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Introduction
These resources will help you learn how to support meaningful participation in diverse digital communities and explain how a growth mindset and feedback supports personal and professional growth.
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| Required Resources |
Reading: Digital Community, Digital Citizen, Chapter 3, Section ”
Changing Minds: The Altered Self”
This Shapiro Library reading explores the ways in which communicating digitally can disinhibit users and cause them to act and interpret others differently than in face-to-face interactions. Use this resource to support your analysis of digital communities in your project draft. Consider the following as you read:
- How does digital community participation feel different from real-life interaction?
- What are some ways you can avoid misunderstandings in digital communities?
- How can you balance sharing with safety in digital communities?
Reading: Communication Essentials: Improve Your Digital Communication,
Chapter 14
This Shapiro Library reading discusses how to make a good impression online and encourages you to think carefully about your online communication. Use this resource to support your work in your project draft. Consider the following as you read:
- What are some best practices for meaningful digital communications?
- What are some things you can do to create and maintain a good online reputation?
Video:
Managing Your Online Presence and Digital Etiquette (9:21)
This Shapiro Library resource tackles the issues of “netiquette” and how a person’s online presence can affect how they are perceived by others both personally and professionally. Use this resource to support your explanation of communication strategies that encourage digital connections in your project draft. As you watch, consider the following:
- What are some ways to manage your online presence and reputation?
- How might you adjust your online activities in different digital communities?
Reading:
Manufacturing Motivation
This article from the SNHU Academic Resource Center discusses how to get and stay motivated to complete your assignments. Use this resource to help you explain how a growth mindset supports personal and professional growth. As you read, consider the following:
- What are some ways you can motivate yourself to keep making progress when you would rather do something else?
- What questions can you ask yourself to understand the value of completing a difficult task?
- How can completing one small step help motivate you to continue a project?
Reading:
Overcoming Procrastination
This article from the SNHU Academic Resource Center discusses the types of procrastination and how to overcome them. Use this resource to help you explain how a growth mindset supports personal and professional growth. As you read, consider the following:
- How do you tend to procrastinate?
- What are some strategies you can use to overcome procrastination?
Video:
Embrace Feedback as a Tool for Development (3:19)
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In this video, the presenter explains how and why feedback is essential to learning and development. Use this resource to support your explanation of how a growth mindset supports personal and professional growth in your project draft. As you watch, consider the following:
- What are some strategies you can use to see feedback as a learning tool and not as criticism?
- How does following the “Sort, Strategize, Seek Clarification, and Synthesize” process help you use feedback constructively?
Reading:
How to Accept Criticism With Class
This Shapiro Library article presents a brief overview of the research related to giving and receiving feedback. Although written for a nursing professional audience, the principles presented are broadly relevant. Use this resource to support your explanation of how a growth mindset supports personal and professional growth in your project draft. As you read, consider the following:
- What are some skills that you can practice to learn from criticism?
- How might the themes directly related to nursing apply to your future profession?
Reading:
Developing Growth Mindsets: Principles and Practices for Maximizing Students’ Potential, Chapter 1, pp. 13-16
This Shapiro Library reading examines Carol Dweck’s research and insights into the difference between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset. Use this resource to support your explanation of how a growth mindset supports personal and professional growth in your project draft. As you read, consider the following:
- How might a fixed mindset prevent you from achieving your potential?
- How does mindset affect one’s approach to challenges, obstacles, effort, criticism, and success of others? (See Figure 1.1)
| Additional Support (Optional) |
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IDS-104 Learning Community
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