Sarah Kone's Mini Course: Time Management
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Overview and Purpose
This course teaches participants important strategies and tools to help them effectively manage time and boost productivity. Participants will learn practical skills to prioritize tasks, set achievable goals, and optimize their daily routines.
The main purpose of this mini course is to enable individuals to take charge of their time, reduce stress, and enhance efficiency in both personal and professional parts of their lives. By mastering these skills, participants can improve productivity, achieve a better work-life balance, and ultimately reach their goals.
Needs Assessment
What are we learning? Strategies on time management.
Who is the learner? Individuals with difficulties using their time proficiently.
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Performance Objectives
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Course Units
This mini-course includes the following units. Click the title of a unit to go to its page.
Unit 1: Intro to Time Management
After this unit participants will be able to:
- Define the concept of time management.
- List/describe benefits of time management.
- Identify personal time management challenges.
After this unit participants will be able to:
- Explain what is smart criteria
- Develops specific, and measurable goals
Unit 3: Prioritization Techniques
After this unit participants will be able to:
- Describe different prioritization methods
- Categorize tasks
- Apply prioritization techniques
Unit 4: Strategies for Effective Time Use
After this unit participants will be able to:
- Track time
- Beat procrastination (hopefully)
Extended Resources
- Burgess, Cassandre 7 Steps for Beating Procrastination https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/7-steps-beating-procrastination-cassandre-burgess/
- Dominic J. Voge Classroom Resources for Addressing Procrastination, Source: Research and Teaching in Developmental Education excerpted from Vol. 23, No. 2 (Spring 2007), pp. 88-96 https://mcgraw.princeton.edu/undergraduates/resources/resource-library/understanding-and-overcoming-procrastination
- 10 TIPS ON HOW TO STUDY EFFECTIVELY Victoria University https://www.vu.edu.au/about-vu/news-events/study-space/10-tips-on-how-to-study-effectively
- Good Signals Avoid the urgency trap and focus on the right things first, with the Eisenhower Matrix https://www.goodsignals.com/blog/eisenhower-matrix/
- Greene, Jessica: How to prioritize tasks: 10 task prioritization techniques https://zapier.com/blog/how-to-prioritize/
- Lark Editor Team The ABCD Method: A Productivity Framework for Success https://www.larksuite.com/en_us/topics/productivity-glossary/abcd-method
- Laoyan, Sarah Understanding the Pareto principle (The 80/20 rule) https://asana.com/resources/pareto-principle-80-20-rule
- Mount, Marve Writing SMART Goals https://www.speechpathology.com/ask-the-experts/writing-smart-goals-20344?gad_source=2&gclid=CjwKCAjwouexBhAuEiwAtW_Zx089AHZ4fBemI0nSmLXjDWB3mXVo35yBpox5AiRzjVGhmzbWbn3nBBoCoP4QAvD_BwE
- Team Asana How to make a daily schedule: Template and examples https://asana.com/resources/daily-schedule-template
- Team Asana The Eisenhower Matrix: How to prioritize your to-do list https://asana.com/resources/eisenhower-matrix
- Travis P. Mountain: Time Management: 10 Strategies for Better Time Management https://secure.caes.uga.edu/extension/publications/files/pdf/C%201042_4.PDF
- Youki Terada 3 Reasons Students Procrastinate—and How to Help Them Stop https://www.edutopia.org/article/3-reasons-students-procrastinate-and-how-help-them-stop/
- https://www.thebigredgroup.com/setting-smart-goals-in-high-school/