Discussion

Academic engagement through active participation in instructional activities related to the course objectives is paramount to your success in this course and future courses.  Through interaction with your instructor and classmates, you will explore the course material and be provided with the best opportunity for objective and competency mastery.  To begin this class, review the course objectives for each Topic, and then answer the following questions as this will help guide your instructor for course instruction.

1. Which weekly objectives do you have prior knowledge of and to what extent?

2. Which weekly objectives do you have no prior knowledge of?

3. What course-related topics would you like to discuss with your instructor and classmates?  What questions or concerns do you have about this course?

 

This was my answer:

1. After looking through the weekly objectives, I do not have any knowledge of any topic.

2. Almost all of the weekly objectives are unknown to me.

3. I have problems with time management skills, and also APA format writing. I am a little nervous, but I know that I can count on my classmates and my instructor if I need any help.

 

I need to reply to a discussion of two of my classmates.

Shacara Myers

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1. I have prior knowledge of the weekly objectives. I just finished my associates degree online at Brookdale Community College, so time management as well as how to prioritize my personal life with school shouldn’t be too difficult. I can’t say it’ll be easy because not all classes are the same and not all professors have the same expectation when it comes to class assignments. My advisor/ graduation team gave me a very thorough overview of how GCU halo works. I was shown how each section on halo works, how to view assignments, how the week is spread out, deadlines on the calendar and I can find great help through the Grand Canyon University Library. What to expect the classes would be like and any resources I would need to help me succeed at GCU.

2. While attending Brookdale, I wrote mostly in MLA format rather than APA format, so I would say maybe that is what I don’t have prior knowledge on, but there’s a few classes where I did one or two papers using APA, but I could be a little rusty.

3. I have done discussions weekly on canvas, the topics of the discussions went based on the current topic we are reviewing. I liked doing discussions because it gave you others’ points of view on what you’re discussing. Or even realize that there’s points you didn’t realize but someone else saw. Helps you to see if you truly understand what you’re doing, and there’s others there to help as you go. So overall I’d want to discuss anything necessary that the instructor wants to pinpoint. I don’t have any questions as yet for this course, I’m surprised to be taking a course that’s not pertaining to my major but interested to learn more since it’s a required class.

 

Shannon Walters

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1. I do not have any knowledge of any of the weekly objectives.

2. I have no knowledge of any objectives.

3. I have no questions for my instructor, the only concern that i have is time management.