Developing good academic practice

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Developing good academic practice provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 5 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

Overview
  • This free course, Developing good academic practice, is intended to help you develop good academic practices in your studies and when producing assignments and completing assessments. Although ...

Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • Learning outcomes
    • 1 What is good academic practice?
    • 1 What is good academic practice?
    • 1.1 Good academic practice
    • 1.2 Demonstrating your academic abilities
    • 1.3 Reproducing someone else’s words
    • 1.4 Inappropriate academic practice
    • 1.5 When does poor academic practice become a major problem?
    • 1.6 Summary
    • 1.7 Quiz
    • 2 Writing in your own words
    • 2 Writing in your own words
    • 2.1 What do we mean by ‘writing in your own words’?
    • 2.2 Quiz
    • 3 Collaboration versus collusion
    • 3 Collaboration versus collusion
    • 3.1 Good collaborative practices
    • 3.2 What is collusion?
    • 3.3 Using extracts from spoken and online discussions
    • 3.4 Collaborative group answers
    • 3.5 Quiz
    • 4 Common knowledge
    • 4 Common knowledge
    • 4.1 General examples
    • 4.2 Subject-specific examples
    • 4.2.1 Arts
    • 4.2.2 Health and Social Care
    • 4.2.3 Maths, Computing and Technology
    • 4.2.4 Science
    • 4.2.5 Social Sciences
    • 4.3 Quiz
    • 5 Referencing
    • 5 Referencing
    • 5.1 Why should you cite references?
    • 5.2 Alphabetical referencing
    • 5.3 Numerical referencing
    • 5.4 Quoting
    • 5.5 Quiz
    • 6 Why do students plagiarise?
    • 6 Why do students plagiarise?
    • 6.1 Common problems
    • 6.2 Quiz
    • 7 Test your understanding of good academic practices
    • 7 Test your understanding of good academic practices
    • Conclusion
    • Acknowledgements