• General

    • Welcome to the online-course "Students' Readiness" URL
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      A big part of the course will focus on learning and how you as a student / learner can improve your learning approach in general. Additionally, we'll give you helpful tips on how to actively and positively adjust influencing aspects, such as your learning environment or alternative techniques to better memorize information.

      Another part of this course will focus on the development of those skills, that you will need at the beginning of your professional career. You will learn how to write a CV, how to prepare for job interviews, how to present yourself, etc.

      This course should take you about 20-30 hours of active working. To successfully complete this course, you mostly have to open and view the topics, units and tasks provided. To constantly show you your status, you will find a progress bar on the right side.

      If you have any questions, please use the open forum at the top of the course.

      For more details regarding this course, please read the uploaded document "Course Guide".

      Other than that - good luck and enjoy this course.

      -Your development team-


    • Course guide on "Students' Readiness" File
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      This document will give you a detailed overview of this course including topics, assignment and assessment.

    • Announcements Forum
      General news and announcements
    • Forum for students (only)
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      In this forum, you can ask questions, post your remarks/suggestions or simply give us your general feedback.

      Please note, this forum is also relevant for your last task. Discuss one topic in this forum that you have learned about in this online course. What did you like about it? What could be improved?

    • Forum for teachers (only)
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      • You are a(n) Teacher
      • You are a(n) Non-editing teacher
      • You are a(n) Manager
      • You are a(n) Collaborator
      • You are a(n) Peer Reviewer

      The finalizing task for every teacher of this online course:

      Please leave a feedback for your colleagues. Which topics did you like? Which content was missing?

      Please feel free to use this forum for such matters.

Unit 2: Learning theory (2 hours)►

Unit 1: Competencies (4 hours)

  • Unit 1: Competencies (4 hours)

    As a graduate of a secondary school, you will need more than just the knowledge that you acquired in school. For your upcoming path, may it be another educational institution or your entrance into the world of work, you need to have a certain set of skills and competencies.

    This unit will give you an overview of the different competencies that you should further develop. It will also give you the chance to reflect on the current status of your skills and competencies. 

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    • Open forum for questions and comments.
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      Is there anything you would like to discuss concerning the topics of this unit? Please feel free to use this forum such matters.

    • What is a competency? Choice
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      Which of the following potential answers are correct when defining the term "competence"?

      You can select more than one answer.

    • Quiz about social competency
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      "Social competence" has probably been heard of before. Hence, instead of simply providing you with information, we will go straight into testing your knowledge.

      There won't be a grade for this quiz, therefore we encourage you to simply answer each question to the best of your knowledge and try not to look up the answers online.


    • Overview of social competency Page
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      Now that you've brainstormed, reflected, and identified most of your skills and competencies as well as answered the quiz for social competence, it's time for an overview.

      On this page, you will see all relevant aspects of social competence. Feel free to compare the content of this page to your MinMap and make changes accordingly.

      If you want to discuss specific topics, please feel free to use the forums.

    • Methodological competency Page
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      When you look at your MindMap, you will see that not every skill that you've listed has been added to the "social-ethical competence". That is because there are two other competencies that you will have to further develop for your next professional or educational stop. The "methodical expertise" or "methodological competency" and the "subject expertise".

      On this page, we will explain the "methodical expertise / methodological competency".

    • Professional expertise Page
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      The "professional expertise" is the last of the main competencies. It covers the abilities and knowledge in your chosen field of profession. On this page, you will learn more about the relevance of "professional expertise" for fresh high school graduates.

    • Eisenhower - Great tool for time management / prioritization URL
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      You are not sure how to prioritize your tasks? Well, this tool will definitely help you.

    • Tests for social-emotional intelligence URL
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      If you follow this URL, you'll find several links for testing your social-emotional intelligence.

    • Test your social competency URL
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      "Psychology Today" offers an interesting test for checking on your social competence. Take  20 minutes of your time and answer the questions truthfully. I guarantee that you will be surprised by the results.

    • Feedback & Communication Page
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      Feedback and communication will be important for this and any future online courses that you will take. So please have a look at the content of the following page.

    • Emotional Intelligence (EI) Page
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      You have all heard that it is important to know your emotions and feelings. But why is this? And in how far is it relevant for this course?

    • Do you want to test your emotional intelligence? URL
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      The Harvard University has listed some of the most accurate and common online-tests for emotional intelligence. You can choose between short tests with only 15 questions or longer tests with up to 146 questions.

      We recommend that you take any one of these tests.
Unit 2: Learning theory (2 hours)►