Week 1
This section, under "Self-Regulated Learning," was certainly among Cody's weakest at the start of PACE 111M.
What is Managing Time? (Sure, there are others, but this was definitely the weakest.)
This type of goal is characterized by 5 parts.
What is a SMART goal?
This document, found in the header of every class a student can take at UMGC, will go over every relevant detail in a given course for which it is presented.
What is the Syllabus?
This document shows academic progress and should be used to help select the most appropriate classes for a student's degree plan.
What is the Academic Advisement Report?
This type of artificial intelligence creates content based on a given data set.
What is generative AI?
This application is a similarity checker, not a plagiarism detector.
What is TurnItIn?
This is the number of attempts given for quizzes in PACE 111M.
What are two attempts?
This assignment should have been worked on by Cody instead of the discussion post, which wasn't due for another week.
What is the WRTG 111 final project?
This PACE 111M colleague and classmate consistently arrived before their counterparts.
Who is Eric?
This feeling is often characterized by a fear of being a fraud, that accomplishments come from luck, and/or ongoing self-doubt.
What is Imposter Syndrome?
These motivations are for personal satisfaction.
What are intrinstic motivations?
This had been Cody's biggest rock.
What is going to college?
This 1-credit class is required and recommended to be taken early on in a student's collegiate career at UMGC.
What is LIBS 150?
This website and plugin, offered through UMGC to students, can help with the 'style' of a student's writing, along with checking for AI use.
What is Grammarly?
This person is an experienced and trusted advisor, and may be reached out to for advice or counseling.
Who is a mentor?
This is the number of hours of tutoring a student is given each month while enrolled at UMGC, though more hours can be requested.
What are ten hours?
This format was specifically requested not to be used in the week 8 final project.
What is an essay? (And I really hope the jeopardy is enjoyed. I spent way too much time on this, but I did learn that I really like making jeopardy boards.)
This location served as the campus that hosted PACE 111M.
What is AACC?
This five-character acronym serves as the name for an assessment that new students take in PACE 111M to identify strengths and weaknesses related to education.
What is DAACS?
These are the five component parts of a SMART goal.
What are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound?
This application, owned by the Alphabet Company, could technically be used as a planner, but probably should not be.
What is Google Sheets?
UMGC wants this number of credits to establish residency when working towards a Bachelor's Degree.
What are 30 credits?
This type of reference highlights one's values, character, and interpersonal skills and may be useful when applying for positions in the future.
What is a personal reference?
This collection of relationships built with professionals in one's field revolves around building and maintaining meaningful, nurturing connections.
What is a professional network?
This fund is accessible to students that are experiencing emergency related financial hardship.
What is the SAFER fund?
When communicating with professors, it is highly recommended (and only decent) to not only be polite, but also to be this.
What is specific?
Credit was given for this type of assignment, excluding week 8, in return for in-class participation.
What are discussion posts and responses?
This is the belief that one can improve one's own talents or abilities through learning or effort over time.
What is Growth Mindset?
According to him, this is Cody's most important SMART goal.
What is a position with the federal government? (The rest of the SMART goal was intentionally cut to save space, which, in hindsight, could have been kept in anyway because this explanation dragged on for longer than the goal would have taken.)
This is Cody's chosen method of keeping track of time after going through PACE 111M.
What is Google Calendar.
This assignment required meeting with a specific type of advisor, and would have this title if the student were either active duty or a veteran.
Who is a Military Education Coordinator?
This type of artificial intelligence roughly determines the probability of a given word being accurate when creating its responses.
What is a large language model?
This function offered in Word through UMGC can check citations and formatting.
What is Draft Coach?
These are the support services already used by Cody while at UMGC.
What are the MECs and the Library?
This is the ability of an individual to both understand and express their own interests, desires, needs, and rights.
What is self-advocacy?
This type of beverage was most frequently consumed during sessions of PACE 111M.
What are energy drinks?
This American civil rights activist was often plagued by thoughts of self-doubt and was directly quoted in a TED talk presented in PACE 111M.
Who is Maya Angelou?
According to his wife, this is Cody's most important SMART goal.
What is a move to Iowa? (I figure the gag about removing the rest of the smart goal to save space would only be funny once, yet here I am again, writing jokes likely only my wife and I will think are funny.)
According to a TED talk presented in PACE 111M, this mammal inhabits the brain of procrastinators.
What is an Instant Gratification Monkey?
This person was Cody's MEC, though not the one who was originally scheduled.
Who is Jeff? (Jeff is still great)
This online platform, offered by UMGC, allows students to apply for internships, register for events, and network with alumni.
What is CareerQuest?
This is the company that the subject of Cody's informational interview worked for at the time of the interview.
What is Kinetic Data?
These are the support services Cody plans to use while at UMGC.
What are Tutoring and the Writing Center?
If there was one takeaway from Cody's week 8 discussion post, it would be to be careful about this type of assistance in assignments and discussion posts.
What is AI assistance?
This word, although not real, sparked great interest in the final in-person discussion of PACE 111M.
What is Researchability?