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Web LinksThe following web links are listed by chapter. Chapter 1 - Introduction
Twelve dozen places to educate yourself online http://www.marcandangel.com/2010/11/15/12-dozen-places-to-self-educate-yourself-online/
LearnHigher bursary project the secret of our success http://prezi.com/ssuuvqkdx9uz/uni/ Student Conference: This is a record of a conference on successful studying and on getting a good job that we held at our university. Look through for information to help you right now. Offer to organize and run such an event at your own college or university http://www.catsconsulting.com/getahead2010/ Readers are urged to set up their own reflective blogs. Here are some from other students: Student Cycle blog http://www.thestudentcycle.co.uk/ Online Literature Review Blog http://onlinelitreview.blogspot.com/ Chapter 2 - Succeeding at University: Quick Steps to Success
Six steps to success interactive resource and additional resources http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/epacks/soccer/
Enjoy exploring and using this useful website - understanding your brain http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/brainsmart/ Chapter 4 - Make Sense of Your Course
All learning is self study in the end this website can accompany this book. Twelve dozen places to educate yourself online http://www.marcandangel.com/2010/11/15/12-dozen-places-to-self-educate-yourself-online/
Student website reflecting on what it takes to be a successful student: LearnHigher bursary project the secret of our success http://prezi.com/ssuuvqkdx9uz/uni/ Student Conference: This is a record of a conference on successful studying and on getting a good job that we held at our university. Look through for information to help you right now. Offer to organise and run such an event at your own college or university http://www.catsconsulting.com/getahead2010/ Readers are urged to set up their own reflective blogs here are some from other students: Student Cycle blog http://www.thestudentcycle.co.uk/ Online Literature Review Blog http://onlinelitreview.blogspot.com/ Chapter 5 - How to Learn Effectively
Not sure about your learning style? Check the web for useful learning styles websites but the following were still working when we drafted this site:
Learning styles with reference to Kolb and Gardiner http://www.i-learnt.com/Thinking_home.html Learning styles test http://www.i-learnt.com/Thinking_Learning_Styles.html Learning styles and multiple intelligences explained http://www.ldpride.net/learning-style-test.html Another learning styles site with longer test http://www.ldpride.net/learningstyles.MI.htm#Learning%20Styles%20Explained AND http://www.learning-styles-online.com/ All learners should try to see, hear, say and do! Tip: Explore BBC Scotlands Brain Smart website: There are animations and information on the brain, memory, dealing with stress, successful learning strategies and brain games. Not only engaging you could make your notes like that! http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/brainsmart/ Chapter 6 - Get Organised for Independent Study
Time management tools http://learnhigher.ac.uk/Students/Time-management.html
Chapter 7 - Computers: Any Place, Anywhere, Any Time
Anytime Learning Literacies Environment (ALLE)
http://hermes.uwl.ac.uk/learnerjourney/ This project has three different learner journeys to help students starting with their studies:
The Internet Detective helps you effectively evaluate your resources http://www.vtstutorials.ac.uk/detective/ Mini Cases LearnHigher (www.learnhigher.ac.uk) is an excellent resource that has hints, tips and online materials for students on all aspects of studying, from time management to mobile learning to group work to being creative. WriteNow (www.writenow.ac.uk) is all about student writing, and has a free book on writing designed by students, for students, available to download. Reusable Learning Objects (www.rlo-cetl.ac.uk) has a website containing a whole range of small multi-media resources on a huge range of topics, from languages to maths to nursing to science and study skills. Presentations with a Difference GLO Maker The RLO-CETL project developed free software to enable the free creation and/or repurposing of multi-media resources www.glomaker.org There is a blog with tutorials and examples here http://glomaker.wetpaint.com/ Xtra-normal http://www.xtranormal.com/ is another great tool, but instead of presenting your work in a traditional form, you use avatars to create a movie that get your point across in a very effective way. Prezi, allows you to build your presentation into a website http://prezi.com, (http://hermes.uwl.ac.uk/learnerjourney/journey2_prezi.html) Suggestions for Getting Started Download: This four page overview of web 2.0 technologies http://www.rossdawsonblog.com/Web2_Framework.pdf Cristina Costa (based at the University of Salford as the Research Technologies Development Officer) has a series of great presentations about all things web-based on her slideshare account, this is a good starting point http://www.slideshare.net/cristinacost/social-media-for-newbies-8800689 Cristina also has examples of her different projects at her website here www.knowmansland.com/ Also Explore Alternative Spaces in Virtual Worlds Some universities are starting to use 3D worlds for some aspects of teaching and learning. One of the best known is Second Life http://secondlife.com/ Blogs Want to create your own blog? Interesting blogs that we follow: University