OPTM1 Study Skills/Index

Introduction

Welcome to the main Study Skills course page.

The study skills course is assessed via a series of assessment tasks. The following learning resources may be used to support your skill development to the level required to complete the assessment tasks.

All learning modules associated with the Study Skills course are listed below.

Learning Modules

Computer Skills

• Foundational Computer Skills - If you're not a big computer user, then start here
• Use the course email group
• Connect to and surf the internet - elements of this page will be useful for beginner to intermediate users of the internet.

• An essential computer health and safety website. Add this website to your favorites, and refer to it often over the period of this course.
• Download and install essential software
• Use Elluminate
• Introducing the Course Hub (Pageflakes)
• Use Blackboard
• Operate a Word processor

Academic Study Skills

• Approaches to Learning
• Academic writing
• Apply APA Referencing
• Introduction to Principles of Sustainability (Don't start on this tutorial until your lecturer asks you to)
• Setting Personal Learning Goals
• Time Management
• Use local and distance library services effectively