PDC71379 - Personality Types and Learning Styles
| Duration | 20 hours online self-paced learning. Students can access the micro-credential for one year from enrolment. |
| Study mode | Online |
| Course code | PDC71379 |
| Fee | $302 (Full) |
Overview
Would you like to know more about your personality type and learning style, and be guided through activities to learn more about different personality types, learning styles, and multiple intelligences? Do you want to create your own personality profile, and complete a learning style inventory to identify learning strategies that best suit your personality and learning preferences? Keen to learn about multiple intelligences and the benefits of enhanced self-awareness for being empowered to make changes in your life?
Personality types and learning styles influence how you learn. This online micro-credential will explore your personality type and learning style so that you can understand how you learn best. By analysing the results of a personality profile and a learning style inventory, you will engage in self-reflection to identify the learning strategies that best suit your personality and support your learning style preferences.
Students who successfully complete the set of 9 micro-credentials* developed from the unit SKIL40025 Preparation Skills for University, (which forms part of the Skills for Tertiary Education Preparatory Studies (STEPS) CLO3), may be eligible for credit transfer, pending all other entry requirements to the Skills for Tertiary Education Preparatory Studies (STEPS) CLO3 are being met, as automatic entry will not apply.
*Includes the following micro-credentials:
- Effective Study Habits for Higher Education
- Personality Types and Learning Styles
- Critical Thinking
- Finding and Evaluating Scholarly Research
- Effective Note-Taking and Paraphrasing
- Enhancing your Oral Presentation Skills
- Assessment Strategies and Brain-Based Learning
- Clever Career Planning
- Preparing for Success in Higher Education: Assessment Module.
This online micro-credential provides a creditable micro-credential and digital badge which can be shared to your social networks and displayed in your professional portfolio.
Our micro-credentials are aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Career Opportunities
Undertaking this micro-credential provides students with information, skills and strategies to help them succeed in higher education. These skills are transferable to contexts beyond study. Upon successful completion of the micro-credential, students will be awarded Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours, a creditable micro-credential (Digital Badge) and a Certificate of Completion.
Students who successfully complete the set of 9 micro-credentials* developed from the unit SKIL40025 Preparation Skills for University, (which forms part of the Skills for Tertiary Education Preparatory Studies (STEPS) CL03), may be eligible for credit transfer, pending all other entry requirements to the Skills for Tertiary Education Preparatory Studies (STEPS) CL03 are being met, as automatic entry will not apply.
*Includes the following micro-credentials:
1. Effective Study Habits for Higher Education
2. Personality Types and Learning Styles
3. Critical Thinking
4. Finding and Evaluating Scholarly Research
5. Effective Note-Taking and Paraphrasing
6. Enhancing your Oral Presentation Skills
7. Assessment Strategies and Brain-Based Learning
8. Clever Career Planning
9. Preparing for Success in Higher Education: Assessment Module.
Structure & Availability
Micro-credential
Duration:20 hours online self-paced learning.
Students can access the micro-credential for one year from enrolment.
- Analyse learning style and personality profile and apply these understandings to study behaviours
- Recognise the impact of learning style on past learning experiences
- Identify learning strategies that align with personality type and learning style preferences.
Assessment
Online Quiz
Award
Digital Badge via Credly
Students can also download a Certificate of Completion, share to social media or add to a professional portfolio.
Requirements
There are no specific entry requirements.
Our micro-credentials are available for anyone to access. You do not have to be a CQUniversity student.
How to apply
- Once you have selected your desired micro-credential, you can now add it to your shopping cart to enable you to purchase more than one "course" in a single transaction.
- Once you have added all the micro-credentials you wish to purchase, you will be directed to the payment gateway and will be asked to "authenticate" your account on our Learning Management System Be Different.
- If you are an existing CPD student, please use sign in options used to access CPD micro-credential courses in Be Different.
- If you a new student to CPD, please select option “Don’t have an account?” Sign up now and follow the prompts to create a new account.
- After successful authentication, you will be redirected to the CQUniversity secure payment gateway. Please add your payment details to complete the transaction.
- Following a successful payment, you will automatically be redirected to the course in the Learning Management System Be Different where you will find your selection of micro-credentials on your Dashboard.
