Logs
Logs
School of Computing
LEARNING LOG
Student Londonmet ID: 22068081
(Repeat the following for each entry you want to create in this log)
What have I done? (relate tasks to Learning Outcomes LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5
in your WRL form)
Action I can take to improve my skills and learning (make these “SMART”).
Your Learning Log involves recording what you’ve done during your work placement
and encourages you to carry out self-assessment and reflection on how effectively
you’ve performed tasks.
It will help you to monitor your progress in working towards your learning outcomes
and to identify skills you’ve used and developed during the placement. You should
attach a copy of your Learning Agreement and the Skills Audit to the Learning Log.
Along with a written report, the Learning Log will form part of the assessment for the
module. For some courses, you will also deliver an oral presentation. In such cases,
the Learning Log will help you in preparing these by reminding you of task you were
involved with and what you learned from them.
Students are required to make at least five entries (that is entries on five separate
dates) in your Learning Log. So, if you are doing a placement over five consecutive
weeks, we suggest that you make an entry at the end of each week. If you are doing
your placement on a part time basis over more than five weeks, you should make
entries at regular intervals, including one at the end of your placement e.g. if you’re
attending your placement two days a week over ten weeks, you might want to make
entries every two weeks.
Use one Learning Log form per entry; this will mean that you complete a minimum of
five forms.
Note down things you feel went well and what you did to achieve this. This means
that, in addition to saying what you think you did well, you also need to say why it
went well – what was it that you did to secure a positive result?
Example:
“Initiative and problem-solving – I sometimes lack confidence about approaching
people I haven’t met before. As a result, I put off doing some things like arranging a
meeting and this can then cause problems with meeting deadlines”.
Action I can take to improve my skills and learning (make these “SMART”)
In this section and using your reflection so far, set yourself goals for the coming
period (e.g. for the next week). These are likely to be about tasks which relate
directly to one of your Learning Outcomes and/or which address skills you want to
improve.
Example:
Following on from the example above:
“To improve my confidence in approaching people, I’ll plan in advance what I want to
say and write out a short script for myself. I’ll do this first thing next Monday (give
date).
To make sure I don’t miss deadlines, I’ll work out and write down a schedule of what I
need to do by when and then I’ll use this to identify tasks and what I need to achieve
on a daily basis. I’ll have the schedule completed by the end of Monday next week
(give date)”.
Or, you might prefer to separate out the stages and write in note form, for example,