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 Get t ing St ar t ed
Learning Objective
To introduce some of the most essential
literacy skills that students need to practice
and master throughout their studies in a
tertiary environment.
Learning Outcome
Students will increase awareness of:
1. Time Management
2. Information Technology (IT)Literacy
3. Information Literacy
4. Academic Literacy – main features
5. How to Play the Game by the Rules in MQ
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 1. Time Management Lit eracy
University Workload Calculation.
 12 credit points (4 courses) x 3 =36 hours/week
(excluding weekly lecturers and tutorials, i.e. 4
hours)
 It’s a F U L L -T I M E job!

Effective Time Management

 Semester Planner (Yearly wall chart, Excel calendar,
personalised calendar)
 Weekly Planner (mobile phone, MQ free diary, Excel
calendar)
 Contacts List (mobile phone, emails, phone
numbers, bookmarks)
 To-do List ( scrap of paper, diary, iPhone or mobile
phone, email)
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 iPhone personal organiser (set reminder alarms for
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Subject 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
/ Week
LING210 Tut Assign Pape Exam
10% 20% r 30%
40%
SOC130 Short Sho Essa Exam
15% rt y 20%
15 40% Tut
% 10%
ACC210 Report Prese Exa
30% n m
20% 50%
IEC100 Pape Prese Long Exa
r n Essa m
20% Grou y 30%
p 30%
20%

Other Film Sport AGM Visits

activities Meet

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 2. I nfor mat ion Technology (I T)
Lit eracy
Blackboard Units – MQ VLM (Virtual
Learning Management)
http://learn.mq.edu.au
iLectures – audio & visual support
http://learn.mq.edu.au
University email – check it frequently
(remember the university and other units
may not have your personal email,
normally is:
firstname.familyname@students.mq.edu.au
)
5 Wikis, Blogs – set up for group projects and
virtual conferencing and share information
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Others software skills, e.g. Excel,
PowerPoint and lots more (downloadable
from Student Portal, follow instructions
https://my.mq.edu.au/)
Some tutorial training offered. See inside
the Student Portal to see what is currently
being offered.
Go to page for handy information for fact-findin
https://www.library.mq.edu.au/research/useful-link

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 3. I nfor mat ion Lit eracy
Library – the Central Hub of Information
 http://lib.mq.edu.au
 E-reserve Course Materials
 Past Exam Papers (not all courses)
 How to Research for an Assignment – step by step
guide
 Catalogues
 Databases
 Lib Guides http://libguides.mq.edu.au/home
 Subject Liaison Librarians
 Referencing Guides, e.g. Harvard, APA, Chicago,
Vancouver
 Online & Face-to-Face Tutorials e.g. Excel, Endnote
referencing software
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 iResearch by University of Sydney – interactive
 4. Academic Lit eracy – some Main
Feat ur es
Researching
v Print and non-print e.g. E-resources (MQ library
http://lib.mq.edu.au)
v Databases http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/databases/
v Boolean Operators to narrow and widen search

http://www.kent.ac.uk/library/subjects/downloads/boolean.pdf
v Subject Liaison Librarians
http://www.library.mq.edu.au/help/liaison.php
v Lib Guide http://libguides.mq.edu.au/home

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Reading & Making Notes
 Understanding, reconstructing NOT copying
 Active Reading
 Make notes to your own list of questions
 Note Taking
 Cornell Note-taking System, Linear, Pyramid
(S4SC)
 Use a Reading Log
 Skills 4 Study Campus interactive eLearning
resource: self-register via
http://www.mq.edu.au/first-year/skills/ Module in
‘Reading & Note taking’

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Writing – Planning ,Drafting, Editing
 Skills 4 Study Campus interactive eLearning
resource: self-register via
http://www.mq.edu.au/first-year/skills/ Module in
‘Writing Skills’
 5-Week Writing Program (free and non-credit
bearing)
(Courses run from Week 5 to Week
9 of Semester 1 & 2) www.ling.mq.edu.au/support/writing_skills/
 Referencing Styles e.g. Harvard, APA, Footnoting
systems, Law (see SSU homepage for quick
references or the library’s Referencing Guides)
http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/research/referencing.html
 Bibliographic Referencing Software
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 5. Rules of t he Game ...
Preparing in Advance
 Review Semester Planner
 4- weeks in advance ( more for bigger projects, esp.
Group assignments)
 Researching time, getting & photocopying relevant
materials, reading time, synthesizing time,
construction your own arguments, proofreading
 Book individual consultations in advance of handing
in assignments
Knowing How you are Assessed
 Assessment Criteria/Rubrics (gleam from your Unit
Guide/Outline)
 10-15 references for 2000 word Essay
 10 references for 1500 Essays
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 What sorts of Assessment are you required, refer
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Critical Thinking & Writing
 Bloom’s Taxonomy – Higher order Cognitive Skills
 What is Critical Thinking? Go to the Critical Thinking
Skills module in S4SC and take the diagnostic test to
see how much you know
 Avoid Plagiarism
o University Academic Dishonesty Policy
http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty
o Study Skills Workshop - Critical Reading
workshop (weeks 2&3) and Critical Thinking
Skills workshop (week 5)

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 5. contd. BL OOM ’S TAXONOM Y
H ighly-pr ized
skill
(better mar k s)

Lower
mar ks

U sing higher -or der cognitive sk ills

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Univer sity students ar e …
v I ndependent Lear ner s
v Cr itical Thinker s
v Active L ear ner s

On a scale of 1-5, one is the lowest and five is the highest

(ver y much)
1. R ate how much of an independent lear ner you ar e.
2. R ate how much of a cr itical thinker you ar e.
3. R ate how much of an active lear ner you ar e.

N ow, set some per sonal goals to tr y t o incr ease your ow n

per sonal r ating… 6 is alw ays mor e then 5!
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 APA vs. Har vard Refer encing
spot t he differ ences!
Book
Comfort, A. (1997). A good age. London, UK:
Mitchell Beazley. (APA)
Comfort, A 1997, A good age, Mitchell Beazley,
London,UK. (Harvard)
Journal
Morberg, S. & Delive, L. (2009). The
perception of head nurses in developing
school. J our nal of Nursi ng M anagement, 17(7),
813-821. (APA)
Morberg, S & Delive, L 2009, ‘The perception
of head nurses in developing school’, J our nal
18 of Nursi ng M anagement, vol.7, no.3, pp284-
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