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• GEN 105 Assignment Elevator Speech
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• Resources Appendix C, and Elevator Speech
  digital story
• Due Date Day 7 post to the Individual forum
• View the digital story located on aXcess at
• Construct your own 350- to 400-word scenario in
  which you explain distance learning to
• a friend. Your response should explain how Axia
  courses work and should correctly use

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• GEN 105 Assignment Mastering a Skill
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• There are some skills that virtually all people
  use every day. There are some skills that only a
• few people have, but all people should master.
• Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
• Think about a skill that most people do not
  have but could benefit from mastering. Why
• would people benefit from having this skill? What
  are the consequences of not having this
• skill?

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• GEN 105 Assignment Reading and Retention
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• Resources pp. 155-167 175-182 of Keys to
  College Studying Becoming an Active
• Thinker, and Appendix G
• Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
• Select a chapter reading from the previous
  week.
• Apply the SQ3R reading technique to your
  selected reading.

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• GEN 105 Assignment University Library Article
  Search
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• Resources Appendix E, University Library
• Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
• Review Appendix E to recognize article
  characteristics.
• Find two articles in the University Library
  about any one topic or combination of topics
• listed below. One of your articles must be a
  peer-reviewed article, which is an article that
• has been reviewed by a group of experts in a
  certain field.

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• GEN 105 Capstone CheckPoint
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• Resource Chapter 12 of Keys to College Studying
  Becoming an Active Thinker
• Due Date Day 4 Individual forum
• Complete the Make Responsible Choices activity
  on p. 447 of the text. Choose two of
• the three questions about which to write a
  summary response of 200 to 300 words

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• GEN 105 CheckPoint Communicating in Forums
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• Resource Anthonys Dilemma digital story
• Due Date Day 5 Individual forum
• View the digital story located on aXcess . In
  this story an Axia student
• describes how he offended a classmate by not
  using the writing principle of inclusive language
  during discussion in his class forum.
• Coach Anthony on why it is important to use
  inclusive language when communicating in his
  class forum. Suggest how he could have avoided
  his mistakes, and offer three

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• GEN 105 CheckPoint Detecting Plagiarism
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• University instructors can enforce consequences
  for plagiarism such as failing a students
• plagiarized assignment or failing a student from
  a class. In serious cases, instructors may
• choose to report instances of plagiarism to
  University administration. To detect plagiarism,
• University faculty use tools like the Plagiarism
  Checker, a service provided by the Center for
• Writing Excellence (CWE).

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• GEN 105 CheckPoint Distance Learning I
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• Due Date Day 3 post to the Individual forum
• Post a 100- to 150-word response to the
  following What were your initial thoughts on
• distance learning before you started your
  program? Why did you choose distance
• learning over a traditional face-to-face learning
  environment? In what ways has your view
• of distance learning changed since you started
  your classes?

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• GEN 105 CheckPoint Distance Learning II
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• Due Date Day 4 post to the Individual forum
• Recall a time when you gave constructive
  criticism to another student, a friend, or a
• family member. How would giving feedback to a
  classmate in a distance learning
• environment be different from giving face-to-face
  feedback? Compare and contrast the
• two processes in a 100- to 150-word response.
• Submit a second 100- to 150-word response
  describing how, in your opinion, the

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• GEN 105 CheckPoint Multiple Intelligences
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• Due Date Day 3 Individual forum
• Conduct research online regarding the strongest
  of your multiple intelligences. Find
• three Web sites which accurately describe that
  intelligence. If you identified more than
• one dominant intelligence, choose only one for
  your research. Note that your classmates
• will be reviewing your responses in Discussion
  Question 2, so make sure that your
• answers are complete.

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• GEN 105 CheckPoint Reading and Comprehension
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• Resources Ch. 4 of Keys to College Studying, 8
  Secrets to a Knockout Business
• Presentation
• Due Date Day 4 Individual forum
• Use the reading 8 Secrets to a Knockout
  Business Presentation to carefully time yourself
• as you read the article. When finished, calculate
  your words-per-minute reading rate
• using the instructions from p. 140 of the text.

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• GEN 105 CheckPoint Setting Goals
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• Due Date Day 4 Individual forum
• Follow the steps listed below
• 1. Identify two of your long-term education or
  career goals. Your goals may be careeroriented,
• academic, or personal in nature. (I will become
  the head of my companys
• graphics department is an example of a long-term
  goal.)
• 2. Break these two long-term goals into several
  short-term goals that you hope to

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• GEN 105 CheckPoint Technological Tools
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• You may have noticed that certain course
  resources have been made available to you in
• digital and Web-based formats. For example, you
  can download some of the audio
• appendixes to your desktop or to a portable
  device like an equipped cell phone, MP3 player,
• or PDA, and listen to them later. You can access
  an extensive online University library, view
• digital stories about course activities, and use
  tutorials about Axia College resources to be
• academically successful.

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• GEN 105 Entire Course
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• GEN 105 Assignment Reading and Retention
• GEN 105 Assignment Elevator Speech
• GEN 105 CheckPoint Technological Tools
• GEN 105 CheckPoint Distance Learning I
• GEN 105 CheckPoint Distance Learning II
• GEN 105 CheckPoint Communicating in Forums

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• GEN 105 Final Project Student Survival Guide
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• Resources Appendix A
• Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
• Compile a 1,000- to 1,250-word survival guide
  that will serve as a resource for you
• throughout your program. Using what you have
  learned in class, develop personal action
• plans for the following topics
• o Using Axias Educational Resources

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• GEN 105 Week 2 Discussion Questions
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• Discussion Question 1
• Due Date Day 2 Main forum
• Post your response to the following Tone is
  very important when communicating online.
• How will your tone, or writing style, change
  based on the different types of people you will
• be communicating with online? Consider family,
  friends, classmates, and instructors in
• your response.
• 5. Discussion Question 2

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• GEN 105 Week 4 Discussion Questions
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• Discussion Question 1
• Due Date Day 2 Main forum
• Review the Academic Honesty section of this
  syllabus located in the Policies and
• Procedures front matter.
• Consider the following The Axia College
  Catalog located on aXcess explains important
• academic honesty policies. Its Code of Student
  Responsibility states that students should
• Adhere strictly to University standards on
  plagiarism and academic cheating (Axia

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• GEN 105 Week 6 Discussion Questions
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• Discussion Question 1
• Due Date Day 2 Main forum
• Post your response to these questions How do
  you spend most of your time? Do you
• think that your time is managed effectively?
  Explain your reasons.
• 5. Discussion Question 2
• Due Date Day 4 Main forum

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• GEN 105 Week 8 Discussion Questions
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• Discussion Question 1
• Resource Ch. 2 of Keys to College Studying
  Becoming an Active Thinker
• Due Date Day 2 Main forum
• Complete the Multiple Pathways to Learning
  assessment (pp. 41-44) and the Personality
• Spectrum assessment (pp. 45-48) in Ch. 2 of Keys
  to College Studying Becoming an
• Active Thinker, and relate the results to your
  personal study habits.
• Post your response to the following How can
  you use the study techniques

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