librarian blog http://www.daveyp.com/blog/archives/1370 Student Learning and Teaching Network http://studentlandtnetwork.ning.com/ The Student cycle blog useful tips http://www.thestudentcycle.co.uk/ Postings from an e-learner http://www.e-learningconfessions.blogspot.com/ PhD student blog on producing a Literature Review http://onlinelitreview.blogspot.com/2008/07/blog-entry-for-tuesday-22nd-july.html Psychology blog: Understand your mind http://www.spring.org.uk/ Uses of technology for learning http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com IM Instant Messaging With IM, you can interact with friends or colleagues who are online when you are http://communication.howstuffworks.com/instant-messaging.htm Twitter is a social networking site where people tweet briefly about their research, up-to-the-minute articles and stories http://www.twitter.com/ Wikis: A wiki is a collaborative website which can be directly edited by anyone with access to it. There is a good example of wiki use at http://evolvingessay.pbwiki.com/ Wikipedia for research is a useful tool. However, like all sources, not everything in Wikipedia is accurate, comprehensive, or unbiased http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Researching_with_Wikipedia Chapter 8 - How to Succeed in Group Work
LearnHigher on Group Work staff resources http://learnhigher.ac.uk/Staff/Group-work.html
Chapter 9 - How to Interact and Build Relationships at University
Listening and interpersonal skills LearnHigher resources
http://learnhigher.ac.uk/Staff/Listening-and-interpersonal-skills.html Listening and interpersonal skills, quizzes, questionnaires and video tutorials on body language http://learnhigher.ac.uk/Students/Listening-and-interpersonal-skills.html Student Stories No advice, no judging, no nagging. This site features students talking honestly about their own uni experiences so that you can make up your own mind http://www.studentstories.co.uk/ Chapter 10 - How to Survive Academic Reading: Targeted Research and Active Reading
Leeds University tutorial on academic reading (60 mins): Overwhelmed by the amount of reading you have to do and not sure how to manage it? Try this on-line tutorial http://skills.library.leeds.ac.uk/tutorials/reading_tutorial/player.html
Our interactive desk shows how to organise yourself for study and reading http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/TLTC/learnhigher/desk/desk.html Our writing space has links to our NoteMaker resource; a free write tool so that you can practise quick writing about what you read; referencing resources; and much more. Explore it and see how useful it can be to you http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/TLTC/connorj/WritingGroups/ Critical reading towards critical writing http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/reading-and-researching/critical-reading How to read an academic article http://www.lenmholmes.org.uk/students/how2read/how2read_a.htm How to read a research article http://cla.calpoly.edu/~jrubba/495/howtoread.html Internet Detective: tutorial on finding and evaluating information http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/ For Summarising information http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/busdev/hq1001nc/ecdl/summarizing.htm Referencing http://www.staffs.ac.uk/personaltutoring/writingreferences.php Harvard system http://slb-ltsu.hull.ac.uk/awe/index.php?title=Harvard_system_of_referencing Avoiding plagiarism: Tutorial (also available via writing site) http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/TLTC/learnhigher/Plagiarism/ This allows for a messy, private online notemaking space http://www.evernote.com/ Or try Cornell notes http://coe.jmu.edu/learningtoolbox/cornellnotes.html Or visual notes http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html Have you thought about making notes on a Prezi website? http://prezi.com Here's one constructed by some recent graduates http://prezi.com/ssuuvqkdx9uz/uni/ A student's thoughts on active reading from an evolving essay http://anessayevolves.blogspot.com/2007/02/active-reading.html And (with thanks to Alice Gray): If you want to develop speed reading skills try the following resources: a. Short Burst Learning (accessed August 2011): http://www.speedreadingcd.com/reading-test.htm to find your current reading speed b. Doyle, D. (2010) Glendale Community College: Self Pacing Methods http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/methods.html for five useful methods (accessed August 2011). If developing a technique http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/busdev/hq1001nc/ecdl/summarizing.htm Chapter 11 - How to Make the Best Notes
Our NoteMaker the what, why and how of making notes http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/TLTC/learnhigher/notemaker/index.html
