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Good morning everyone!<\/span><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n\n Welcome to Week #3 of LRNT 521. We are off to a\nfantastic start\u2014It looks like almost everyone has competed at least one blog\npost and I am thrilled to see the level of engagement and thoughtful discourse.\nThere have already been some wonderfully insightful thoughts posted and I look\nforward to reading and engaging more with you on these ideas in the coming\nweek. If you have not yet had the chance, please take some time to review and comment\non posts from your classmates \u2013 there are some really great ideas being shared.\nIf any challenges persist in getting your blogs up and running please let me know\nso I can connect you with appropriate supports.<\/span><\/p>\n\n Starting today,\u00a0<\/span>we are moving into the second week of\nUnit 2 in LRNT 521 which continues to focus on Digital Identity and\nPresence.\u00a0I am hoping that as we\nenter week 3 of our course that you are starting to feel like you are getting\nyour bearings and are beginning to find a bit of a rhythm as you navigate the\nbalance of work, life, and school. I understand this challenge well, having\nspent many years juggling the roles of FT employee, parent, partner, and grad\nstudent. That balance is a constantly negotiated work in progress and it is\nvery common at this point to feel slightly overwhelmed with it all or to feel\nlike a bit of an imposter when it comes to academic writing or have gradschoolitis\n(see below regarding our <\/span>RRU library message on this\ntopic<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n\n I read a quote (attributed to Dale Carnegie) some\nyears ago that has always been helpful to me when I am not sure if I can\naccomplish a task or if I find that I am procrastinating due to lack of\nconfidence:<\/span><\/p>\n\n Inaction\nbreeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to\nconquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.<\/span><\/i><\/p> If you have any doubts about your ability, just get started and amazing\nthings will happen. You can do this!<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n Gradschoolitis video for new graduate students<\/b><\/p>\n\n The\u00a0Gradschoolitis\u00a0video<\/i><\/a>\u00a0(6:50 min;\nsee also\u00a0Gradschoolitis Notes<\/i><\/a>\u00a0for the\ntranscript) is a pep talk for new graduate students that addresses the typical\nanxieties caused by the imposter syndrome. The video and the transcript are\nalso posted on the Writing Centre\u2019s\u00a0homepage<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n Are you feeling anxious about academic reading and\/or writing?<\/p>\n\n Please visit\u00a0Anxiety About Reading<\/i><\/a>\u00a0and\/or\u00a0Anxiety About Academic Writing<\/i><\/a>\u00a0for\ninformation and resources.<\/p>\n\n This week:<\/span><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n\n In the spirit of taking it one week at a time, this\nweek you should be continuing to work your way through the following:<\/span><\/p>\n\n Reading Strategies:<\/span><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n\n A quick note on reading - take your time to\nread\/think through them and the implications of those ideas in your setting.\nGetting back into reading in this way may take time so be gentle on yourself \u2013\nfind a time of day\/flow in your day that works for you to read, focus, and\nconcentrate on a reading and take it from there. Don\u2019t forget to keep a\njournal\/notes on the readings, their key points for you and the citation so it\nis easy to find later when you need it. The citations managers (i.e., Mendeley\nand Zotero) mentioned below may help with that. Once you learn how powerful\nthese tools can be, I suspect that you will never go back to manual citation\nmanagement. <\/span>\ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/p>\n\n There are a variety of\u00a0<\/span>reading\nstrategies<\/span><\/a>\u00a0that\nyou may find helpful as you move forward in the program. Scan reading to get\nthe essence of the piece and then returning to do a deeper dive are common, as\nis the need to establish a system that works for you to track the citation, the\nkey points in the work and your thinking around those key points. There are a\nfew videos on the\u00a0<\/span>MALAT\nplaylist<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 (YouTube) that might\nbe useful including this\u00a0<\/span>one<\/span><\/a>. Some folks use a spreadsheet, others use citations managers like\nMendeley or Zotero (see\u00a0<\/span>Citations Managers from RRU\nlibrary<\/span><\/a>\u00a0for more\ninformation). The important part is that you develop a system that works for\nyou.<\/span><\/p>\n\n Okay, I think that is about it from my end for now.\nHave a great day and I am looking forward to connecting with you at our\nsynchronous session this week on Tue, Apr 21 at 5:30 pm PT. I have a brief\npresentation on learning and technology that I hope will be helpful in setting\nthe stage for the rest of our course, but we will devote much of this session\nto debriefing the course activities and learnings thus far, as well as setting\nup for Unit 3\u2014especially the Assignment #2 Debate. This session usually takes\nabout 90 minutes, but it will be recorded so don\u2019t worry if the time does not\nfit into your schedule.<\/span><\/p>\n\n As always, please feel free to connect with me\ndirectly should any questions or challenges arise.<\/span><\/p>\n\n Best,<\/p>\n\n Russ<\/span><\/p>\n\n \u00a0<\/p> <\/p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Russ Wilde. Good morning everyone!<\/p>\n Welcome to Week #3 of LRNT 521. We are off to a\n
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