...Course Design Guide GEN/200 Version 2 Course Syllabus College of Humanities GEN/200 Version 2 Foundations for General Education and Professional Success Copyright © 2011, 2008 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This general education course is designed to introduce the intentional learner to communication, collaboration, information utilization, critical thinking, problem solving, and professional competence and values. The course uses an interdisciplinary approach for the learner to develop personal academi c strategies in order to reach desired goals and achieve academic success . Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Ellis, D. (2011). Becoming a master student (13th ed.). Boston, MA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning. All electronic materials are available on the student website. 1 Course Design Guide GEN/200 Version 2 Week One ...
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...GEN 105 Entire Course (UOP) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Tutorial Purchased: 3 Times, Rating: A+ 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 ............................................................................................................................................................... GEN 105 Assignment: Elevator Speech (UOP) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Tutorial Purchased: 3 Times, Rating: A+ • 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...
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...Today’s working environment has experienced a major transformation over the last decade, particularly in terms of population diversity in the workforce. There are currently four main generations dominating the workforce, they are made up of Silents, Baby Boomers, Generation X and Generation Y. It is expected that in the coming decades there will be further changes with emergence of newer generations, and slower removal of older generations from organizations as pension age increases. Understanding differences between the generations, and learning to adapt their management practices is critical to building a successful multigenerational workplace. I would like farther explain each generation’s attributes and their effects on the workforce. Silents are considered among the most loyal workers. They are highly dedicated and the most risk averse. Their values were shaped by the Great Depression, World War II, and the postwar boom years. Silents possess a strong commitment to teamwork and collaboration and have high regard for developing interpersonal communications skills. Silents now consist of the most affluent elderly population in U.S. history due to their willingness to conserve and save after recovering from the financial impact of the postwar era. Baby Boomers, born approximately between 1946 and 1964 were brought up in a healthy post war economy and have seen the world revolving around them as the largest generation of the century. Their lifestyle is to live for work and...
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...Now Generation X will produce executives who bring a distinctive sense of realism to the modern corporation. by Tamara J. Erickson A NEW COHORT of leaders is poised to take senior executive roles and is bringing with it a whole new mind-set. Baby Boomers have been firmly in charge for the past few decades, and as a rule they have been willing to operate by a well-understood set of corporate practices and policies related to compensation, hierarchy, and expectations for the way work “works.” Generation Xers, born from 1961 through 1981, have different ideas. They’re more apt to reject status-quo definitions of success and seek their own paths. The differences can be traced to the times during which each group came of age and formed its attitudes toward work and society. Although it’s impossible to draw neat boundaries along generational lines and unproductive to overgeneralize, we are each, in part, a product of our time. The formative years of Xers looked very different from those of Boomers. For one thing, Baby Boomers grew up in a world that was fundamentally too small for them. The infrastructure couldn’t expand fast enough to accommodate the sudden growth of this cohort. Boomers went to high school in Quonset huts behind the actual schools because there weren’t enough rooms to hold them all. They’ve competed for everything A throughout their lives—from spots on high school...
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...Communication and Collaboration Strategy GEN 200 – Foundations for General Education and Professional Success Communication and Collaboration Strategy Paper Communication is a skill. Whether verbal or nonverbal, people use it in their everyday life. In this course, I will focus on effective communication and collaborate with my team members with different learning styles and personality types. After completing the Multiple Pathways to Learning and the Personality Spectrum Assessments, I learned about my own learning styles and personality types. My learning styles are Visual-Spatial, Interpersonal and Intrapersonal; and my personality types are Organizer, Adventurer, and Thinker. A Visual-Spatial learner finds it easier to communicate face to face. I learn faster through looking at objects, photos, images, graphs, instructor’s facial expressions and body language. My skills and knowledge of computer software and applications are my tools in creating PowerPoint presentations, slides, charts, and research work for group projects. An Intrapersonal learner can adapt to different learning styles, thinks and reasons on higher levels, understanding self in relation to others, being aware of , and expressing feelings. As an Intrapersonal, I am always interested in self-improvement. Seeking feedback from my team members is important to achieve successful results in achieving team’s goals. An Interpersonal learner is good at understanding people, enjoy helping...
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...Personal Responsibility GEN/200 Personal Responsibility Personal responsibility is having the disposition to accept the consequences to my actions. It is a choice that can extremely affect my life. I chose to be responsible and accept the consequences to my actions, learn from my experiences, maintain a positive attitude and be willing to change and work hard in order to significantly improve my life. Accordingly, allowing me to have career success. Relationship In reality, becoming a successful student in college involves more than just studying. It is imperative to take charge of my life and the decisions I make since they go hand in hand with career success. A career is one piece of many pieces that are part of life. In order to have a successful career, my life too has to be a success. To ensure my success in my life I took the initiative to take personal responsibility. Accepting Consequences Even though it is not easy to accept being wrong or accepting the consequences to bad choices it is necessary to learn from mistakes. This is considered a learning experience and it helps get me one step closer to achieving my goals. My main career interest is to become a successful Human Resource Manager. In order to fulfill this goal I need to be truthful to myself and work hard to develop the necessary skills to become a better qualified candidate in my future profession. Maintaining a positive attitude will also assist in this life and career journey. While completing...
