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 * PREPARATION - Week 1**

media type="custom" key="11860408" **In order to do so, there is a short sequence of visualisation tasks (see below). They aim to get your started to think of your** ** actual/imagined/desired subjectivity as well as **** help you find your way round the main course environment: this wiki. **
 * This is a climate-setting week when you get to know each other and your tutor as well as the technologies used on the course. **
 * You will also set up a blog, your individual space where you're going to reflect on the learning process. **

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=Task 1: What are you?=

I’d like you to introduce yourself visually. Think of an image that represents you in some way, not an actual photo of yourself but a symbol, a kind of a metaphor or a simile. For example, it could be an animal or an object.

Find the image on the Web (help with finding images on the web), remembering about the copyright and save the image on your computer (or bookmark the image URL ).

Upload the image onto the Visual Us page (how to upload an image to the wiki).

//Why did you choose this image? What does it symbolise in relation to you and your personality?//

Make a few notes – you might need them in the next task.

=Task 2: Set up a blog=

Set up a blog using for instance Blogger (see @Tech Help) as a personal space to reflect on your learning throughout the course. This is an important part of the course and a space to have a dialogue with the tutor as well as your classmates (see Course Info).

Feed the blog to Our Blogs page so that we can easily follow your development.

If you have any problems setting up the blog, please leave a comment in [|the discussion area] (you can also access it via a toolbar visible in the top right-hand corner of this wiki page) or contact your tutor (see Course Info).

=Task 3: Where are you?=

Let’s consider where you are now and where you want to be.

When studying it is important to know yourself well, to know your character, your strengths and weaknesses. //Which adjectives would you use to describe yourself?// Try to think beyond ‘nice’ or ‘lazy’. Think back to the image you chose to represent yourself in task 1.
 * HERE & NOW**

Brainstorm 10 adjectives and create a wordle that represents you. Problems creating a wordle?

Study the wordle made up of adjectives from Graduate Attributes Matrix. Are you familiar with the words? Why are these attributes important for a university graduate? Now have a close look at from the University of Glasgow (more background information, there is an interesting video with graduates talking about their development of the attributes, which is worth watching). This course is particularly interested in the attributes marked yellow but you are welcome to consider the remaining qualities and abilities. //Which of them are especially desirable to you? How do your image, your wordle and the matrix relate to each other? What are you and where are you?//
 * TOMORROW**

Write up a reflection on this topic (max. 200 words) and upload it, together with your wordle to your blog. (What makes a successful reflection? Check the EAP Resources for advice.)

= = =Task 4: Socialise and support=

Look at your classmates’ images on Visual Us, think how they could reflect their personalities. Follow it up by reading relevant blog entries. //How do the explanations differ from your perception?// Leave a comment on the blog, stating your opinion, asking for clarification – start a dialogue! (How to give constructive feedback - see EAP Resources for advice!)