PSY340 2020 September Module 6 Learning Journal Latest

PSY340 PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING

Module 6 Learning Journal

The critical thinking journal prompts below are intended to help you reflect on your own learning, and your participation and learning PROCESS are what's important here... NOT the "correct" answers.  Your answers can be used to help scaffold and guide your own learning and to create a pathway through this course that meets your individual needs.

Successful completion of this activity prepares students for meeting Module Outcomes 1 & 4.

This activity aligns with the career competencies of critical thinking and career management.

 Journal

Journal Prompts:

Watch both of the following TED Talks below, and reflect on how the content of these videos relates to the course and to your life.  Consider and explain how the media impacts our ability to learn through the effects of multitasking, and how the TED Talks and this class are examples of learning via media.

Next, how can the concepts introduced in the talks be used by you to improve success and/or quality of life? Identify specific examples in your real life and career.

TEDTalk: Paolo Cardini - Forget multitasking, try monotasking.[Video file, 2:52 mins]. Retrieved from: https://www.ted.com/talks/paolo_cardini_forget_multitasking_try_monotasking (Links to an external site.)

TED Talk: Zeynep Tufekci - We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads  [Video file, 22:55]. Retrieved from: https://www.ted.com/talks/zeynep_tufekci_we_re_building_a_dystopia_just_to_make_people_click_on_ads