Academic Skills for University Success
A. Information & Digital Literacy for University Success
1. Glossary
2. Academic culture
B. Problem-Solving Skills for University Success
C. Critical Thinking Skills for University Success
D. Communication Skills for University Success
E. Academic Skills for University Success: Capstone
F. QUIZ (PRACTICAL QUIZZES, FINNALS)
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, A. Information & Digital Literacy for University Success
ACADEMIC CULTURE: Brick's definition of academic culture as the attitudes, values, and ways of behaving that are shared by a group of people who work or
study in universities, is a useful one.
Independent learning is the core of value -> the onus for learning is usually on the student
Assessment different in university -> think about the fact and express your opinion
DIGITAL LITERACY
- Work with information using digital tools
- Create information
- Communicate effectively
- Manage digital identify
- Engage with networks to further learning
INFORMATION LITERACY
- Identify an information need
- Access information
- Search for information
- Evaluate information
- Select information
- Use information
- Store information
the most important skills for students to prepare for university: study skill
time management, collaboration, keeping an open mind, questioning, noticing
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
- Honesty
- Trust
- Fairness
- Respect
- responsibly
- within the academic context, in relation to the scholarly work that you produce.
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,The International Center for Academic Intergrity's five core values can serve as a useful general guide to these core values. These values are honesty,
rust, fairness, respect, responsibility and the courage to act on these values, even in the face of adversity
ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT:
- plagiarism
- self-plagiarism or re-submission
- Cheating
- fabrication or falsification of data or results
- the facilitation of such actions of another student
1. Common infor source
textbooks, course notes, and scholarly journals articles.
TEXTBOOKS
Type: - the broad and basic knowledge of what a subject is about”
- Unproblematic
- Authoritative
Use for: - weekly readings
- Cover specific vocabulary, equations, practice questions, overviews of theories
- Lecturers and tutors will give information when to read them, how to interpret them, and to question it
Intellectual autonomy, critical thought and creativity
Include 3 things: school journal articles, books on specific subjects, chapters in edited books => assumed knowledge, specific, complex vocabulary
CULTURAL RECORD:
- Text we come in contact with on an everyday basis
- Written by anyone
- Aimed at anyone (private, friends, family, acquaintances, general public, etc
- Facebook status, literature (novel, poetry, short stories) films, TV shows, musical compositions and songs, news reports and articles
An article in the Washington Post on the role of the media in the 2016 US Presidential election is part of the __________? => Cultural record
SCHOLARLY RECORD:
- The curated account of past scholarly endeavor
- Written by academics in particular fields
- Aimed at academics or students in the fields
- Textbook, edited non-fiction books, single-author non fiction books, journal articles and state of the art article, research reports, theses, conferences
procedding
QUIZ: Texts that are part of the ‘cultural record’ are aimed at an expert audience. => false
PRIMARY SOURCES SECONDARY SOURCES TERITIARY SOURCES
First hand account Interpretation, analysis or overview Draw upon and summarize primary and secondary
sources
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, - Auto-biographies - Bibliographies - Databases
- Correspondence - Biographies - Dictionary
- Musical compositions - Books - Encyclopedia
- Photographs - Commentaries - Handbooks
- Scholarly journal articles - Dissertations - Textbooks
- Works of art - Scholarly journal articles - wikipedia
QUIZ:
1. A film review is considered to be a _______ source. => secondary
2. A textbook is considered to be a _______ source. => tertiary
Example:
SCHOLARLY JOURNALS
- Subject specific, academic and periodically published, current research
- Expert authors. Critique work, present new research, peer review process, authoritative and credible, forming part of the web of knowledge
- Scientific or technical articles and humanities articles.