Strategies and tips Quick guide to keeping references http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nursing/sonet/rlos/studyskills/harvard/index.html Mini-notemaking lecture http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1IHsPt_Nmg Mini Buzan lecture on Mindmapping http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlabrWv25qQ&feature=related Buzans site with 7-step guide http://www.buzanworld.com/Mind_Maps.htm If you like making notes on video try video ant http://ant.umn.edu/ Cornell notes more structured and organised: http://coe.jmu.edu/learningtoolbox/cornellnotes.html 'Note book' site: on-line space for jottings, websites etc. http://www.evernote.com/ Concept map tools website http://cmap.ihmc.us/ Prezi: a tool for making creative notes (and preparing presentations) http://prezi.com/ NB: Check out Playing to Learn http://prezi.com/rj_b-gw3u8xl/playing-to-learn/ Visual Literacy site: Check out different visual ways to represent information http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html Text to Movie resource http://www.xtranormal.com/ Capture key points in your own mini-animation notes. Visual notemaking using your iPad http://ninmah.be/2010/08/02/ipad-visual-movie/ What to do in lectures http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tiv9GG_SzlI Draw-to-learn http://www.brighton.ac.uk/visuallearning/drawing/ Avoiding plagiarism: Short tutorial http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/TLTC/learnhigher/Plagiarism/ Dont forget to organise your DESK http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/TLTC/learnhigher/desk/desk.html And that much notemaking is for our writing check out our writing space http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/TLTC/connorj/WritingGroups/ Chapter 12 - How to be Creative in Your Learning
Explore ideas on visual learning strategies http://www.brighton.ac.uk/visuallearning/files/2412/8048/4894/D2L_ST_LOW.pdf
Explore links and information available from Pauline Ridley's Drawing to Learn site http://www.brighton.ac.uk/visuallearning/drawing/ Education in a Changing Environment and creativity in education http://www.ece.salford.ac.uk/cms/news/article/?id=14 AccessArt http://www.accessart.org.uk/sketchbookspace/ http://www.accessart.org.uk/drawing/contentspage.swf Visual Directions: Use of sketchbooks for developing ideas and reflective learning and essay writing http://www.arts.ac.uk/cetl/visual-directions/ Observational skills for geoscience fieldwork http://www.kingston.ac.uk/esg/fieldwork_tutorial/ Techniques for drawing botanical subjects under the microscope http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html? http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artfeb03/cbdrawing.html Looking vs. Seeing: A 15 Minute Tutorial on Getting the Most out of Microscope Viewing http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/mjvl/biology/microscope/looksee.htm Picturing to Learn http://www.picturingtolearn.org/ Chapter 13 - How to Think Effectively: Analytical and Critical Thinking
Student resources currently available on LearnHigher site http://learnhigher.ac.uk/Students/Critical-thinking-and-reflection.html
Chapter 14 - How to Write Better Assignments
Producing Assignments
Remember 'Reading' and 'Notemaking' http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/careers/ld/resources/study/reading-and-note-making Our resources are available through the Reading and Notemaking pages on LearnHigher see particularly: Organise your DESK http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/TLTC/learnhigher/desk/desk.html And our writing space: A range of writing resources to support you, includes link the Preventing plagiarism tutorial http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/TLTC/connorj/WritingGroups/ Explore generally and have a particular look at Academic Writing and Assessment on the LearnHigher site see what resources are there for you to use. An Essay Evolves http://evolvingessay.pbworks.com/w/page/19387227/FrontPage This site contains a whole essay that a real student wrote over time. She also kept a blog of her thoughts whilst writing the essay. Really useful if you want to see what academic writing looks like and what it feels like to do. Essay planning animation: One way to plan an essay from Portsmouth University http://ondemand.port.ac.uk/central/One_way_to_write_an_essay.wmv Getting your writing right: AWE Academic Writing in English http://slb-ltsu.hull.ac.uk/awe/index.php?title=Main_Page Shared writing space: This link goes to several shared writing spaces some supported by Google. Consider how you might use these spaces to work collaboratively with other students especially if preparing GROUP projects http://etherpad.com Shared thinking space: This space designed to support group work in more creative ways http://www.sharedthinking.info/ EXCELLENT site for phrases to use in ACADEMIC WRITING http://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/ Referencing, grammar http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/tutorials/citing/harvard.html Worried about grammar? http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/ac_paper/grammar.shtml Proof reading tips try the following: http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/proofing_grammar.shtml http://businessmajors.about.com/od/collegeessaywriting/ht/EssayEdit.htm http://www.scribblepad.co.uk/HowToProofreadYourWriting.html
Chapter 15 - How to Prevent Plagiarism
Producing Assignments
Remember that good reading and notemaking habits prevent plagiarism. Writing Space http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/TLTC/connorj/WritingGroups/ Work through our Preventing Plagiarism course http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/TLTC/learnhigher/Plagiarism/ Plagiarism and academic integrity http://www.scc.rutgers.edu/douglass/sal/plagiarism/intro.html Crossing the line http://www.usask.ca/university_secretary/honesty/crossing_the_line.php Academic integrity http://www.uoit.ca/EN/academicintegritystudent/main/225483/ai_module.html Academic integrity Chapter 16 - How to Overcome Writing Blocks and Become a Confident Writer
