Week 1
The learning process
- Read the chapter, generate questions. Read the summary into a voice recorder and listen to it when walking or ??? Commonly students need to hear the terms a few times before they make sense
- Perform follow-up research (Web searches, Youtube searches) to clarify things you don’t understand or to investigate things that are interesting to you. Try to figure out how to monetize the information that you are learning.
- Hang out with classmates and discuss the chapter and compare notes and insights (do students still do this, or often just lay in their bed watching tiktok and playing vdo games? …. the road to serfdom).
- Attend class having read the chapter as much as possible and having generated some insight and questions
- Raise your hand in class and share your insight, better yet come to the podium and share your insight.
- You may upload a link to the chapter discussion and click on that if you want to show a web article related to the chapter (e.g. GM using CRM to do …)
- If you have no questions are you a scholar? Do you know the difference between a student and a scholar?
- Reread content that is problematic, chat with group members.
- Prep for and take the open-book quiz when available.
- Work on other projects (analytics, career prep)
- Repeat for 11 chapters
Major suggestion: figure out which technologies are your tools of choice according to your major and interests. Learn about these, perform a self-driven project to gain experience and wisdom. Talk to visiting recruiters, and alumni about your interests, learning plan, and projects (via the Career Center). Seek external validation for your learning plan, accept suggestions and readjust. Only you can make yourself into a business leader. 1000’s before you have made their own luck, you can do it too. đ
More Week 1 comments
- To reiterate â the suggestion is that if you want an A in the course then put in 10 hours per week. Three hours are face-to-face, the other seven are reading, researching, talking to classmates about the topics, working on assignments, etc. While the quizzes are open book, it will take persistent engagement, absorption, and reflection to understand the content at a deep enough level to do well on exams. We are asking you to incorporate the content into your skillset and perspective rather than memorize a bunch of terms. Please keep in mind your efforts are what prepare you for career success, so you are studying for yourself and your future.
- When presenting to the class please keep your comments to 5 sentences and 60 seconds. Feel free to âpoke holesâ in the content and challenge it. Also feel free to question the presenter.
- You are asked to read the content before class and come to class with questions and comments.
- You can increase participation points by asking a thoughtful question, etc., in addition to reflecting on the content and mentioning what interested you and why. An insight that connects the dots amongst concepts is also very helpful!
- A strong suggestion is to stop thinking like a student and start thinking like a business leader. A student may be interested in the content but not terribly excited, and not particularly see the usefulness of the content. A business leader constantly asks, âhow do I leverage this content to fulfill my career plans and achieve my goalsâ? Some content may not be particularly relevant to you in the short term, but you will be surprised how much the terms are used and are therefore useful to understand and leverage.
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Another example (start at 2:40 Link3). Adversity is not fun, but overcoming adversity is sublime.
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