Academic writing

You should by now have a whole new appreciation of the learning process, and some strategies which you can use to enhance your learning. Take the opportunity over the next couple of weeks to apply these wherever possible to your learning in other areas. You'll probably find that some of these strategies work for you, and others do not. It's all part of the journey.

This week, it's time to start learning about Academic writing.

Tasks for the week

• Complete the Academic writing learning module
• View this video which outlines my approach to essay writing

Week 5

This week the topics scheduled are

• Approaches to learning
• Introduction to principles of sustainability

Due to delays on the part of one of the participants of this course, Introduction to principles of sustainability will be delayed until further notice. The hand-in date for Task 6 will also be extended.

So, continue with the Approaches to learning module. This should be finished by the end of the week, and Task 5 is also due this week.

Week 4 - Approaches to learning & Introduction to principles of sustainability

This week we're starting on introducing the more traditional study skills.

Tasks for the week

• Start working through the learning module - approaches to learning. You will explore a number of techniques which will help you to become a more effective learner.
  
  
• The learning module Introduction to principles of sustainability has four parts to it. This week you should
  
• watch the video & take notes
  
• Copy the main points that stand out to you over to this Google document.

Week 3

By this stage you should be getting fairly familiar with how the technologies supporting the course work, and have submitted Task 1 & Task 2. If there's anything that you're not feeling comfortable with yet, or do not feel that you understand, please get in touch with David ASAP to clarify things.

This week the following tasks are scheduled if you have not yet completed them.

1. Visit the computer health and safety website that has been recommended to you, and that you are familiar with what it has to say about the use of a computer
   
   
2. Complete the learning module - connect to and surf the internet - unless you feel that you have fairly advanced internet literacy
   
   
3. Submit Task 3 by attaching it to an email - sorry, I realised that some of the text in the last assignment had not been changed & said to submit it to the assignment drop box. All assessment tasks that can be submitted by attachment to an email should be.
   
   
4. Elluminate session to ensure that you are able to access elluminate and use both the chat and the voice functions. Please let me know when you are available this week for this session, and I'll set one up to suit your needs. This is Task 4.