Principles of Macroeconomics/MAEC101/learning journal
For this course there are several activities which require you to make entries in your learning journal. If you are taking this course for formal credit this learning journal has to be submitted for assessment.
A learning journal can be as simple as a word processed document, or a blog if you are comfortable using that technology. This is not intended to be a technology challenge so use the technology you are comfortable with. If you wish you can use a document and a blog. If you use a blog this can be open (visible to the world) or semi-private (shareable with your tutor). There may be times when you definitely don't want your journal entry to "leak" out to the world and in those cases we recommend that you use a word processed document.
Keeping a word processed learning journal
This is probably the easiest solution unless you are familiar with blogging.
If you decide to keep a word processed learning journal note that the following file formats are acceptable:
- Word (.doc or .docx)
- Open Office (.otd)
- Google docs
- Rich Text Format (.rtf) most word-processors can safe a file in this format
- Portable Document Format (.pdf) most word-processors can safe a file in this format
You will need to send (or share if Google docs) the learning journal file to your tutor for assessment.
Keeping a blog learning journal
You can use any blog which has the capabilities to tag or label posts. Most OERu learners use Wordpress or Blogger. If you would like to use an existing blog you use, we will harvest posts which are tagged or labelled using the course tag. However, you may prefer to set up a new dedicated learning journal blog.
Your blog posts for this course do not have to be visible to the world (unless you want them to be). Here's how you control their visibility in Wordpress and Blogger (look half way down the page).
Hosting your own learning journal blog
If you have your own web hosting you are welcome to set up your own learning journal blog.
Overview of the steps to set up your learning journal blog
| Actions | Additional resources |
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| Create a blog account | |
| Configure your blog | Customise preferences (including settings for comments) and personalise the layout of your blog: |
| Register your blog url | If you are happy to share your learning journal blog with other students register your blog url on the course site by clicking on the user icon () in the site menu and filling out the url for your course blog. Tips:
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