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  • Welcome to the workshop!

    Great that you are here! It's time for some time management and welbeing! :)


     

    Greeting from study psychologist Sanni! Soon, it's time for some time management and wellbeing, as we have a two-part-workshop coming up! :)

    First workshop (via Zoom) includes introduction to time management and its relation to stress and study motivation. During these exceptional times, with remote learning, self-studying and lot of uncertainty, taking care of your study skills and wellbeing is even more crucial than before. We will go through practical time management and remote learning tips and also start making individual week-schedules. All materials will be found from MyCourses after this session for later use. At the end of this session, me, study psychologist Sanni Saarimäki, will give instructions for second workshop and group work.

    Second workshop is group-work-based (4 to 6 students in each group) and I’ll will be answering possible questions via MyCourses-chat. This group work is about making a plan for a balanced study-year: How can you maintain your study motivation and help yourselves during stressful times? What are possible obstacles “on the horizon” and what you can/should do to support each other? The instructions and materials can be found on MyCourses in advance. This group work is designed to be finished in two hours and it will be delivered as a group (not individual) to me Sanni via MyCourses.

    Links and all the other practical information about this workshop will be there on MyCourses a few days in advance, and I will send you information via e-mail as well, so don’t stress about this. 😉


    Workshop timetable:

    The incoming class of 2020 is divided into two groups, A & B and you can find the groups from e-mail (see the attached file in the e-mail). The sessions for both groups are online and also the students, who are studying remotely, can complete this part of the Orientation to University Studies already now.

     

    Group A sessions:

    Wednesday, October 7 at 16-18 (Finnish time, UTC +3) 

    Wednesday, October 28 at 16-18 (Finnish time, UTC +3) 

     

    Group B sessions:

    Thursday, October 8 at 16-18 (Finnish time, UTC +3) 

    Thursday, October 29 at 16-18 (Finnish time, UTC +3) 

    NOTE. To get this part completed, you must attend both sessions and the participation will be check during the sessions.


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      If you were absent from workshop 2, you can send your assignment via this box to Sanni

      Did you not participate in SECOND workshop? Here is what to do now. :)

      Your task is to design what a “balanced school year” means for you. The final “product” can be for example a writing, poster, video, drawing or two or more of these options connected together. Start first by reading the materials Sanni has provided at the end of secon workshop page (especially short texts about stress, perfectionism and self-compassion): https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/view.php?id=30393&section=2 

      In your assignment you should answer at least to these questions:

      • What a balanced life means for you? How do you notice if your life is in balance or not? How distant/remote studying and learning can affect your study motivation and wellbeing (positively and negatively)?
      • What could “balance” mean for you (students) in these times of global uncertainty? How can you make your life a balanced-one? Or is it even possible during pandemia-times? If yes/not, why? What obstacles or stressors can there be waiting for you?
      • What helps you when problems might arrive? What can you do in advance to make it easier for you to overcome problems? 
      • How can you support each other's wellbeing and study/work motivation? 
      • From where can you get help/ support/ tips when you or your fellow-students need it?
      • What kind of stress and time management tips would you recommend to others (what have you tried yourself and found useful) especially for remote/distant studying and promoting your study-wellbeing?
      • Send your assignment by Monday, November 23, 2020 to Sanni Saarimäki here via MyCourses.

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      If you were absent from workshop 1, you can send your assignment via this box to Sanni

      Did you not participate in FIRST workshop? Here is what to do now. :)


      Write short essay, 0.5-1 page.

      • How would you describe your time management skills in longer periods in general to somebody else? How realistic has your time planning been so far? If it hasn’t been realistic, what are the main reasons for that? What works for you in managing time and what does not, especially during these times? What have you learned (and why) about time management while studying in Mikkeli during your autumn 2020? If you feel you haven't learn anything new, why not (for example, you were already skilled in time management, etc)?
      • Do you have any useful hints or ways of planning and scheduling studies, which were not mentioned in this set of materials (workshop 1 https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/view.php?id=30393&section=1)? They may include methods you have used previously or that you came across elsewhere over the time. Make a list of them and explain why they work for you. Give as many ideas you want, but at least one or two.
      • Send your assignment by Monday, November 23, 2020 to Sanni Saarimäki here via MyCourses.