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...Cohabitation of Personal Responsibility and Educational Success Karen Cephas GEN/200 November 3, 2013 Jim Tagliamonte This essay will explore views on the relationship between personal responsibility and educational success. The reasons the two qualities are essential to success in life, how to attain them as well as how to maintain and apply these characteristics to other areas of life, therefore transforming into a self-directed learner to be successful. The quote below is an excerpt from The Measurement of Personal Responsibility in Adult Learning. This quote speaks volumes on the prominence of personal responsibility within educational success and what self-directed learning entails. (Caffarella 1993) described the importance of learner responsibility and control: "The ability to be self-directed in one's learning, that is, to be primarily responsible and in control [emphasis added] of what, where, and how one learns, is critical to survival and prosperity in a world of continuous personal, community, and societal changes" (P. 32). Garrison (1997) supported this position in his definition of (SDL Self Directed Learner): "An approach where learners are motivated to assume personal responsibility and collaborative control of the cognitive (self-monitoring) and contextual (self-management) processes in constructing and confirming meaning and worthwhile learning outcomes" (p. 18). (Betts, 2012, p. 12). The traditional definition of responsibility...
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...Personal Responsibility and College Success Cody Murphy GEN/200 October 16, 2012 Alyse Stone Personal Responsibility and College Success Thesis Statement Some people believe that they can keep their same routines and successfully complete a college degree. Students must analyze and adjust their personal responsibilities to be successful while attending college. College success depends on the ability to balance personal responsibilities and academic requirements. Some students do not change current routines while attending college. A student must change routines in daily life to be successful in college. Personal responsibility is the responsibilities and obligations people have to themselves and others. Personal responsibility is the ability for a student to make a positive impact on lives. Personal responsibilities include; physical and mental health awareness, stress management, and maintaining financial obligations. It takes a high level of fitness and determination to succeed in an ever-changing academic world. The students will experience many stressors that will influence their academic outcome. The students need to make financial arrangements to ensure a degree completion. In a recent study published in The Journal of College Admission scholars suggested: Students drop out of college for a variety of reasons, such as academic failures, personal problems, or changes in career plan. Those who fail to attain a college degree have fewer career opportunities...
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...My Viewpoint on Personal Responsibility Venes Mosier GEN/200 February 16, 2014 Dalynn Campbell My Viewpoint on Personal Responsibility My view of personal responsibility is the capability to take the initiative to follow necessary steps to insure personal goals in college and life in general. Personal responsibility is having a well-adjusted outlook of actions needed to achieve personal goals in life. Success is responsibility and responsibility is personal social management. Personal responsibility is the capability to take the initiative to follow necessary steps to insure personal goals and in life in general. Success is responsibility and responsibility is personal social management. Success by my own definition is consciously taking the initiative to excel in every goal I pursue. I see responsibility as social management related to how I perceive and treat others. Personal responsibility is a well-adjusted outlook of actions needed as I work and plan to achieve my own personal goals. My personal actions and interactions towards peers, family, friends and coworkers determine my liability towards others, and how their inner perceptions and attitudes toward me might correlate our ability to assist each other's achievements and goals. My having an objective consideration and adequate understanding the needs goals of others and how my peers can creatively use our unique differences to successfully complete any job, task or goal we as a group pursue. Taking personal...
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...The Importance of Managing Physical and Mental Health and Stress Levels And How Might These Skills Relate to Academic and Personal Success Billy J. Houston GEN 200 01/11/2014 FRANCIS JONES It is important to manage our physical and mental health and stress levels because physical health is directly related to mental health and both of which can be affected by high stress levels causing both physical and mental illnesses to develop. The physical health of a person can affect a person's mental abilities resulting in higher stress level. The bottom line is that stress can kill, as I have learned to be true in my own life experiences, as my father passed away from a massive heart attack at the age of 46 years old. How his physical life contributed to his development of stress related maladies is clear as my father was an alcoholic, a smoker, and also a diabetic who never took his conditions or his medications very seriously until it was too late and he was taken from us. He did manage to participate in several activities which reduced his stress somewhat such as fishing, bowling, and playing baseball with his children, but because he had the contributing factors already in place, due to hereditary traits for diabetes and heart disease it would have been much better for him if he did not drink or smoke. As a result of his early death none of his six children drink at all and only one of them smokes and is in the process of quitting. Another reason it is important to manage...
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...Personal Responsibility Natasha Ross Gen-200 04/20/14 Susan Ricardo Buckley Personal Responsibility Personal responsibility is the ability to take ownership of your own words and actions. In order to have college success you have to be able to hold yourself accountable. For example, show up and put in the work. It is also important to adjust your priorities to reach your goal. When we start school we do not realize all that goes into it, we just wake up and say let’s start school. Committing to take responsibility for your success is one of the major keys to an amazing career and life success. To get the best education we have to set goals, You cannot start something without knowing what you are working towards. My goal is to finish college so that I can have a better life for my son and myself. I have not been in school in two years and my short-term goal is to complete my first few classes. That will put me on a high track to finish school. My long-term goal is to finish college above standard. You need to be willing to do things to succeed, like time management. It is the most important thing when it comes to responsibility. There is nothing wrong with making a plan, that way you always make sure you have enough time in the day to get all your work done. If you have a busy day set a goal to reach your task. For example, I made a to do list to make sure I made time to do my required readings. Once I'm done it is an amazing feeling. I got it done because I had a plan...
