Week 19: Perfect competition
Away in the 'bad-lands' for a couple of weeks, study isn't going to be easy :-(
Saturday, 22 February 2014
Friday, 21 February 2014
DD209 Running The Economy : TMA03 Marked and Returned
Well its all come at once.
Another high pass, although disappointed that it is the lowest mark yet. On the upside the tutors comments made sense and I can see that there are many facets to the inflation diamond, not all of which I fully appreciated. So a good heads up to sort these issues out before the exam.
So the plan is to watch TeamGB win old at the means curling, then tomorrow I can really launch into Part 2 knowing I'm effectively two weeks behind.
Another high pass, although disappointed that it is the lowest mark yet. On the upside the tutors comments made sense and I can see that there are many facets to the inflation diamond, not all of which I fully appreciated. So a good heads up to sort these issues out before the exam.
So the plan is to watch TeamGB win old at the means curling, then tomorrow I can really launch into Part 2 knowing I'm effectively two weeks behind.
Thursday, 20 February 2014
A333 - Looks really interesting
The level 3 Philosophy course A333 runs for the first time in October 2014 and the early information on its content makes it look really interesting and a possible contender as a Level 3 course towards my BA PPE,
The OU website describes it thus: "This broad-ranging module investigates five different topics in philosophy: truth in fiction, the justice of war, reason and action, life and death, knowledge and reason."
There seems to be quite a lot of 'reason' in this course, so I'm guessing very little religion :-)
More information here A333
I think I want to avoid a first run of this course after the experience on DD209, so unless a Level 3 Politics suddenly becomes available it will be DD309 Economics for me in October.
The OU website describes it thus: "This broad-ranging module investigates five different topics in philosophy: truth in fiction, the justice of war, reason and action, life and death, knowledge and reason."
There seems to be quite a lot of 'reason' in this course, so I'm guessing very little religion :-)
More information here A333
I think I want to avoid a first run of this course after the experience on DD209, so unless a Level 3 Politics suddenly becomes available it will be DD309 Economics for me in October.
DD209 Running The Economy : iCMA42 returned, but hidden away in the Asessment Resources page
Another good mark in the iCMA, spoiled a bit by losing marks by not reading a question correctly and getting another question wrong. Really no excuse for either mistake.
So it appears 8 days is the time it takes to get the iCMA back, I'll be prepared for next time.
Just watched an excellent win by the girls in Team GB Curling - Bronze for them, looking for the men to go gold.
So it appears 8 days is the time it takes to get the iCMA back, I'll be prepared for next time.
Just watched an excellent win by the girls in Team GB Curling - Bronze for them, looking for the men to go gold.
Wednesday, 19 February 2014
DD209 Running The Economy : Still no news.....
Still no news on the iCMA front one week after the deadline.
However, on the plus side wondering when the iCMA is being returned has meant I've completely forgotten about the TMA. Now I'm wondering which one will come first.
Another plus is that Part 2 of the course has been a fairly gentle, almost blindingly obvious, start.
Getting in the way of study is the fact that the Team GB curlers are both still contending for medals.... brilliant 10th end from the men two games in a row....... keep it up in the final.
Go Team GB!!!
However, on the plus side wondering when the iCMA is being returned has meant I've completely forgotten about the TMA. Now I'm wondering which one will come first.
Another plus is that Part 2 of the course has been a fairly gentle, almost blindingly obvious, start.
Getting in the way of study is the fact that the Team GB curlers are both still contending for medals.... brilliant 10th end from the men two games in a row....... keep it up in the final.
Go Team GB!!!
Saturday, 15 February 2014
Wednesday, 12 February 2014
DD209 Running The Economy : Book 1 errata sheet.
I find it inexplicable that the DD209 Course team would choose to post the errata sheet for Book 1 and the Online Tutorials on the day before the TMA and iCMA were due, and when we have effectively no more use for Book 1as a teaching resource - although we will obviously need it as a revision resource.
There have been some quite significant errors mentioned in this errata sheet which should have been posted on the website immediately after they were identified. Waiting until the end of the section to do this is just perverse.
It makes you wonder what further errata we have yet to encounter in Book 2 and the rest of the online stuff.
While I'm on..... the Forum Posting bit of the TMA, worth an overall 5 %, was as predicted a car crash. There were those who chose to post before anybody else had got near to reading the necessary material, a few who posted at an appropriate time and attempted some discussion and the majority who posted the minimum required at the 11th hour without any hope of stimulating discussion at that late stage. Goodness only knows how they are going to mark this.
It makes me think that this course is not overly academically rigorous. 4 x ICMAs done over a long period of time, open book and with whatever support you can muster = 28% of the course, a mini TMA to get us started 7 % and this Forum Discussion thing another 5%, means that you should be getting pretty close to the required 40% pass without having to put pen to paper, or finger to keyboard on the 4 main TMAs.
Also, the promises of a prompt turn around of the iCMA scores have failed to meet expectations. These are computer marked, it should take milliseconds.
Oh well, I might get round to looking at this weeks work by the end of the week, times already slipping by.
There have been some quite significant errors mentioned in this errata sheet which should have been posted on the website immediately after they were identified. Waiting until the end of the section to do this is just perverse.
It makes you wonder what further errata we have yet to encounter in Book 2 and the rest of the online stuff.
While I'm on..... the Forum Posting bit of the TMA, worth an overall 5 %, was as predicted a car crash. There were those who chose to post before anybody else had got near to reading the necessary material, a few who posted at an appropriate time and attempted some discussion and the majority who posted the minimum required at the 11th hour without any hope of stimulating discussion at that late stage. Goodness only knows how they are going to mark this.
It makes me think that this course is not overly academically rigorous. 4 x ICMAs done over a long period of time, open book and with whatever support you can muster = 28% of the course, a mini TMA to get us started 7 % and this Forum Discussion thing another 5%, means that you should be getting pretty close to the required 40% pass without having to put pen to paper, or finger to keyboard on the 4 main TMAs.
Also, the promises of a prompt turn around of the iCMA scores have failed to meet expectations. These are computer marked, it should take milliseconds.
Oh well, I might get round to looking at this weeks work by the end of the week, times already slipping by.
Tuesday, 11 February 2014
DD209 Running The Economy : TMA03 Submitted
Well that was a bit more of a problem than it should have been.
A weekend away, the winter Olympics and a pretty mental work project ending tomorrow (today now) - which may mean I am in work until after midnight meant that this TMA had to go now.
Maybe not my best work, I would have preferred to have had another couple of days to re-read it and make changes, but I have crammed what I know about the Inflation Targeting Model into pretty close to 1760 words.
The Student Notes were very useful as I may have missed a fairly crucial part of the TMA in my rush to explain the model, without the reasons why it was necessary.
Anyway, its gone and I doubt I will get a chance to even think about it tomorrow, so lets hope for a quick return if the iCMA, then the TMA and so on to Book 2 and microeconomics.
A weekend away, the winter Olympics and a pretty mental work project ending tomorrow (today now) - which may mean I am in work until after midnight meant that this TMA had to go now.
Maybe not my best work, I would have preferred to have had another couple of days to re-read it and make changes, but I have crammed what I know about the Inflation Targeting Model into pretty close to 1760 words.
The Student Notes were very useful as I may have missed a fairly crucial part of the TMA in my rush to explain the model, without the reasons why it was necessary.
Anyway, its gone and I doubt I will get a chance to even think about it tomorrow, so lets hope for a quick return if the iCMA, then the TMA and so on to Book 2 and microeconomics.
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