E-portfolio UED102
INTRODUCTION
About me
Assalamuaalaikum, and greetings to all my fellow reader, that willingly to read my first blog ever. My name is Muhammad Zulhilmi Bin Mohd Zawari and I am 18 years old. I was born in Machang, Kelantan. I got an offer to further my studies at university level in Diploma Banking Studies at UiTM Kelantan, Campus Machang. The main purpose in writing this e-portfolio is because I wanted to introduce and share about what topic and the content that I have learnt in UED 102.
CONTENT OF UED 102
Topic 1: Getting Ready to Learn
· Making the transition (from school to university)
· Characteristics of successful students
· Using learning styles to enhance performance
Topic 2: Goal Setting
· Setting goals for the new semester
· Writing effective goal statements
· Using the Learning Management System
Topic 3: Time Management
· Optimising study time
· Organising study time
· Using time-management strategies to stay
· Motivated
· Reducing procrastination
Topic 4: Getting to Know the Campus
· Making the most of college resources
Topic 5: Memory, Learning & Improving Concentration
· Understanding memory processes
· Memory strategies
· Understanding concentration
· Strategies for improving concentration
· Reading/study system (SQ3R)
Topic 6: Taking Lecture Notes
· Taking lecture notes
· Effective note-taking system
Topic 7: Academic Integrity & Performance
· Avoiding plagiarism
· Calculating grade point average
TOPIC 1: GETTING READY TO LEARN
Making the transition (from school to university)
Making a conversion between high school life and university life is a very crucial thing students always do, it is important so they can easily get a new friends, knowing new people, and adapt to it so they can feel that they are at home. Even though it is not and easy task to achieve, students need to stay committed to it. “The climb is tough, but the view from the top is worth it”.
Characteristics of successful students
Learning Style Inventory
Everyone has a difference in how they conduct their studies using their own learning style so that they can improve their education beautifully. For instance, there are three types of learning style, which are visual learner, auditory learner and kinesthetic learner. There is a way how to find out what kind of learning style do we have, by answering a few question in learning style below about your ability.
I have answered the learning style inventory questions to find out what kind of learning style do I have. I have recorded all of my responses into the scoring inventory and find out that I am a visual learner type of guy. By knowing this, I will focused all of my studies by using visual style so that my Learning would improve simultaneously.
TOPIC 2: GOAL SETTING
Goal setting is very important to all of us because it’s a process of identifying something we want to accomplish and it will establish great measurable objectives and timeframes to help us achieved it.
Using the Five step Approach
TOPIC 3: TIME MANAGEMENT AND GETTING TO KNOW THE CAMPUS
fixed-Commitment Calendar
Job Task Analysis
Job task analysis is very important for all of us because it’s show our daily schedule base on our needs. For every task given, we need to calculate how much time do we need to spend so that we will not waste our time with something that are not important to us.
Prioritized To-Do List
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Prioritized to-do list is very important because it make sure every task can be done in a short time. The list help me to set my mind of the priority of each task that i need to complete due to the deadline. Its not that we take easy of the less priority task but we just make it easier to refer with task need to be done first. Below is example of my prioritized to-do list.
Getting to know the Campus
Lets watch a video about my Campus which is UiTM Machang on Youtube
TOPIC 4: Memory, Learning and Improving Concentration
What is memory ?
- Memory is our ability to encode, store, retain, and subsequently recall information and past experiences in the human brain. It can be thought of in general terms as the use of past experience to affect or influence current behaviour whether that’s soon after the information has been processed, or many years into the future.
3 TYPES OF WORKING MEMORY :
Memory Strategies
- Memory strategies will develop students in their encoding, storing, and retrieving the information(helps to remember and recall).
Activity 6 : Memory Strategies
i) How forgetting effect on someone ?
- Didn’t pay attention to the information given
- Didn’t fully understand the information
- Last minute study
- Don’t have a good strategies
ii) How to improve our memory ?
- Massed practice and spaced practice
- Break reading material down for some period of time
- Rehearsal-repeat the information continuously
- Elaboration strategies : Associations, Acronyms, Acrostics, Imagery, Organizational strategies and comprehension monitoring strategies.
Organizational Strategies
- Organize things into 3 groups or category to remember. You also can remember more then 4 items in each category quite easily, because the headings help trigger your memory flawlessly.
Concentration Strategies
- Concentration is paying attention and focusing on the things we are doing
Activity 8 : Concentration Strategies
Activity 9 : Concentration Chart
Reading Text
TOPIC 5 : Taking Lecture Notes
Why we need to take lecture note ?
- Encourage active listening by helping you concentrate on the lecture.
- Give an accurate record of information that was presented in class.
- Helps you learn and remember the information.
- Helps you to organize the information.
Activity 11 : Taking Lecture Notes
Note-taking Exercise using the Cornell Method
Example of Cornell note-taking method :
The Cornell Note-Taking System providing a genius format for setting up our note page. It has a recall, cue column and a summary column at the end for us to easily understand the notes.
TOPIC 6 : Academic Integrity and Performance
UiTM Grading System
What is GPA ?
- GPA or Grade Point Average is a number that indicates how high a person scored in their courses on average. Using a scale from 1.0 to 4.0, your GPA tracks your progress during your studies. This number is used to assess whether you meet the standards and expectations set by the university or not.
My target GPA for this semester
What is CGPA ?
- A CGPA, or Cumulative Grade Point Average is your academic performance from 0.00–4.00, calculated as an average of your GPA from all completed terms/semesters.
My target GPA for second semester
Failure and Dismissal
