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Using your learning log

Learning logs should not be approached like a diary or a place to write streams of creative consciousness but instead to be used as a clear and edited learning tool to mark your thoughts over the course.

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Learning logs – Changing the way you work

Following on from Julia’s recent post I thought I would write a post about my own experience as an OCA student and my struggles with keeping a learning log.

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The Learning Log

A student’s Learning Log, in whatever form, is an important feature of the OCA learning experience but can be a tricky thing to get right. Over the past few years I’ve had several conversations with students about the best way to approach it.This article has been written to start a conversation about how you might get the most from writing the log while bearing in mind the work it has to do within the context of a course.

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Learning Logs: what assessors are looking for

Assessment time again, I’m just back from Barnsley and thought I’d have another crack at learning logs from a different angle. Here are 5 invented statements from fictitious learning logs. Have a read of them and see what you think: 1. Lovely day so made up a flask and put my paints in my rucksack. Had […]

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Blog of the week: Nigel Roberson

This week we are featuring Nigel Roberson‘s learning blog for his Photography 2: Landscape course. It is an exemplary example of a carefully structured reflective learning log, showing clearly how Nigel has developed his work, selecting ideas, rejecting others and drawing on his research reading. Fabulous.

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