2. ACCESSING INFOR
- Academic studens: Taylor and Francis, JSTOR
- Scientists: SCOPUS
3. SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTING THE SEARCH STRATEGY
- Searching for information
Step 1: break down into sub-topics
Step 2: What information do you have already (what do you know about topic, what example, access the relevance)
Step 3: What information do you need
Step 4:Develop set of the search terms – synonyms
CRITICALLY EVALUATING, FILTERING & MANAGING INFORMATION
CRITICALLY EVALUATING INFORMATION
6 factors:
4
A. Information & Digital Literacy for University Success
1. Glossary
2. Academic culture
B. Problem-Solving Skills for University Success
C. Critical Thinking Skills for University Success
D. Communication Skills for University Success
E. Academic Skills for University Success: Capstone
F. QUIZ (PRACTICAL QUIZZES, FINNALS)
1
, A. Information & Digital Literacy for University Success
ACADEMIC CULTURE: Brick's definition of academic culture as the attitudes, values, and ways of behaving that are shared by a group of people who work or
study in universities, is a useful one.
Independent learning is the core of value -> the onus for learning is usually on the student
Assessment different in university -> think about the fact and express your opinion
DIGITAL LITERACY
- Work with information using digital tools
- Create information
- Communicate effectively
- Manage digital identify
- Engage with networks to further learning
INFORMATION LITERACY
- Identify an information need
- Access information
- Search for information
- Evaluate information
- Select information
- Use information
- Store information
the most important skills for students to prepare for university: study skill
time management, collaboration, keeping an open mind, questioning, noticing
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
- Honesty
- Trust
- Fairness
- Respect
- responsibly
- within the academic context, in relation to the scholarly work that you produce.
2
,The International Center for Academic Intergrity's five core values can serve as a useful general guide to these core values. These values are honesty,
rust, fairness, respect, responsibility and the courage to act on these values, even in the face of adversity
ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT:
- plagiarism
- self-plagiarism or re-submission
- Cheating
- fabrication or falsification of data or results
- the facilitation of such actions of another student
1. Common infor source
textbooks, course notes, and scholarly journals articles.
TEXTBOOKS
Type: - the broad and basic knowledge of what a subject is about”
- Unproblematic
- Authoritative
Use for: - weekly readings
- Cover specific vocabulary, equations, practice questions, overviews of theories
- Lecturers and tutors will give information when to read them, how to interpret them, and to question it
Intellectual autonomy, critical thought and creativity
Include 3 things: school journal articles, books on specific subjects, chapters in edited books => assumed knowledge, specific, complex vocabulary
CULTURAL RECORD:
- Text we come in contact with on an everyday basis
- Written by anyone
- Aimed at anyone (private, friends, family, acquaintances, general public, etc
- Facebook status, literature (novel, poetry, short stories) films, TV shows, musical compositions and songs, news reports and articles
An article in the Washington Post on the role of the media in the 2016 US Presidential election is part of the __________? => Cultural record
SCHOLARLY RECORD:
- The curated account of past scholarly endeavor
- Written by academics in particular fields
- Aimed at academics or students in the fields
- Textbook, edited non-fiction books, single-author non fiction books, journal articles and state of the art article, research reports, theses, conferences
procedding
QUIZ: Texts that are part of the ‘cultural record’ are aimed at an expert audience. => false
PRIMARY SOURCES SECONDARY SOURCES TERITIARY SOURCES
First hand account Interpretation, analysis or overview Draw upon and summarize primary and secondary
sources
3
, - Auto-biographies - Bibliographies - Databases
- Correspondence - Biographies - Dictionary
- Musical compositions - Books - Encyclopedia
- Photographs - Commentaries - Handbooks
- Scholarly journal articles - Dissertations - Textbooks
- Works of art - Scholarly journal articles - wikipedia
QUIZ:
1. A film review is considered to be a _______ source. => secondary
2. A textbook is considered to be a _______ source. => tertiary
Example:
SCHOLARLY JOURNALS
- Subject specific, academic and periodically published, current research
- Expert authors. Critique work, present new research, peer review process, authoritative and credible, forming part of the web of knowledge
- Scientific or technical articles and humanities articles.
2. ACCESSING INFOR
- Academic studens: Taylor and Francis, JSTOR
- Scientists: SCOPUS
3. SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTING THE SEARCH STRATEGY
- Searching for information
Step 1: break down into sub-topics
Step 2: What information do you have already (what do you know about topic, what example, access the relevance)
Step 3: What information do you need
Step 4:Develop set of the search terms – synonyms
CRITICALLY EVALUATING, FILTERING & MANAGING INFORMATION
CRITICALLY EVALUATING INFORMATION
6 factors:
4
