The students will be introduced
to blogs and the use of blogger.com in the pre-employment seminar (COOP 290).
Currently, the students complete a number of assignments that require them to
explore the supply chain career, themselves, and to set goals. These assignments include skills assessment
exercises, a report on an employer event they have attended, and a career
plan. These assignments will be replaced
by a blog. The students will be required
to complete a minimum of four entries.
For COOP 290, only the instructor will have access to each student’s
blog. The rationale for this approach is
that students may be more restrained in their early attempts at reflection if
they know their blog will be viewed by their peers. .
One class period will be scheduled
in a computer lab. During the lab class,
the students will be provided with an orientation to blogger.com and will have
the opportunity to set up their blogger.com account. The reflective assignments will be introduced
in this session as well.
In addition to the introduction
of the blog in COOP 290, students will also be provided with instruction with
respect to reflective practice. The 4R
model and workshop structure outlined by Larkin and Beaton (2014) will be used
as a guideline to develop class activities to assist students in establishing
sound reflective practice. The classes
dedicated to reflection will correspond with the blog assignments in COOP 290
in order that the students will have the opportunity to apply the reflective
skills they have learned in each class.
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