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Learning Log Guidance

 

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What is a Learning Log?

A Learning Log is a journal which evidences your own learning and skills development. In this case you are asked to show that you have completed several tasks and this should be the starting point. However a good Learning Log provides a record of what you have learnt, attempted and some critical evaluation of what you have achieved and how it might shape subsequent activity (such as an MBA Project)

For example if in your Learning Log you include details of what you did or how you did something then consider asking yourself questions such as: 

· Did it go well?  Why?  What did I learn?

· Did it go badly?  Why? What did I learn?

· How can I improve for next time?

A Learning Log contains your record of learning experiences and can include: thoughts, feelings and reflections. See my generic notes about critical thinking and the ability to synthesise ideas. I acknowledge that the word limit is quite demanding, but try to show that you have done more than simply completed the tasks requested and try to evidence what you have learnt.

Is there a ‘best’ or ‘correct’ way of producing a Learning Log?

Not really, the log should be relevant to you and the activities. There is no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ way of producing a Learning Log. Perhaps the three key questions when engaging in the process of producing a Learning Log are to ask

· Have I explained what I did?

· Have I identified what I learnt from the process?

· Have I identified the implications of what I have learnt (if there are any)?

Tip

The learning log is limited to 1000 words, but not all the activities need to be allocated a third of the words. Some of the activities require very few words and instead require you to show results from the activities. Remember the work in Unit 8; quantitative analysis can be presented graphically using pictures and there are virtually no words associated with something like a bar chart or pie chart. So be creative, use the words available to you as effectively as possible so that you can show what you have learnt from the module.

Tip – Activity 3

This activity requires you to create a brief summary of the articles, but try and remember that high marks will be awarded to students who do more than simply describe.

So can you analyse, criticise and synthesis?

Also this is a learning activity so try to think about what you have learnt about the process of doing a literature review.

Unit 7 - Where to start?

This is a question on Statistical Analysis and particularly Hypothesis Testing.

Before you start, read Unit 7, especially from the opening pages up to 104. Questions 1 and 2 of Activity 7.1 (page 103) which most of you will have done covered similar ground so try and remember how you got on. A good starting point might be to reacquaint yourself with those questions and the answers (page147).

Also Collis and Hussey pages 259-262 is quite good, but below are some on line resources you could use....

On Line Resources

This link takes you to Chapter 8 of a book by Gregory Privitera on statistics. Although written for scientists, it is a very good explanation which covers the topic in reasonable detail. Sections 8.1 to 8.4 are the sections that are important, you do not need to read beyond the end of page 11 .