Motivation and emotion/Tutorials/Topic selection

Tutorial 01: Topic selection
This is the first tutorial for the motivation and emotion unit of study.

Overview

This tutorial:

1. explains how tutorials will work and what will be covered
2. shows how to select a topic for the major project
3. involves students in sharing about their selected topic or interests
4. demonstrates how to add a template to help scaffold the topic development

Welcome

1. Welcome and tutor introduction
2. Tutorial content will typically involve:
   1. Discussion of key concepts from the textbook and lecture
   2. Group activities that expand and explore key concepts
   3. Project work which develops skills for the topic development, book chapter, and exam
3. Overview of tutorial topics

Virtual room tour

1. Chat
2. Microphone (headset recommended) / webcam
3. Raise hand
4. Status and feedback
5. Whiteboard tools
6. Breakout rooms
7. Polls

Icebreaker

These get-to-know-you activities provide an opportunity to meet and greet and start to explore some examples of motivations and emotions.

Virtual

1. Speedfriending: 3 minutes to meet, greet, and share about what you're looking forward to (or not) in motivation and emotion

In-person

1. sociometric exercise or whiteboard discussion:
   1. What job/career do you hope to be doing in 5 to 10 years' time? (examples of motivations)
   2. How have you been feeling so far today? (Mood/Emotion) (examples of emotions)

Topic check-in and whiparound

Check-in

Poll - What stage are you up to?

1. Huh? What do I do?
2. I created a Wikiversity user account
3. I signed up to a book topic
4. I have a topic and started editing
5. I'm all over it!

Whiparound

1. Whiparound discussion based on each person's book chapter interests and progress. Ask each student to share:
   1. their name
   2. topic they've chosen (or what areas they are interested in)
2. According to each person's stage of development:
   1. Very briefly discuss or expand on each topic, suggest related resources or ideas etc.
   2. If students are unsure about their interests, probe about what they are curious about - or at least find out, are they more interested in motivation or emotion etc.?
3. Key points:
   1. Topics are typically allocated to either motivation or emotion (with a few listed under motivation and emotion). Be aware of which broad category the selected topic fits into.
   2. Some topics are broader (requiring a zoomed out overview without getting too deep in the weeds) and others are narrower (requiring more comprehensive, indepth coverage).
   3. Broader topics can be overwhelming if there is a lot of material; an option in this case is to negotiate a narrowing of the topic title and/or sub-title.
   4. Narrower topics for which there is a lack of sufficient literature may benefit from negotiating a broadening of the topic title and/or sub-title.

Project tasks

Create a Wikiversity account

1. Create an account:
   1. Register a user name and password. Include an email for password recovery.
   2. Edits to Wikiversity are publicly available, so choose a name that suits your privacy requirements (e.g., can be a real name, pseudonym, or student number).
   3. Start at http://en.wikiversity.org (English Wikiversity) - Create account (top-right)
   4. Or go direct to: create a Wikiversity user account
2. Log in (top-right)

Topic selection

1. Topic selection is first in, best dressed
2. Sign up to a pre-approved topic in the book chapter table of contents by:
   1. Clicking "Edit" or "Edit source"
   2. Replace "User name" alongside your topic of choice with your Wikiversity user name
   3. Publish the page
   4. Alternatively, negotiate a topic

Quick start template

1. It is recommended (but not required) that you add the quick start template to the topic page.
2. To do this, click "Create source" or "Edit source" on the target page, paste {{subst:ME/BCS}}, then Publish.
   1. If you get a spam filter warning it is probably because you have a new account. You can ask the tutor to add the template for you. Or publish some smaller edits first (e.g., on your user page). This helps the system learn to trust you, then try inserting the template again.

Next steps

1. Sign up for (or negotiate) a book chapter topic by the end of Week 02.
2. Draft the topic development which is a detailed plan for a full chapter, consisting of main headings with bullet-points about key points, on Wikiversity by the end of Week 03.

Recording

• Tutorial 01 (2025)

See also

Topic development

• Topic development guidelines

List of topics

1. The book chapter table of contents

Lecture

• Introduction

Tutorial

• Wiki editing (Next tutorial)