Motivation and emotion/Tutorials/Introduction

Tutorial 01: Introduction

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This is the first tutorial for the Motivation and emotion unit of study.

Welcome

1. Welcome and tutor introduction
2. Tutorial content will be:
   1. Structured around textbook and lecture topics (~20%)
   2. Activity-based (~50%)
   3. Assessment-oriented (~30%)
3. Brief overview of tutorials topics
4. Virtual tutorial (VT): Demonstration and practice of online virtual tools
5. Questions?

Icebreaker

These are sociometric icebreakers.

In an open space, ask participants to arrange themselves in a line-ups or groups which illustrate our individual differences in motivation and emotion e.g., by:

1. F2F: Thumb-size (line-up) or hair colour (to get warmed up) - and introduce yourself to the people next to you / in your group
2. How long have you been studying at UC? (line-up)
3. Why did you choose to participate in a virtual tutorial?
4. What is your favourite food? (eating motivation)
5. Who are you likely to vote for in the next federal election? (political motivation)
6. How have you been feeling today? (mood)

For each exercise, in a respectful way, ask people at the extremes or from each to group to briefly explain their position/perspective/preference or reasons.

Book chapter development

Topic development

1. Conduct a quick poll of who has:
   1. a Wikiversity user name?
   2. signed up to a book chapter topic?
   3. started editing?
2. Facilitate and tailor a roundtable discussion, based on each person's progress. Depending on each person's stage of development with their topic, enquire and share, for example, about:
3. What are your motivation and emotion interests? What are you most curious about? Then try to express these interests as questions.
4. What are your possible (or selected) chapter topics? (reiterate and remind about the the book theme which is self-improvement through motivation and emotion theory and research). Brainstorm as many ideas as possible, then select the top one.
5. For the top/favourite topic, develop a short title and subtitle. The subtitle is usually best expressed as a specific focus question(s).
6. If you already have a topic, then brainstorm key headings and key points/ideas (i.e., next steps)

Basic wiki editing skills

1. Go to http://en.wikiversity.org (English Wikiversity)
2. Create user name and log in
3. Demonstrate book chapter sign-up process (edit page, add three squiggles ~~~ next to a topic and save the page) and discuss how to propose a topic
4. Explain:
   1. Main space pages compared to user pages
   2. Resource pages compared to discussion pages
5. Practice the following basic wiki editing on your user page: (see Wikipedia Cheatsheet - pdf1 - pdf2)
   1. Editing, changing and saving a page
   2. Headings and tables of contents
   3. Bullet-points and numbered lists
   4. Formatting: Bold, underline, italics
   5. Editing discussion pages
   6. Adding wiki links and external links
   7. Use of Watchlist (favourite pages and then click on Watchlist to see latest changes)
   8. Images and tables (mention briefly - will cover in more depth later in semester)
6. More info: There is lots of helpful information available about how to use Wikiversity and Wikipedia e.g., Help and Wikipedia editing basics (Youtube videos) or just ask!

Next steps

1. Sign up for (or negotiate) a book chapter topic by the end of Week 3
2. Develop a book chapter plan (consisting of main headings with bullet-points about key points) on Wikiversity and bring a copy to Tutorial 2 for peer review.

See also

• Instructor notes
• Motivation tutorial (Psychology 102)
• Needs (Next tutorial)