Bootcamp 2016 Resources

Setting yourself up to succeed

• Time management
• Time management
• Key skill assessment: Information Literacy
• Key skills assessment: Communication
• Key skill assessment: IT
• Key skills assessment: Working with others
• Key skill assessment: Problem solving
• Succeed with learning
• Succeeding in a digital world
• Being Digital: Skills for online study

Learning online and the writing process

• Writing for university
• Writing in your own words
• Essay & report writing skills
• Paraphrasing text
• Summarising text

• Notetaking techniques
• Reading and note-taking – prep 4 study

• Developing academic English
• English: skills for learning

• Being Digital: Referencing your sources pathway
• OU Harvard Guide to citing references
• Library website: Referencing and plagiarism
• Avoiding Plagiarism (Bob Video)
• Surf Teddy Reference Time

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Thinking – being critical, evaluating evidence, being reflective

• Critical reading techniques
• Strategic study techniques
• Reading evidence
• Extending & developing your thinking skills
• Skills for OU Study
• Exploring reflection and learning

References

Metro News Reporter (2014) ‘Chinese teens taking cabbages for walks to get over loneliness’, Metro, 2 May [Online]. Available at http://metro.co.uk/2014/05/02/chinese-teens-taking-cabbages-for-walks-to... (Accessed 15 September 2016).

Spencer, B. (2016) ‘Statins ‘may be a waste of time’: Controversial report claims there’s NO link between ‘bad cholesterol’ and heart disease’, Daily Mail, 13 June [Online]. Available at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3638162/Statins-waste-time-60s... (Accessed 15 September 2016).

Gage, S. (2016) ‘Don't throw away your statins yet - LDL cholesterol is probably still bad for you’, Guardian, 13 June [Online]. Available at https://www.theguardian.com/science/sifting-the-evidence/2016/jun/13/don... (Accessed 15 September 2016).

Gibbons, K. (2016) ‘Bad cholesterol ‘helps you live longer’, The Times, 13 June [Online]. Available at http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bad-cholesterol-helps-you-live-longer-... (Accessed 15 September 2016).

Assessment – Finding your assignments, understanding what you need to do, having a plan of how to do it, how to format your assessment, how to check (reading out loud), working with feedback

• Dealing with feedback
• Key skills assessment: Improving your learning & Performance
• Revision and Examination
• Revising and examinations

• Submitting a TMA
• Working with ZIP files, Computing Guide
• Contact us
• Twitter account

• Section 2 of ‘Developing Effective Study Skills strategies’

Help

• Being Digital
• Help and support
• Help desk contact
• Training and events

Tools for discovering library books, journals, articles and more

• Library Search
• Selected resources for your study
• Why we love working on the helpdesk: Video