Web Links

The 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 Scotland’s 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

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:

    a) The academic journey b) The library learning journey c) Digital tools for learning Explore it and use it.

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?

http://www.blogger.com

http://www.wordpress.co.uk

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

Buzan’s 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/

Don’t 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/

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

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

http://www.scribblepad.co.uk/HowToProofreadYourWriting.html

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:

http://www.totaljobs.com/

http://www.monster.co.uk/

Jobapplications.co.uk - Find online application forms for companies in the UK.

Author:Tom Burns & Sandra Sinfield

Pub Date: March 2012  

Pages: 472

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