Are you ready for postgraduate study?: Online Course from OpenLearn

This free course, Are you ready for postgraduate study, will help you to become familiar with the requirements and demands of postgraduate study and ensure you are ready to develop the skills and ...

Syllabus

- Session1Session 1: Identifying skills needed for postgraduate study
- Introduction
- 1 Communication
- 1.1 Asynchronous versus synchronous communication
- 2 Keeping a learning journal
- 3 Note-taking
- 3.1 Comparison of note-taking techniques
- 3.2 Choosing a note-taking technique
- 3.3 Further reading
- 4 Identifying skill needs
- 4.1 Time management
- 4.2 Transferable Skills
- 4.3 Communication
- 4.4 Collaboration and group working
- 4.5 Academic writing and reading
- 4.6 Searching literature and evaluating content
- 4.7 Critical thinking
- 4.8 Keeping up to date with your subject
- 5 Summary
- References
- Further reading
- Acknowledgements
- Session2Session 2: Developing good academic practice
- Introduction
- 1 What is meant by good academic practice?
- 2 What is meant by academic integrity?
- 3 Acknowledging sources and using academic conventions
- 3.1 Developing your understanding of OU Harvard style
- 3.2 A quick guide to citations and references in OU Harvard style
- 4 Why is good academic practice important?
- 5 Reflection
- 6 Academic writing
- 6.1 An approach to academic writing
- 6.1.1 Prewriting and planning
- 6.1.2 Drafting
- 6.1.3 Reflection
- 6.1.4 Completing the academic writing process
- 6.2 Academic writing summary
- Example: Avoiding plagiarism
- 7 Summary
- References
- Acknowledgements
- Session3Session 3: Searching for and evaluating academic literature
- Introduction
- 1 Searching for academic literature
- 1.1 Where to search?
- 1.2 Simple searching using Google
- 1.3 Thinking about advanced searches
- 1.4 What to do Google Scholar results tell you?
- 1.5 The Open University library
- 2 Evaluating academic literature
- 2.1 Evaluating the usefulness of search results
- 2.2 Reading sequences and patterns
- 2.3 Peer review
- 2.4 Assessing validity using PROMPT
- 2.5 Evaluating content
- 3 Summary
- References
- Acknowledgements
- Session4Session 4: Applying critical thinking to your subject area
- Introduction
- 1 Critical reading
- 2 Critical writing
- 3 Summary
- References
- Acknowledgements
- Session5Session 5: Using reflective practice to improve your work and study
- Introduction
- 1 More on learning journals
- 2 Theories of reflective practice
- 2.1 Experiential learning
- 2.2 Learning styles
- 2.3 Reflective learning
- 3 Reflecting on your reflection
- 3.1 Reflective practice
- 3.2 Sharing experiences of reflection
- 3.3 Team-based reflection
- 4 Using reflection to make choices about postgraduate study
- 5 Summary
- References
- Acknowledgements

Are you ready for postgraduate study?

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