Remember 'Reading' and 'Notemaking' http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/careers/ld/resources/study/reading-and-note-making
Our resources are available through the Reading and Notemaking pages on LearnHigher see particularly: Organise your DESK http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/TLTC/learnhigher/desk/desk.html And our writing space: A range of writing resources to support you, includes a link for the Preventing plagiarism tutorial http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/TLTC/connorj/WritingGroups/ Explore generally and have a particular look at Academic Writing and Assessment on the LearnHigher site see what resources are there for you to use. An Essay Evolves http://evolvingessay.pbworks.com/w/page/19387227/FrontPage This site contains a whole essay that a real student wrote over time. She also kept a blog of her thoughts whilst writing the essay. Really useful if you want to see what academic writing looks like and what it feels like to do. Getting your writing right: AWE Academic Writing in English http://slb-ltsu.hull.ac.uk/awe/index.php?title=Main_Page Shared writing space: This link goes to several shared writing spaces some supported by Google. Consider how you might use these spaces to work collaboratively with other students especially if preparing GROUP projects http://etherpad.com Shared thinking space: This space designed to support group work in more creative ways http://www.sharedthinking.info/ EXCELLENT site for phrases to use in ACADEMIC WRITING http://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/ Practising writing (for international students) http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/index.htm Referencing, grammar http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/tutorials/citing/harvard.html Worried about grammar? http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/ac_paper/grammar.shtml Proof reading tips try the following http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/proofing_grammar.shtml http://businessmajors.about.com/od/collegeessaywriting/ht/EssayEdit.htm Chapter 17 - How to Write Great Essays
Remember 'Reading' and 'Notemaking' http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/careers/ld/resources/study/reading-and-note-making
Our resources are available through the Reading and Notemaking pages on LearnHigher see particularly: Organise your DESK http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/TLTC/learnhigher/desk/desk.html And our writing space: A range of writing resources to support you, includes link the Preventing plagiarism tutorial http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/TLTC/connorj/WritingGroups/ Explore generally and have a particular look at Academic Writing and Assessment on the LearnHigher site see what resources are there for you to use. An Essay Evolves http://evolvingessay.pbworks.com/w/page/19387227/FrontPage This site contains a whole essay that a real student wrote over time. She also kept a blog of her thoughts whilst writing the essay. Really useful if you want to see what academic writing looks like and what it feels like to do. Essay planning animation: One way to plan an essay from Portsmouth University http://ondemand.port.ac.uk/central/One_way_to_write_an_essay.wmv Getting your writing right: AWE Academic Writing in English http://slb-ltsu.hull.ac.uk/awe/index.php?title=Main_Page Shared writing space: This link goes to several shared writing spaces some supported by Google. Consider how you might use these spaces to work collaboratively with other students especially if preparing GROUP projects http://etherpad.com Shared thinking space: This space designed to support group work in more creative ways http://www.sharedthinking.info/ EXCELLENT site for phrases to use in ACADEMIC WRITING http://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/ Practising writing (for international students) http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/index.htm Referencing, grammar http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/tutorials/citing/harvard.html Worried about grammar? http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/ac_paper/grammar.shtml Proof reading tips try the following http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/proofing_grammar.shtml http://businessmajors.about.com/od/collegeessaywriting/ht/EssayEdit.htm http://www.scribblepad.co.uk/HowToProofreadYourWriting.html
Chapter 18 - How to Produce Excellent Reports
Remember 'Reading' and 'Notemaking' http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/careers/ld/resources/study/reading-and-note-making
Our resources are available through the Reading and Notemaking pages on LearnHigher see particularly: Organise your DESK http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/TLTC/learnhigher/desk/desk.html And our writing space: A range of writing resources to support you, includes link the Preventing plagiarism tutorial http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/TLTC/connorj/WritingGroups/ Explore generally and have a particular look at Academic Writing and Assessment on the LearnHigher site see what resources are there for you to use. An Essay Evolves http://evolvingessay.pbworks.com/w/page/19387227/FrontPage This site contains a whole essay that a real student wrote over time. She also kept a blog of her thoughts whilst writing the essay. Really useful if you want to see what academic writing looks like and what it feels like to do. Essay planning animation: One way to plan an essay from Portsmouth University