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Student Learning Advisory Service

Student Learning Advisory Service. Dr Matthew Copping Unit for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching. Agenda:. Student Learning Advisory Service Planning your degree Note taking Referencing. What we offer:. Academic skills development Essay planning and writing Avoiding plagiarism

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Student Learning Advisory Service

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  1. Student Learning Advisory Service Dr Matthew Copping Unit for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching

  2. Agenda: • Student Learning Advisory Service • Planning your degree • Note taking • Referencing

  3. What we offer: Academic skills development • Essay planning and writing • Avoiding plagiarism • Time management • Revision and exam skills • Research skills • Dissertations • Presentation skills… Free ! For all students.

  4. How we do it: • Resources: study guides and online material http://www.kent.ac.uk/uelt/learning/learning-resources/sldr/studyguides.html http://www.kent.ac.uk/uelt/learning/learning-resources/sldr/online.html • Study skills workshops Bookable via SDS Study skills: weekdays pm Mondays & Wednesdays Study skills for mature and part-time students: Saturdays Student Learning Advisory Service

  5. How we do it (cont.): • Individual or group appointments 50 minutes/ confidential Bookable via learning@kent.ac.uk or 01227-824016 • On the spot advice Weekdays 9am -5pm • Maths and Stats clinics Wednesdays (term time only) 1-5pm 30-minute/ confidential bookable via learning@kent.ac.uk or 01227-824016

  6. What we do not offer: • Proof reading • English Language instruction • Subject specific information • IT training

  7. Planning your Degree

  8. Planning your Degree (part 2)

  9. Research Project Choose research area Preliminary research (scoping) Decide research topic Submit proposal Decide methodology Conduct research (fieldwork) Analysis/data processing Writing up Submit finished dissertation

  10. Research Project (Gantt Chart)

  11. Note taking Why Record information Personalise information Process information Aids concentration Aids memory/recall

  12. Note taking Do Be consistent Keep separate records Always record sources Clearly identify quotations Use abbreviations Use colour, shape, etc.

  13. Note taking Don’t Copy word for word Use notepads/laptops Rely on handouts Record too much Consider anything too obvious Worry

  14. Note taking How?

  15. Note taking Linear

  16. Note taking Keyword

  17. Note taking Herringbone

  18. Note taking Chronology

  19. Note taking Flow chart

  20. Note taking Mind map

  21. Note taking Exercise...

  22. Referencing Why reference? To demonstrate scholarship To identify sources of info. To avoid plagiarism

  23. Referencing What is plagiarism? • Plagiarism is a specific form of cheating and is generally defined as presenting someone else’s work as your own. ‘ (Pears & Shields, 2005, p.1) • ’ Pears, R. & Shields, G. (2010) Cite them right: the essential guide to referencing and plagiarism. 8thEdn. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

  24. Referencing What is plagiarism? • Plagiarism is generally defined as using or copying other peoples’ work without acknowledging it as such. (Carroll, 2002, p.9) Carroll J. (2002) A handbook for deterring plagiarism in higher education. Oxford: The Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development.

  25. Referencing Why students plagiarise? Lack of confidence Inadequate note taking skills Insufficient English language skills Inadequate referencing skills Intention to deceive

  26. Referencing Harvard referencing 1. In text citation 2. Full bibliographic reference Bibliography Reference list http://www.kent.ac.uk/uelt/ai/Harvard_Style_Guide.pdf

  27. Have a good time, and get in touch! Learning@kent.ac.uk

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