Principles of management/PMAN101/Activities and learning challenges

This micro course is skills-based and uses a "learn by doing" model. It is structured according to a number of learning pathways (see the learning pathways menu option above). Each learning pathway will include a number of activities and learning challenges.

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Types of learning activities

The following table summarises the types of activity:

Type	Description
Learning activities	Learning activities are embedded in the learning pathways, including for example, invitations to: Watch a video Read an article Annotate a reading Share a comment in the WEnotes course feed Participate in a forum discussion etc. Complete a poll
Mini learning challenges	Some courses include mini challenges which are the building blocks for achieving the course learning outcomes. They are published on a single page within the learning pathways and will include the purpose, resource links, and tasks your should carry out.
Learning challenges	Learning challenges are more substantive activities requiring between 1 to 2 hours of effort. They typically require you to publish the outputs of your learning on your personal course blog. They are subdivided into three pages: Start page which provides a summary of the challenge, the purpose and corresponding stimulus resources; Tasks page which lists the steps you must complete for the challenge; and Outputs page which details the learning outcome actions and products of the challenge.

Here is a list of the mini and major learning challenges for each learning pathway in the PMAN 101 mini-course:

Session	Title
Session 0	Declare yourself learning challenge
Session 1	Overarching principles of management learning challenge
Session 2	Functions of management learning challenge
Session 3	Future skills learning challenge
Session 4	Soft skills learning challenge
Session 5	Culture and ethics learning challenge

Orientation

Title	Type
Declare yourself	Mini learning challenge

Overarching principles of management challenge

Title	Type
Overarching Principles of Management (Blog)	Learning challenge
Overarching Principles of Management (WENotes comment)	Learning challenge
Overarching Principles of Management quiz	Quiz

Functions of management challenge

Title	Type
Activity
Functions of management (Blog)	Learning challenge
Functions of management (WENotes comment)	Learning challenge
Functions of Management quiz	Quiz

Future skills challenge

Title	Type
Annotation	Activity
Discussion forum	Discussion
Future skills (Blog)	Learning challenge
Future skills (WENotes comment)	Learning challenge
Future skills quiz	Quiz

Soft skills challenge

Title	Type
Soft skills (Blog)	Learning challenge
Soft skills (WENotes comment)	Learning challenge
Soft Skills quiz	Quiz

Culture and ethics challenge

Title	Type
Culture and ethics (Blog)	Learning challenge
Culture and ethics (WENotes comment)	Learning challenge
Final reflection	Discussion
Culture and Ethics quiz	Quiz