http://ondemand.port.ac.uk/central/One_way_to_write_an_essay.wmv Getting your writing right: AWE Academic Writing in English http://slb-ltsu.hull.ac.uk/awe/index.php?title=Main_Page Shared writing space: This link goes to several shared writing spaces some supported by Google. Consider how you might use these spaces to work collaboratively with other students especially if preparing GROUP projects http://etherpad.com Shared thinking space: This space designed to support group work in more creative ways http://www.sharedthinking.info/ EXCELLENT site for phrases to use in ACADEMIC WRITING http://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/ Practising writing (for international students) http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/index.htm Referencing, grammar http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/tutorials/citing/harvard.html Worried about grammar? http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/ac_paper/grammar.shtml Proof reading tips try the following http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/proofing_grammar.shtml http://businessmajors.about.com/od/collegeessaywriting/ht/EssayEdit.htm http://www.scribblepad.co.uk/HowToProofreadYourWriting.html
Chapter 19 - How to Write a Brilliant Dissertation
On-line Literature Review (on student reading) http://litreview.pbwiki.com/
LearnHigher pages on research http://www.learnhigher.ac.uk/resourcepages/doingresearch/doingresearch.html Cornell University site http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/ CETL-AURS: Interactive research site for science students how to conduct literature reviews and improve scientific writing http://www.engageinresearch.ac.uk/ Education Studies Action Research website with links to BERA http://www.jeanmcniff.com/index.html Publisher's forum on Research Methods http://www.methodspace.com/ Post-graduate: Managing your research project http://www.vitae.ac.uk/1220/Managing-your-research-project.html And http://www.unisa.edu.au/ltu/students/research/default.asp
Chapter 20 - How to Deliver Excellent Presentations
Presentation Pack: Use our assignment packs to help you with your assignments. Download them and use the information and diagrams and all the activities to help you produce real assignments on your course.
And/or use this online interactive resource to help you produce your next presentation: Interactive presentation plan and write resource http://www2.elc.polyu.edu.hk/CILL/tools/presplan.htm For useful resources explore LearnHigher, especially their sections on Oral Communication and Listening and Interpersonal skills: http://learnhigher.ac.uk/Students/Oral-communication.html http://learnhigher.ac.uk/Students/Listening-and-interpersonal-skills.html
Chapter 21 - How to Run Your Own Seminars and Workshops
For useful resources explore the resource links at the end of our creativity and general assignment sections.
See also LearnHigher, especially their sections on Visual Literacy, Oral Communication and Listening and Interpersonal skills.
Chapter 23 - Reflective Learning and the Learning Log
Reflection resources and tips:
Set dates in your diary if you do not make a date it will not get done. Make it creative and fun: A sketchbook of ideas, thoughts and learning. See Creative Learning in Practice Sketchbook site for advice on reflective learning, podcasts from staff and students and beautiful images of what a journal could look like http://www.arts.ac.uk/cetl/visual-directions/ Reflective writing leads to successful writing in assignments. This is the reflective writing section of the Queen Mary's University of London Thinking/Writing site http://www.thinkingwriting.qmul.ac.uk/reflect.htm This takes you to examples of real student's reflective writing http://www.thinkingwriting.qmul.ac.uk/reflect3.htm Remember the evolving essay wiki and blog that demonstrates reflective writing as part of the assignment process http://evolvingessay.pbwiki.com/ For creative ideas see the Creative Learning in Practice Sketchbook site http://www.arts.ac.uk/cetl/visual-directions/ For links between reflective writing and assignment success see http://www.thinkingwriting.qmul.ac.uk/reflect.htm For examples of real students' reflective writing http://www.thinkingwriting.qmul.ac.uk/reflect3.htm For an online essay and accompanying reflective blog http://evolvingessay.pbwiki.com/
Chapter 25 - How to Understand and Pass Exams
Explore BBC Scotland's Brain Smart website which has animations and information on the brain, memory, dealing with stress, successful learning strategies and brain games
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/brainsmart/
How to Revise http://www.johndclare.net/how_to_revise.htm 12 Dozen Places To Educate Yourself Online For Free http://www.marcandangel.com/2010/11/15/12-dozen-places-to-self-educate-yourself-online/ Working on your Maths Video tutorials http://www.sigma-cetl.ac.uk/index.php?section=92 Pdfs http://www.sigma-cetl.ac.uk/index.php?section=102 Revision tips for Maths students http://www-users.york.ac.uk/%7Edajp1/Exam_Hints/Exams.html
Chapter 27 - What to Do When You Finish University
The Prospects Website http://www.prospects.ac.uk/careers.htm
This is an excellent site that has been developed with exactly you in mind. Put reflections on different parts of this site into your PDP file to show how you are managing your life and career in positive ways. Other sites to explore include: Jobapplications.co.uk - Find online application forms for companies in the UK.
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