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Writing Centre Seminar

Writing Centre Seminar

Rosie Gronthos

Returning to study for non-school leavers

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Welcome

Congratulations on joining the University of Adelaide study

body!

You’ve achieved a lot to get here.

I hope this talk will introduce you to useful resources and

strategies that develop your research and study skills.

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Outline

• IT Workshops

• Writing and Study Skills Seminars

• Lecture, seminar, tutorial & practical

• How to prepare?

• Useful Learning Guides

• How to avoid plagiarism?

• Referencing Style Guides

• PASS (Peer Assisted Study Sessions)

• Counselling & Disability Service

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IT Workshops

MYUni Workshops

for students by students

Monday to Friday

11.10am-11.30am-Workshop

11.30am-2pm_Drop-in Centre

Hub Central (Level 3) Training Room

MyUni Ambassadors 0427 338 703

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Workshop Topics

wk1 Let’s Get familiar! YourA-Z of using MyUni

wk2 What next? Important tips and tricks

wk3 Let’s Talk! Using wikis, blogs & journals

wk4 Crunch Time! Submitting your work online

wk5 Getting Results!

Viewing your results and feedback

wk6 SOS! Your MyUni questions answered

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Writing and Study Skills Seminars Semester 1 Teaching Weeks

Tuesdays 2pm-3pm

Engineering South RM S111

Offered by the Writing Centre and Faculty of

Arts Study Skills Support

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Wk 1: 3 Mar How to get the most out of your courses Wk 2: 10 Mar How to take great notes Wk 3: 17 Mar How to decode your assignment instructions Wk 4: 24 Mar How to research & reference your assignments Wk 5: 31 Mar How to write a great argument essay Wk 6: 7 Apr How to avoid death by plagiarism Wk 7: 28 Apr How to deal with group work Wk 8: 5 May How to make the most out of feedback Wk 9: 12 May How to be a confident public speaker Wk 10: 19 May How to become your own best editor Wk 11: 26 May How to study for exams Wk 12: 2 Jun How to do a great exam

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Lecture, seminar ,tutorial & practical Lecture: larger - varying interaction

Seminar: smaller - more interaction. Students may take it in turns to present

Tutorial: small, with more interaction and discussion

Practical: hands on demonstration of knowledge in the lab. Could be a computer lab.

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Note taking in lectures Prepare by doing the readings and

tasks asked of you.

• Don’t try to write everything down

• Don’t simply copy the PowerPoint slides

• Do listen before you start to write

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Useful tips If the lecturer is too fast

• Write down questions to find out/ask later

• Try to follow the structure of the task

• Prepare before the lecture

• Talk to other students about the course

• Check the course guide to help answer questions

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After the lecture • Read

• Highlight

• Summarise

• Discuss

• Look for possible exam questions

• Revise before the next lecture

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Preparing for tutorials and practicals

Tutorials

• Do the readings/questions beforehand

• Ask questions

• Sit near the front

• Join in group discussions

Practical

• Do the assigned readings/questions beforehand

• Ask lots of questions to the demonstrator and your peers

• Stay focused on the task

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Useful Learning Guides • Learning at University

• Reading Effectively

• Making Notes

• Practical Study Habits

• Managing Your Time

• Editing Your Own Work

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Plagiarism

Plagiarism: the act of presenting another’s

work or ideas as your own.

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How to avoid plagiarism?

• Take notes effectively so that the author and source is always linked

• Know the difference between your own summaries of sources and direct quotes

• Create sets of notes in categories

• Weave together two, three, four others’ views on one topic to support an argument

• Search texts to find and extract short statements or ideas to support your argument and acknowledge these

(Chanock, 2003)

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Tips to avoid plagiarism Avoid stringing together quotes and paraphrases.

Express your ideas in your own, simple language.

Turnitin: resource for checking students have

acknowledged sources.

Avoiding Plagiarism: Achieving academic

writing (online learning module)

http://www.adelaide.edu.au/writingcentre/articulate/avoidingPlagiarism/player.html

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Referencing Style Guides Check with your department to find out exactly

which referencing system they prefer.

Harvard Style: Commerce; Mathematics;

Nursing; Philosophy; English; Psychiatry; Science;

Architecture; Engineering; Gender Studies.

APA Style: Applied Linguistics; Psychology.

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Referencing Style Guides

Vancouver Style: Nursing; School of Population

Health and Clinical Practice; Medicine; Food Science.

Footnote Style: Commerce management reports;

Politics; History; Civil, Environmental and Mining

Engineering; Classics; Computer Science; Education.

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Useful Learning Guides to avoid plagiarism

• Quick Guide to Referencing

• Avoiding Plagiarism

• Objective Language

• Source Credibility

• To Paraphrase or to Quote?

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PASS (Peer Assisted Study Sessions) • Weekly 50 minute group work sessions

• Facilitated by students

• No need to enrol or register

• Find the class time that suits you

Session times and venues may be subject to

change, check MyUni notices.

Commence in Week 2 except Business Economics

Statistics and Monday classes which all commence

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Counselling & Disability Service

Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm

Appointments

• 9am to 4pm weekdays

• 50 minute appointments

Drop-in service

• 1pm to 4pm weekdays

• 20-minute appointments

Phone appointments

• ring to organise a pre-booked phone appointment, or

• phone during Drop-in hours (1pm-4pm)

Ground Floor, Horace Lamb Building. (8313 5663) University of Adelaide 22

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Maths Learning Centre

Drop-in service

• 10am to 4pm weekdays

• Sit down and one of the staff will come to you

• Any mathematical component in any course

• Level 3 Hub Central

Web resources

• Worksheets to revise assumed knowledge

• Recordings of revision lectures for particular courses

• www.adelaide.edu.au/mathslearning/

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For further thought

Thank you. Any further questions?

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Writing Centre Details

WEB: FACEBOOK:

EMAIL: PHONE:

VISIT:

www.adelaide.edu.au/writingcentre www.facebook.com/WritingCentreUofA writingcentre@adelaide.edu.au 8313 3021 Level 3 Hub Central, 10am-4pm Mon-Fri