OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL SUCCOR

COLLGE
General Ordoñez Street, Concepcion Uno, Marikina City

COLLEGE DIVISION
1st Semester, AY 2020-2021

STUDENT
LEARNING PACKET
FOR

PURPOSIVE
COMMUNICATION
(General Education)
Course : PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION
Code : GE (General Education)
Units :3
Schedule : MW – 9:00-10:30
Pre-requisite : none
Laboratory : none
Platform : Google
Designer : Ramon P. Denoso, LPT, MAEd.

I ABOUT THE STUDENT LEARNING PACKET

This packet is a 3-part learning material intended for discussions and assessments covering
prelim, midterm and final terms. A student enrolled in the course is required to have internet access
as this procedure utilizes the blended learning approach (synchronous and asynchronous). Grade is
obtained upon full accomplishment of tasks included in this packet.

II COURSE DESCRIPTION

Purposive Communication is about writing, speaking and presenting to different audiences for
various purposes. (CMO 20 s 2013). Purposive Communication is a three-unit course that develops
students’ communicative competence and enhances their cultural and intellectual awareness through
multimodal tasks that provide them opportunities for communicating effectively and appropriately to a
multicultural audience in a local or global context. It equips students with tools for critical evaluation of
a variety of texts and focuses on the power of language and the impact of images to emphasize the
importance of conveying messages responsibly. The knowledge, skills, and insights that students gain
from this course may be used in their other academic endeavors, their chosen disciplines, and their
future career as they compose and produce relevant oral, written, audio-visual and/or web-based
output for various purposes.

III PERIOD COVERED – Part ONE - Prelim

IV CONTENTS

1. Blended Learning
2. OLOPSC Graduate Attributes
3. Collaborative Online Learning
4. Communication Process, Principles & Ethics
5. Varieties and Registers of Spoken and Written Language
6. Prelim Examination

V LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. differentiate synchronous and asynchronous learning platforms;

2. determine and explain the features of the Google Applications;
3. share insights on the importance of peer collaboration in online learning;
4. explain coherently both in oral and written discourse the attributes of a graduate;
5. describe the nature, elements, and functions of verbal and non-verbal communication I
various and multicultural contexts;
6. explain how cultural and global issues affect communication;
7. appreciate the impact of communication on society; and
8. adopt cultural and intercultural awareness and sensitivity in communication of ideas
Vi TARGET SKILLS

1. Learning Skills - critical thinking, creativity, communication

2. Literacy Skills - information, media, technology
3. Life Skills - flexibility, initiative, social skills

VII LEARNING OUTPUTS (Put a check mark ( ) for each accomplished task.)

Date
MY CHECKLIST Accomplishe
d
1. Individual Gmail Account
(your Gmail account here)
2. Registration – Google Classroom
(class code here)
3. Registration – Google Classroom
( your student code here)
4. Introduction message - Stream section
5. K-W-L Chart (My Expectations)
6. Uploaded/saved documents from Class work section
7. Reflection Paper on Graduate Attributes
(How I see myself as, an ambassador of my institution)
8. Insight Paper on Collaborative Online Learning
(The Role of Collaboration in Learning)
9. Reflection Paper on Cultural and Intercultural
Awareness
(Pop Culture in the Arab World)

VIII LEARNING DEVELOPMENT

A. BLENDED LEARNING
Terminologies
 For the purpose of this course, the term blended learning refers to an approach used in a
teaching-learning experience using a combination of the synchronous and asynchronous
procedures.
 Synchronous learning refers to a learning procedure that is supported by media such as video
conferencing and chat where real time facilitated sessions take place. The ability of learners to
actively participate in a simulated live online discussion is enhanced.
 Asynchronous learning refers to a learning procedure that allows learners respond to learning
requirements without having to comply to real time log in to sessions. This further allows learners
ample time to accomplish tasks on a self-paced learning mode.
 G Suite is a suite of cloud computing, productivity and collaboration tools. It comprises Account,
Gmail, Drive, Classroom, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Calendar, Chat, Meet, Sites, Groups, YouTube,
Photos, Vaults, Hangouts, Forms, Keep, Jamboard, Cloud Sea, Collections, Cloud Print, and
others.
 A Google Account is a username and password that can be used to log in to consumer Google
applications.
 A Gmail account is a free Google account with an email address that ends in @gmail.com.
 Google Drive is a file storage and synchronization service developed by Google.
 Google Classroom Google Classroom is a free application designed to help teacher and
students to communicate. The application can be utilized to organize and manage tasks,
assignments, exercises and other course-related activities. It is a platform that ties together
Google’s G Suite tools such as Gmail, Hangouts, Calendar,
 Google Docs is a free Web-based application in which documents and spreadsheets can be
created, edited and stored online. Files can be accessed from any computer with an Internet
connection and a full-featured Web browser. Google Docs is a part of a comprehensive package
of online applications offered by and associated with Google.
 Google Sheets is a free web-based program for creating and editing spreadsheets. Google
Sheets, along with Google Docs and Google Slides, is a part of what Google calls Google
Drive. It's similar to how Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft PowerPoint are each
individual parts within Microsoft Office.

 Google Calendar is a time-management and scheduling calendar service developed by Google.

