{"id":5755,"date":"2021-08-27T17:37:16","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T17:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-collegesuccess-2\/?post_type=chapter&p=5755"},"modified":"2021-10-12T23:13:05","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T23:13:05","slug":"module-1-assignment-why-are-you-in-college","status":"web-only","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-collegesuccess-2\/chapter\/module-1-assignment-why-are-you-in-college\/","title":{"raw":"Module 1 Assignment: Why Are You in College?","rendered":"Module 1 Assignment: Why Are You in College?"},"content":{"raw":"
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Open Pedagogy Assignment<\/h3>\r\nOpen Pedagogy Assignments are assignments in which students use their agency and creativity to create knowledge artifacts that can support their own learning, their classmates\u2019 learning, and the learning of students around the world. (See this peer-reviewed article<\/a> for more details.) The assignment on this page is aligned to a learning outcome of College Success<\/a> and we\u2019ve identified the module where the reading appears. This assignment can be created with a cell phone camera or other video recording device, Google or Word documents, and your learning management system.<\/em>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nIn the module Motivating Success, we explore Types of Students<\/a>, and different categories of students. For this assignment, you are going to create a short video of less than two minutes about why you are in college. It\u2019s one thing to read about different categories of people and it\u2019s quite another experience to see and listen to people\u2019s stories.\r\n

Directions<\/h2>\r\nUsing your cell phone or any other recording device, create a short video where you describe your motivation to be in college. You don\u2019t have to edit or create a professional-grade film. You\u2019ve most likely have done this type of recording already on social media, so use the same informal conversational tone.\r\n\r\nThink of your audience as other students who are eager to learn why you are here. If you need some questions to guide your response, here is a short list:\r\n