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...Mai Nguyen GEN/200 March 3, 2014 Kathy Abramowitz Personal Responsibility Personal responsibility by definition means accountability in our own life, circumstances, successes, and failures. When applied to education, personal responsibility might be best described as identification of the essential aspects that ensure our success and a commitment to achieving success. It is advantageous to keep an open mind when coming up with a strategy for personal success; but more importantly, follow through with this strategy (Gubacs-Collins, 2007). In order to obtain a higher level of education, students must accept personal responsibility through effective time management and self-motivation. Accepting personal responsibility means holding oneself accountable for the choices we made regardless of whether or not these choices produced positive results. We must take claim for all the actions and face consequent of those actions. Given opportunities, students have no choice about “to become responsible”. The more chances given, the more likely students will experience success (Gubacs-Collins, 2007). Personal responsibility and college success go hand in hand. When students take action going back to college, students are responsible to find adequate time and making the necessary efforts to succeed. Completion of all assignment on time and maintaining a thorough understanding of the materials being presented throughout the entire semester are essential to achieving a high...
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...Personal Responsibility GEN/200 March 10, 2014 Personal responsibility is not something you wake up and decide to obtain. Personal responsibility is a way of living. It alters each and every facet of a person’s existence. Achieving personal responsibility does not necessarily suggest that you can govern everything that transpires, but it does mean you can control how you react to those situations. Personal responsibility means being accountable for one’s actions as well as acknowledging the ramifications of those actions. “Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands” was a insightful quote by the late Anne Frank. By not being personally responsible an individual is likely to blame others for their transgressions which can result in a magnitude of negative consequences. Becoming depressed and frustrated with individuals other than oneself is among those downsides. Failed friendships and even failed personal relationships can also occur because of an individual constantly blaming another person for their own faults. To me, when you accept responsibility for the situations in your life, you are then capable of learning from that certain situation thereupon permitting you to progress. Accepting this particular responsibility will not allow you to remain stagnant. Sustaining personal responsibility can prove to be a bit difficult at times but it also helps to establish...
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...goals. 1.3Recognize the importance of personal responsibility. 1.4Demonstrate the key elements of the writing process. Learning Activities Required Reading Becoming a Master Student, Introduction Reading Becoming a Master Student, Ch. 2 Reading Becoming a Master Student, Ch. 10 Reading Becoming a Master Student, Ch. 11 Reading Week One Electronic Reserve Readings Recommended Video Center for Writing Excellence (CWE) video Video Center for Math Excellence (CME) video Interactive/Tutorial University Library Interactive/Tutorial Financial Options Interactive/Tutorial The Writing Process Audio Audio: Goal Setting and Time Management Exploration Time Management and Goals Website Ethical Lens Inventory Assignments ASSIGNMENT STATUS FRIENDLY NAME TITLE DUE DATE POINTS UNREAD COMMENTS Participation Week One Participation Graded 4.5/4.5 7 Practice/Simulation/Homework/Game Ethical Lens Inventory submission Graded 3/3 Instructor Feedback Great discussion about goals last week. Students often cite procrastination as an obstacle to their productivity in achieving their goals. If you struggle with procrastination, please review pp. 50, 76, and 77 in your textbook Becoming a Master Student and think about implementing a "7-day antiprocrastination plan." Let me know how it works for you.Again, welcome to UOPX and GEN/200! Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Week2. Collaboration. Aug 28 - Sep 03Week2 Collaboration ...
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...comm600 full course latest 2016 feb all weeks discussions all assignments and all quizzes Click Link Below To Buy: http://hwcampus.com/shop/comm600-full-course-latest-2016-feb-all-weeks-discussions-all-assignments-and-all-quizzes/ week 1 i Learners! :) For this discussion topic, you will make your main post by Saturday of Week One (January 9) and post two substantive replies to classmates by Tuesday of Week One (January 12). This topic is required and graded, and your main post will be worth 60 points, with your two thorough, substantive replies to classmates being worth 20 points each. You will be graded on the quality, depth, and level of expansion and detail in your main and reply posts. Instructions: This semester we'll be exploring the topic of "Millennials" in articles that you be assigned to analyze, evaluate, and use as references for the assigned essays in this course. To begin thinking about this topic, please view either of the two videos on millennials that follow. Please note the attached critical thinking strategies to consider as you view. Then respond in the attached Discussion area to at least ONE of the following questions.: 1. What information was new or surprising to you, and why? 2. What information or concept left you confused, and why? 3. What comment(s) did you disagree with, and why? 4. What information do you find most important, and why? Please include the title of the video you viewed in the subject line of your post. Millennials:...
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