Module 5 Assignment: Hindsight Is Always 20/20
Overview
Students will need to support their statements with three examples from your Free ACC OER Textbook. For full credit, please cite at least three sources & include your in-text citations and references in APA Style. Need help with APA? Look at the resources provided by the ACC Library or Google Purdue Owl APA in-text citations & References.
The end of any course should bring with it a sense of having had a cumulative experience, the idea that your work in the course has produced something you can take with you, that you have engaged in a process of thought and activities that adds up to something, and that you have learned something about interpersonal communication and yourself as a communicator.
In this course, experiencing the sense of having learned something about yourself as a communicator is especially important because you have been evaluating and practicing new skills. For your final essay, write a retrospective analysis about what you have learned and how you have learned it.
You have several resources for this endeavor, including, but not limited to, the course syllabus, the course readings, your discussion board posts, your assignments, even the grading feedback you received from the instructor.
Your essay will be first person in voice and self-reflective in tone. It will use your own previous assignments as evidence in support of your final analysis of the semester’s work.
You should spend approximately 6 hours on this assignment.
Instructions
Consider the following questions. Then, compose a reflective paper of four pages (the fifth page is the reference page) on the following:
Reread the syllabus. It makes specific references to objectives for the course. Ask yourself if you met those objectives, or if you wish you had focused more on any one of them. Please do not cite your professor.
Reread your discussion board posts and comments. Are any patterns revealed in terms of your responses, handling of the readings or videos, and/or connections to the assignments? Can you describe those patterns?
Reread your assignments and your grading feedback. Were some assignments more difficult, more rewarding, or more reflective of your interpersonal communication style?
Consider the interpersonal communication skills we studied in this course. Choose at least one communication skill or topic from each module to answer this question: do you see patterns in terms of your responses to those skills or your ability to use them effectively?
How has this course caused you to better become the “real you,” as Flint encourages Sam in the movie clip? Who has helped you during this class to identify and become your “real you”?
You are not meant to respond to these questions in order, which may result in a final essay that seems to be nothing more than rote responses to each question. Instead, let these questions help you get started. See where they take you.
Only your instructor will read your paper. Be honest!
You can reference your own previous citations and supportive evidence from this semester. Please reference and use supportive evidence from three sources from our course textbook and three credible outside sources (not provided on the Exploration page). Need help with APA? Please refer to the CCCOnline APA Citation Toolkit.
Submit your paper to the Module 5 Assignment folder: Hindsight Is Always 20/20
Submission Instructions
Submit the assignment as a WORD.doc by the due date.
See the Course Schedule, Course Rubrics, and Grading and Evaluation sections in the Syllabus and Schedule module for due dates and grading information.
Reference:
Communication in the Real World. Saylor Academy, 2013. www.saylor.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Communication-in-the-Real-World.pdf. Used under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.
In-text Citation:
(Communication in the Real World. Saylor Academy, 2013, pg. 3)
Or cite from our other free course textbook:
Reference:
Acosta, J., Brossart, D., & Russell, M. (2021, Jan.). Interpersonal communication. Community College of Denver. https://docs.google.com/document/d/15GCIZCKBPlqzpAKk-DCYxYhWUnk78S3ZlJVejoNkFcU/edit?usp=sharing
In-text Citation:
(Acosta, J., Brossart, D., & Russell, M., 2021, pg. 10)
Sources of Other Course Readings
Business Communication for Success. Saylor Academy, n.d.
College Success. Saylor Academy, n.d.
