Acknowledgements The content acknowledged below is Proprietary (see terms and conditions) and is used under licence. Adapted from derek'b: [Details correct as of 13th June 2007] All other materials included in this unit are derived from content originated at the Open University.
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9 Notes to help you complete your assessment To complete your assessment portfolio include a contents page to show what evidence you have included for each part. An example of a suitable format for the contents page is shown in Figure 1 above. Figure 1 (PDF, 1 page, 0.1MB) 7.3 Monitoring your progress Use your records or logbook to help you present a commentary that includes: The methods you used to work on the problem. A statement that shows how you have used your knowledge of problem-solving methods for selecting particular methods and reasons for the selection to achieve the standard of work required. The checking procedures you used for the problem, for example, interim checks, progress reports, feedback commen 7.2 Developing a strategy Present notes/records that show you have planned your use of problem-solving skills in tackling a selected problem from your study or work. Your evidence must include: the goals you hope to achieve over 3–4 months or so; you should indicate how these goals relate to the context in which you are working and to your current capabilities; how you planned and explored the problem and set out the next stages of the work, for example, usi 3 Key skills assessment units This section gives advice and guidance to help you compile and present a portfolio of selected work. You are strongly advised to read through this section so that you have an idea of what is expected. The key skills assessment units provide an opportunity for you to integrate your development of key skills with your work or study. You may choose to concentrate on skills that you need to develop and improve for your job, for a new course, or personally to help you keep abreast of new dev 2 Sources of help This assessment unit is designed to be self-contained. However you might like to access the following sources for support and guidance if you need it. These sources include:
U529_1 Key skills – making a difference: This OpenLearn unit is designed to complement the assessment units. It provides detailed guidance and activities to help you work on your key skills, gives examples of key skills work from students, and helps you prepare an Introduction This key skill develops your problem-solving skills in your studies, work or other activities over a period of time. To tackle this key skill, you will need to plan your work over at least 3–4 months to give yourself enough time to practise and improve your skills, to seek feedback from others, and to monitor your progress and evaluate your strategy. Problem solving runs through many other activities and, rather like the key skill in OpenLearn unit U071_1 Improving own learning and Acknowledgements The content acknowledged below is Proprietary (see terms and conditions). this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Licence
Freedom Toast: http://www.flickr.com/photos/freedomtoast/275673179/ All 7.3 Monitoring your progress Use your records or logbook to provide a reflective commentary on: what you did to help you set up and use numerical, graphical and algebraic methods and techniques to achieve your goals; for example, what you did to:  evaluate information from different sources and develop alternative lines of enquiry; carry out calculations to appropriate levels of accuracy and draw on a range of nu 9 Notes to help you complete your assessment To complete your portfolio, you must include a contents page indicating how your reflective commentary in Part A and your evidence in Part B are related. Figure 1 (PDF, 1 page, 0.1MB) 5 Effective use of information literacy skills The purpose of this assessment unit is for you to create a portfolio of your work that shows you can improve your information literacy skills and apply them within your study or work activities. A central aim is for you to use the process to support your learning and improve your performance overall. You will need to show that you can search for, select and critically evaluate information. Using information literacy skills effectively involves applying your skills appropriately in diffe Acknowledgements The content acknowledged below is Proprietary (see terms and conditions) and is used under licence. All other materials included in this unit are derived from content originated at the Open University. 9 Notes to help you complete your assessment To complete your assessment portfolio you must include a contents page indicating how your reflective commentary in Part A and your evidence in Part B are related. An example of a suitable format for the contents page is in Figure 1 below. Figure 1 (PDF, 1 page, 0.1MB) 7.3 Monitoring your progress Use your records or logbook to help you provide a reflective commentary on: what you did to help you set up and use IT methods and techniques to achieve your goals; for example, what you did to:  search for information and explore alternative lines of enquiry; exchange information to meet your purpose (e.g. email, computer conferencing, video conferencing, web pages, document sharing 5 Effective use of information technology The purpose of this unit is for you to create a portfolio of your work to represent you as an effective user of information technology (IT) within your study or work activities. This will involve using criteria to help you select examples of your work that clearly show you can use and improve your IT skills. However, by far the most important aim is that you can use this assessment process to support your learning and improve your performance overall. Using information technology skills 8.2 Extended written communication Your example needs to show you can: communicate relevant information with accuracy, e.g. use a spell check/dictionary, cite references correctly, proofread so that there are minimal errors and the meaning is clear, and use a form, structure and style that suits the purpose, e.g. making use of specialist vocabulary where appropriate; respond to contributions from others to improve the overall quality, e.g. discussions, feedback comment 4 Structure of the assessment units This key skills assessment unit does not have specific questions with word limits and no statements indicating you include, say, an essay or a report. Instead, as you tackle the unit you need to ask yourself ‘Which pieces of work show my skills and capabilities to best advantage?’ When you have identified and selected evidence of your skills, you must then relate this evidence directly to the criteria. This method of building a portfolio is based not on providing right or wrong answ 2 Sources of help This assessment unit is designed to be self-contained. However you might like to access the following sources for support and guidance if you need it. These sources include:
U529_1 Key skills – making a difference: This OpenLearn unit is designed to complement the assessment units. It provides detailed guidance and activities to help you work on your key skills, gives examples of key skills work from students, and helps you prepare and selec Introduction This key skill focuses on the ways in which you receive and respond to information and communicate with other people in your work, study and everyday life. Communication skills include speaking, listening, reading and writing for different purposes. Techniques such as note taking and writing summaries are important, but so, too, are the techniques of evaluation and application, such as evaluating the relevance and quality of information. Communication is part of everyone's life and impr 8.3 Synthesis Your synthesis of what you have learned needs to show you can comment critically and reflectively on the ways of learning you have used. Think about what you had to learn, how you learned it and make an assessment of how well you learned it. On reflection, would you change anything? If so, what would you do differently? Your synthesis does not have to be long (e.g. one side of an A4 page), but it does need to show you can think critically about your learning, relate it to specific work (that
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