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  • Introduction and guidance
    • What is a badged course?
    • How to get a badge
  • Introduction
  • 1 Everyday learning – what's going on?
    • 1.1 Case study 1: Jim’s story
    • 1.2 Case study 2: Angela’s story
  • 2 Thinking about someone else’s ideas
  • 3 Formal or informal?
    • 3.1 One person’s experience
  • 4 Thinking about your own learning
  • 5 How do you learn best?
  • 6 Reflection
  • 7 This week’s quiz
  • 8 Summary
  • Introduction
  • 1 Using some everyday experiences
  • 2 Being organised
    • 2.1 Organising your study time
    • 2.2 Time management
  • 3 Learning to change
    • 3.1 Comfort zones
    • 3.2 Developing emotional literacy
    • 3.3 Further techniques for emotional literacy
  • 4 Reflection
  • 5 This week’s quiz
  • 6 Summary
  • Introduction
  • 1 Qualities
    • 1.1 Turning negatives into positives
  • 2 Knowledge
  • 3 Skills
    • 3.1 Transferable skills
  • 4 Communication skills
    • 4.1 Online communication skills
      • Netiquette
    • 4.2 Using your communication skills
    • 4.3 Developing communication skills
  • 5 Reflection
  • 6 This week’s quiz
  • 7 Summary
  • Introduction
  • 1 Learning through reflection
    • 1.1 Reflection at work
    • 1.2 Reflecting on your learning
  • 2 Getting feedback from other people
    • 2.1 Some theories about feedback
    • 2.2 How can you get another perspective?
    • 2.3 Using your feedback
      • 2.3.1 Using the Johari Window
  • 3 Reflection
  • 4 This week’s quiz
  • 5 Summary
  • Introduction
  • 1 Academic skills
    • 1.1 Reading, writing and note-taking
    • 1.2 Essay writing
    • 1.3 Reflective writing
    • 1.4 Developing your writing skills
  • 2 Using mind maps
    • 2.1 Further uses for mind mapping
    • 2.2 Using mind mapping as a first stage for writing
  • 3 Using information found online
  • 4 Referencing
  • 5 Your academic skills
  • 6 Reflection
  • 7 This week’s quiz
  • 8 Summary
  • Introduction
  • 1 Why theory might be useful
  • 2 Exploring learning theories
  • 3 Learning communities
    • 3.1 The example of St Kilda
    • 3.2 Communities of practice
    • 3.3 Your learning communities
    • 3.4 A ‘health warning’ about groups
  • 4 Student approaches to learning
    • 4.1 Background to Entwistle's theory
    • 4.2 Your approach
  • 5 Reflection
  • 6 This week’s quiz
  • 7 Summary
  • Introduction
  • 1 Making plans
    • 1.1 Action planning — an overview
  • 2 Developing a vision
  • 3 Introducing case studies
    • 3.1 Case study 1: Mike’s story
    • 3.2 Case study 2: Charity’s story
  • 4 Turning visions into goals
  • 5 Setting SMART goals
    • 5.1 Your own SMART goals
  • 6 Reflection
  • 7 This week’s quiz
  • 8 Summary
  • Introduction
  • 1 Developing your plan
    • 1.1 Force-field analysis
    • 1.2 Case-study illustration
  • 2 Thinking about resources
    • 2.1 People
    • 2.2 Informal learning
    • 2.3 Formal learning
    • 2.4 Free online courses
  • 3 Designing your action plan
    • 3.1 Working with your action plan
    • 3.2 Keeping your journal active
  • 4 Final reflection – the cycle of learning
  • 5 This week’s quiz
  • 6 Summary
  • Tell us what you think
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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