 Chat is "an intelligent communication app for teams that take direct messaging in Hangouts and
evolves it"
 Google describes Meet as "a video meeting experience with one goal: make joining meetings
effortless". The company wanted to improve Hangouts to make it easier and faster for people start
and join video conferences.
 Google Hangouts is a communications platform that combines video calling, voice calling and
text-based messaging into a single service. It is the successor to several other Google services,
including Google+ Hangouts (video chat), Google+ Messenger (messaging) and Google Talk
(VoIP). It is similar to Microsoft Skype and Facebook Messenger.
 Face-to-Face Group Interaction - Google Hangouts focuses on "face-to-face-to-face" group
interaction as opposed to one-on-one video chats, and it utilizes sophisticated technology to
seamlessly switch the focus to the person currently chatting. The standard version of Hangouts
allows up to 10 individuals to participate in conversations at the same time, and the Work and
Education versions allow up to 25 participants. Many large enterprises use Hangouts for meetings
or to enable collaboration among remote teams.
 Google Forms is a survey administration app that is included in the Google Drive office suite
along with Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides. Forms features all of the
collaboration and sharing features found in Docs, Sheets, and Slides.

Google Suite (images)

Things to do:

 Log in to your Gmail Account.

 Use code to register in the Google Classroom App for the subject.
  Once you are registered, proceed to Stream section and post an introductory message
including your full name, course and year level.
 Proceed to Class work section, open, download and save documents.
 Post confirmation note to Stream section of your Google classroom.
 Update your checklist.

*RUBRIC FOR WRITTEN TASKS

This serves as your guidelines in accomplishing your writing task.

Components 4 3 2 1
Composition has
interesting contents Contents Composition has Composition is not
with ideas well presented are conventional well organized;
Content conceived and interesting but ideas or clichés gives the
developed with points were not with little impression of
sufficient examples sustained or not supporting details writing just to
or citations. fully developed. included. complete the task.
Composition has There is logical
logical progression progression of Composition has Composition has
Organization of ideas with well ideas but often gaps in logic or gaps in logic or no
executed lack transitions. no clear clear transitions
transitions. transitions.
Composition
Mechanics observes Occasional Frequent Frequent
correctness in mechanical errors mechanical errors mechanical errors
spelling, are observed in are observed in are observed in
punctuation, and the composition. the composition. the composition.
capitalization.

TASK 1 : The K-W-L Chart

Skills : writing, critical thinking

Directions:
 Create a sheet (MS Word) for this task.
 Provide a minimum of three (3) sentences for each component of the chart.
 Post/upload K-W-L chart on the Stream section of your Google classroom
 Update your checklist.

Name:
Year & Course:
Date Accomplished:

What are the things that you already know prior to learning the
What I features of the Google Apps?
KNOW (minimum of 3 sentences)

As you go through the features of the Google Apps, what are other
What I
things that you would like to further explore and understand?
WANT to know (minimum of 3 sentences

What I
have LEARNED As you have achieved understanding of the features, what have you
realized as regards the importance of this content to your chosen
course?
(minimum of 3 sentence)
 B. GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES
A graduate of Our Lady Of Perpetual Succor College is:

1. morally and ethically upright;

 decorous, vigilant and with strong adherence to moral principles of the society
 conscious of his behavior and conduct in the society he is identified with

2. socially and culturally responsive;

 capable of creating and sustaining a comfortable working environment
 capable of promoting and maintaining balance amidst unique cultural experiences and
perspectives

3. conscientiously analytical and critical;

 utilizes curiosity as his strongest motive that serves as inspiration to many
 expresses clear, reflective, and independent thinking as global professionals

4. communicatively competent;
 expresses sound discernment in his acts and speech relevant to the attitudes, values,
motivation and function adhering to global standards
 communicates effectively and appropriately for any given situations

5. strongly driven on research and development;

 exhibits firm discipline in deciding, planning, conducting and contributing relevant
researches
 exudes creative, insightful, rational thought processes in extending and relating
research outcomes that address the needs of time

6. actively engaged in continuous self learning empowerment; and

 maintains high emotional intelligence and strengthening self-awareness and self-
management
 creates a strong impact on others in promoting learning and education as key values to
sustain a meaningful and empowered life

7. glocally employment-ready.
 abreast with the employment standards locally and globally
 shows openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion

TASK 2 : Reflection Paper

Title: How I see myself as an ambassador of my institution
Skills : writing, critical thinking

Directions:

 Read notes/contents on graduate attributes.

 Create a sheet (MS Word) for this topic.
 Use: Arial – font, 11 – size, 2.0 – spacing, 1.0 – margins
 Develop a reflection paper using the title indicated above.
 Use rubric as guide in accomplishing your reflection paper.
 Upload your reflection paper on the Stream section of your Google classroom.
 Update your checklist.
SUPPORT LEARNING CONTENT
Title: Reasons Why Collaborative Online Learning Activities Are Effective
Link: https://elearningindustry.com/collaborative-online-learning-activities-reasons-effective

TASK 3 : Insight Paper

Title: The Role of Collaboration in Learning
Skills : writing, critical thinking

Directions:

 Log in to your Google account and open the link.

 Read notes/contents on collaborative online learning.
 Create a sheet (MS Word) for this topic.
 Use: Arial – font, 11 – size, 2.0 – spacing, 1.0 – margins
 Develop a insight paper using the title indicated above.
 Use rubric as guide in accomplishing your insight paper.
 Upload your reflection paper on the Stream section of your Google classroom.
 Update your checklist.

Note:
This is partial.
Not yet completed.
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