Principles of marketing/PMKT103/Course guide/Learning challenges

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Learning challenges
Launching products and generating market demand is a skills-based course which uses a "learn by doing" model.

The course 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
  • Share a comment
  • Participate in a forum discussion etc.
Mini learning challenges Mini challenges are the building blocks for achieving the course objectives. They are published on a single page within the learning pathways and will include the purpose, resource links, and tasks your should carry out. (Note that some micro-courses do not include mini challenges.)
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:
  1. Start page which provides a summary of the challenge, the purpose and corresponding stimulus resources;
  2. Tasks page which lists the steps you must complete for the challenge; and
  3. Outputs page which details the learning outcome actions and products of the challenge.

You can see a list of all the learning activities and challenges for this course on the syllabus page.