Induction campus session

MAPP (DTP) Welcome back Module Twos, and welcome Module Ones. This is blog to go over some induction points.

The professional practice team includes Helen (Programme Leader) and Adesola – who will be advisors to MAPP students. You will be given an advisor (either Helen or Adesola) your advisor will work with you closely on your process and give you feedback on the work you are submitting. But we see ourselves as a community of learners, we connecting through the blogs and Linked-in discussions. We believe that it is valuable to get a variety of ideas so you are not trapped only talking to your advisor!!

We are so connected via the internet to our BA students and the BA Professional Practice Alan, Paula and Rosemary. Check out their blogs and ideas too. We hope you will explore and communicate the blog world of BAPP too.

Module One-ers -This module has a number of routes through it. All students begin with the Introductory Handbook (found on lib-guides), which has tasks to help you set-up (such as setting-up your blog). This handbook is also intended to start you in the direction you are going as you start. Then according to your prior learning you need to undertake a route (APEL, APL, CPD, RAL) to present to the university for what is required for you to claim that learning. You might want to talk to your advisor to clarify exactly what you need to present for assessment.

Module Two-ers – this module is different from the first one because rather than reflect on your past learning this module asks you to add to your present knowledge by developing research methods and use this new knowledge to plan a research project that will be carried out in Module three. There is a lot to do.

Key points: The hand-in date for this Module is January 7^th 2013. The tasks are suggestions for activities that we think will help you with the learning process but they are NOT a part of the assessment. Make sure you are clear about what you need to produce for assessment purposes and what the criteria is for that work. – Read the Handbooks carefully and refer back to them for guidance, and talk to your advisor.

Middlesex University: Please check your enrollment situation: you should have been offer a place by the university and responded to accept the place. You should have a Middlesex student ID card.  Even through you are spending very little physical time on the University Campus you are a University student. You have access to all the support the University offers include the library, and writing services. There is a student welfare team to support you in a range of issues. You can also join places like the British Library. Start to create the world that will support you in this new role of MA student. Start to witness how you work best, where you work best as you find a relationship with this role. Have fun being a student!!!

The Blogs:

As implied above the blogs are a way for us all to connect and still balance our busy family, work and study lives. You do this through two ways: posting blogs and also commenting on other peoples blogs. Try to set-up your blog as soon as possible. Once you have it set-up send the address to your advisor and we will put it on lib-guides so everyone can visit it. Try to blog and check others blogs at least once a week. Remembering your blog is a professional artefact and anyone in the world has access to it. We want to encourage conversation, feel free to have fun with your blog; add films, and links to interesting ideas.

Campus session Oct 5^th

The campus sessions are designed to send momentum across the blogs. You do not have to go to a campus session but they should generate ideas to send out across the blogs as people write about the experience of the session. The induction campus session covered the points in this blog but they also made films to send a message out to those who did not attend. If you were someone who attended please comment and add something you found useful to share on the blogs or just tell us a bit about how you are feeling as you start this term. If you were someone who did not go please comment on how you are feeling about the start information. Is there something important you would add to this blog?

Once again welcome to the whole MAPP (DTP) community. We are so excited to be working with you and so excited about the wealth of experience each individual brings to the group.

 Adesola