NCO201 TMA02: Learn to Learn, Learn for Life Self-Directed Learning Plan and Reflection | SUSS

TUTOR-MARKED ASSIGNMENT 2 (TMA02)

This individual assignment is worth 40% of the final mark for NCO201 Learn to Learn, Learn for Life.

Notes to Students:

1. You are to include the following particulars in your submission: Your Name, Course Code, Title TMA02, SUSS PI No., and Submission Date.
2. Submissions must be in Microsoft Word document format (.doc, .docx) only. No other formats are allowed.
3. Your answer to this assignment should be your original work, and no parts of it should come from other sources without proper references. Refer to the Student Handbook for details regarding plagiarism. Using course materials or any source without acknowledgement is considered plagiarism. “Using” includes borrowing ideas, arguments, graphics as well as directly quoting a source. In addition, you are not allowed to resubmit work that you have submitted for other courses or a previous enrolment of this course. If you have any questions about to use sources ethically and responsibility, ask your instructor for clarification. Academic dishonesty will be penalised.
4. You are required to keep copies of earlier drafts and work to use as evidence of original work.
5. If you use AI tools (QuillBot, ChatGPT, Grammarly, etc), please use the following table to declare your AI usage. Include this table as an appendix at the end of your submission. Failure to do so can result in a failing mark for plagiarism.

Learn to Learn, Learn for Life

Learning never ends. In this course, you have learnt several concepts, approaches, and strategies for:

• Understanding yourself as a learner;
• Self-directing, collaborating, and self-regulating; and
• Achieving your goals effectively.

This assignment gives you the opportunity to apply what you have learnt by implementing a learning plan. It has two questions.

Question 1

Develop your ability for self-directed learning by completing a learning plan (refer to the template on Canvas). (20 marks) Timeliness: Submit your learning plan (except for the “What I Accomplished” and “Outcome of Learning Goal” components) by 23:59 on Wednesday, 19 February 2025 (mid-Week 6) in the correct format and on the platform that your instructor has assigned. You will receive brief feedback about its feasibility by the start of Week 7 so that you can begin implementing your plan.

During Weeks 7–12: Apply the strategies you have planned and log your weekly progress honestly. Consider if you need to tweak your plan for the following week and amend it accordingly.

For the final TMA02 submission: Submit your completed table. You are allowed to update your learning plan to incorporate your instructor’s / peers’ feedback from Week 6; add more detail to your timeline if it was initially too brief; or tweak your goal to make it more specific, etc.

Question 2

Self-reflection is a critical part of learning. By looking back at your plan and the decisions you made to accomplish your goal, you can now evaluate your learning experience. Certain strategies, resources, and/or approaches may not have yielded the results you expected in this instance. Unforeseen challenges and/or setbacks may have come up that impeded your progress. Or, you may have been surprised by what you accomplished! This reflection is an opportunity to consider what worked and what did not, what you have learnt about yourself, and what you might do differently next time.

Answer the following questions:

1. Demonstrate how successfully you were able to: (i) identify the strategies and resources you needed before starting your goal; (ii) set a realistic pace to achieve your goal; (iii) adapt your plan as needed along the way. Give reasons and examples to explain your answer.
2. Identify the setbacks, problems, or unexpected challenges you encountered along the way and demonstrate how successfully you kept yourself motivated through the process. Give reasons and examples to explain your answer.
3. Demonstrate what you have learnt about the role of relational support in learning. Give reasons and examples to explain your answer. You may draw from both positive examples from your experience of completing your learning plan or lessons that you have learnt in hindsight.
4. Identify the values you were tempted to disregard; explain why you eventually chose to maintain them and what you learnt about yourself from doing so.
5. Identify the values that you did disregard during this learning experience; explain why you did and what you learnt about yourself from doing so.

Other Graded Components

• Clarity of writing. Refer to the rubric for more information.
• Appropriate References: Cite all sources, including AI content, to acknowledge where you have used other people’s ideas to support or substantiate your claims. Citations and references are not included in the word count.