Recorded Academic Skills Workshops
Recorded Academic Skills Workshops
In addition to the self-guided MC101 - Online Study Skills Course, Wendy Noble (Academic Tutor) is pleased to provide recordings of the following Academic Skills Workshops:
Research & Academic Writing
- Getting Ready to Study (Academic Expectations | Misconduct |Integrity Quiz |Getting Ready Checklist)
- Preparing Assessments (Analysing the question | Writing an outline |Paragraphing |Abstracts, introductions, conclusions)
- Finding Your Voice (Controlling your argument | Using sources as evidence | Fair use of sources)
- Improving Your Writing (Defining key terms | Information ordering | Academic register | Concise Writing)
Library Resources
- An Introduction to the Library
- Online Research with Open Athens (Finding quality journal articles | Finding and testing quality websites | Accessing databases such as EBSCO from home)
Referencing
- Referencing properly to avoid plagiarism (Paraphrase | Summarise | Voices | Bibliographies)
- Using Endnote for Referencing
- Not Endnote - Other referencing tools (Quick and Easy formatting Programs for Citations and References)
Exams
Before you take an exam at Morling you should read the STUDENT HANDBOOK and the Exam Information information on Moodle. You should always compare information provided from other Universities with the Morling Student Handbook and Guidelines for Assignments. Where there are differences - Morling's guidelines are the ones you should follow.
- Exam Preparation (Ordering your knowledge | Practice exams | Tips for productive study | Tips for writing exams)
- Open Book Exam Preparation
Self Care
- Developing Sustainable Study Habits (What does it mean to be 'grounded'? | How do you stay grounded under stress? (from Counselling experts))
- Managing Stress (Understanding stress and what to do about it (from Counselling experts))
Improving Your Writing
Defining key terms | Information ordering | Academic register | Concise Writing
download ppt slides - Improving Your Writing
An Introduction to the Library
Referencing Properly to Avoid Plagiarism
Paraphrase | Summarise | Voices | Bibliographies
download ppt slides - Referencing Properly to Avoid Plagiarism
Exam Preparation
Ordering your knowledge | Practice exams | Tips for productive study | Tips for writing exams
download ppt slides - Exam Preparation
A very helpful resource for you as you complete assignments and essays here at Morling is the UNSW's Learning Centre. Its website https://student.unsw.edu.au/academic-skills contains excellent outlines of the following topics:
- Exam preparation: Tips for exam preparation, multiple choice, essay exams and more.
Developing Sustainable Study Habits
What does it mean to be 'grounded'? | How do you stay grounded under stress? (from Counselling experts)
download - Grounding Techniques
download - 6 Ways to Practice Grounding
download - Drop Anchor
download - Binaural Beats
download - Ezra A4 PosterManaging Stress
Understanding stress and what to do about it (from Counselling experts)
download - Managing Stress
download - Autogenic Training Worksheet
download - Grounding Technique
download - Six different type of grounding exercises for Anxiety
download - The Personal Profile Map
download - Dropping Anchor