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Foundation Year in Computing. Next week cometh apace Delivered by Dave Thomas, K235 e: d.t.thomas@staffs.ac.uk w: www.fcet.staffs.ac.uk/dtt1. What we will cover. Next week What it’s about Timetables Blackboard Attendance, conduct, academic misconduct
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Foundation Year in Computing Next week cometh apace Delivered by Dave Thomas, K235 e: d.t.thomas@staffs.ac.uk w: www.fcet.staffs.ac.uk/dtt1
What we will cover • Next week • What it’s about • Timetables • Blackboard • Attendance, conduct, academic misconduct • Extenuating Circumstances - the basics • the ‘and finally’ slide
Next week • What it’s about • Learning to learn the HE way • Learning – not being taught • Treating your learning like a full time job is a good frame of mind – 40 hours a week • Attend – and keep up! • Aim to enjoy your learning • Help will be readily and willingly available • Be a ‘strategic learner’ only and you will have to whistle • Classes - group 1 here and group 2 here
How you are to learn (from Monday) • Four modules: iPAS,iM,iSDCS, iWTDS • Lectures, Tutorials and Workshops and your own work • Assessments (assignments, portfolios, presentations, class tests, etc, etc) • research, reading, exercises, watching the telly, chatting in the bar etc • Lots of module contact time is designed to help you do well in these tasks • Lots of non-contact time is designed to help you do well in these tasks
Attendance, conduct • We did all this on Wednesday
Academic misconduct • we did all this too • is also well defined here • don’t go there – the penalties are not worth it and you WILL be found out
Extenuating Circumstances • and this
Things I haven’t organised • Library visit • sessions running hourly today from 10:00 to 14:00 in K27 (near the concourse n the Octagon • Personal tutor meetings • we’ll do these next week – I’ll mail details because your personal tutor is me
And finally • Blackboard (the tutors have promised me that their modules will be available to you today) • and we have covered: • Next week • What it’s about • Attendance, conduct, academic misconduct • Extenuating Circumstances - the basics • Next – go to the library and then it’s your last chance to spend your loan with a clear conscience • Any questions?