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How will you demonstrate that you are a life-long learner?
How will you demonstrate that you are a life-long learner?
Prepare to engage in lifelong learning, including the ability to
exhibit the skills necessary to acquire, organize, reorganize, and interpret new knowledge;
show proficiency in current technologies and the ability to adapt to emerging technologies;
recognize and participate in activities that enhance wellness of body, mind, and spirit;
formulate a plan of personal goals for continued professional growth; and
demonstrate intellectual curiosity.
Draw from your academic courses, job-related experiences, and even your extracurricular activities to demonstrate this competency. In addition, describe the major project you completed either individually or with your team in your capstone course, focusing on life-long learning activities. To demonstrate your ability and strong interest to stay current in your field, how might you answer the following:
Can you identify a skill or knowledge that is self-taught? How have you learned what you know or know how to do (beyond what is minimally required) for a completing a course,working at a job, or participating in an organization?
Do you have artifacts that demonstrate a particular competency?
Recommendation letter from supervisor that explains your ability to learn new material quickly
Instructor or supervisor evaluation
Comment card from clients you have served
Certificate of completion of a course or program
Website you created and maintain
E-journal that records your insights on topics in your field
Did you apply (or learn) software/technology to complete the work? What is the technology designed to do? How did you learn and apply it?
How did you prepare for your assessments? Did you read for information or understanding, work problems, take notes, prepare outlines, complete pretests, etc.?
How well did you do on these assessments? Did mastery require a certain score?
Did you keep a journal or lab notes that record your observations and experiences? Have you created a photo journal or multi-media presentation that documents your experience?
Did you take pictures or video that record what you did or some other point of interest?
Did your research require you to use databases in your discipline? Which ones did you use and for what purposes?
Did your research require you to write a literature review? Which journals and other professional literature did you consult and how?
Did your research require documentation using established guidelines? Which ones did you use?
CHEN 301
CHEN 301
How do you learn? How has your learning process changed throughout college? What opportunities have required you to learn something new and adjust how you learned it?
What have you learned about virtual responsibilities from investigating and reporting on your own virtual footprint AND from class discussions and other course material? What words of wisdom do you have to offer someone who is unfamiliar with this topic? Consider attaching your Virtual Profile Report to support your reflection.
Attach any artifacts (evaluations, comment cards, recommendation letters, see above) that support your reflection as a life-long learner.
Image: Harrison Ford on Charlie Rose, accessed 4 May 2013.
Stars get brighter when they reflect
Stars get brighter when they reflect
In an interview with Charlie Rose, Harrison Ford reflects on how/where learning happens.
Harrison Ford: "I would have to say, upon reflection, you don't know what you are learning while you are learning it. And what you learn may be contaminated by the good or bad times you associate with it."
Charlie Rose: "You have worked with so many directors, from George Lucas to Steven Spielberg and many more, but which director have you learned the most from?"
Quotes: Charlie Rose Show, May 3, 2013. Image of recent interview not available; exact wording of quotes are pending publication of interview.
Prompt: What have you learned that you may not have realized you were learning while you were learning it? Consider how some of what you recall about your learning may be influenced by the experience you associate with it, including a negative experience, i.e., a low grade you received in a course or on a project, the disappointment of an important game your team lost, the monotony of a tedious job you held, the rejection of a position or a promotion you worked hard to earn. . . . What experiences might you have overlooked to which you can you attribute learning? Which of these learning experiences may not be readily apparent apart from careful reflection?
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