Date: Day 5 [Individual] forum
• View the digital story located on aXcess at http://corptrain.phoenix.edu/axia/gen105/email_01.html. In this story an Axia student describes how he offended a classmate by not using the writing principle of inclusive language during discussion in his class forum.
• Coach Anthony on why it is important to use inclusive language when communicating in his class forum. Suggest how he could have avoided his mistakes, and offer three pointers for how he can prevent repeating his mistakes in the future. Respond in 200 to
300 words.
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• Due Date: Day 3 [Individual] forum
• Conduct research online regarding the strongest of your multiple intelligences. Find three Web sites which accurately describe that intelligence. If you identified more than one dominant intelligence, choose only one for your research. Note that your classmates will be reviewing your responses in Discussion Question 2, so make sure that your answers are complete.
• Post the following information: o Links to the three Web sites that describe the intelligence o A 50-word description, written by you, of your strongest intelligence o A 50-word summary describing how each site either reinforced or contradicted something about yourself
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You may have noticed that certain course resources have been made available to you in digital and Web-based formats. For example, you can download some of the audio appendixes to your desktop or to a portable device like an equipped cell phone, MP3 player, or PDA, and listen to them later. You can access an extensive online University library, view digital stories about course activities, and use tutorials about Axia College resources to be academically successful.
• Resources: Course audio appendixes, tutorials, and the University Library
• Due Date: Day 4 [Individual] forum
• Take a moment to explore these technological resources by downloading an audio appendix to your computer or to a portable device, by perusing the library a little more, or by reviewing one of the tutorials. Audio appendixes are located in Week One (Appendix
B: Audio) and Week Two (Appendix D: Audio) of your aXcess course page.
• Post a 200- to 300-word response to the following: o Describe your opinion of the technological tools provided by Axia College, including the audio appendixes, the digital stories, and the tutorials. Explain why you feel the way you do. o Does the option to download appendixes in an audio format improve the quality of your educational experience? Does it make learning more convenient because of its portability? Does it help you to learn in different ways? Or is it something you will not use? Describe your attitude toward this option.
