How to
write a learning diary
A learning diary is a tool of reflection; it helps
you to assess what you have learned on the course. Its aim is to summarize,
analyze and comment on the course and lectures.
Instead of repeating the lecture, you should speak
with your own voice, since a diary is a subjective view and it should reflect
what you have heard and learnt. It is your analysis and insights that count.
You might even take the lecture’s ideas further and elaborate them.
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Put the lectures into perspective:
how did the classes relate to you prior learning and life experience?
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State the main points of the
lecture, but a mere summary is not enough, what kind of thoughts did the
lecture set in motion?
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It is sensible to write a brief
summary of the thoughts raised by the lecture soon after the class.
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Reflect on the contents of the
lecture both during and after class in relation to your own views of the issue
at hand.
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Evaluate the used apps as well.
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Write about 250 words of each
lecture (font size 12, line spacing 1.5)
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To conclude the diary, you should
write a half page summary on what the course has thought and meant for you.
This is also an excellent opportunity to give feedback about the course as a
whole.
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Make an effort to write lucidly.
Work on the language!
The following questions may help you to write your
learning diary:
1.
What did I learn? What was new to
me? Was there something that changed my views and why? Focus on and analyze the
themes important to you.
2.
What did I not understand? What
went against my own ideas? Why? What was less comprehensible? Why? Focus on and
analyze the questions that left you puzzled.
3.
What the course taught is likely
to have some relevance for you and your studies. Can you identify what this is?
How are you able to apply this knowledge to your studies? How does this support
your development as a student/person? Make note and reflect on the thoughts
that emerge as especially important.
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