SSK12 Unit Aims and Objectives
The unit has the following broad aims: to develop students skills as university learners by integrating their practice of generic skills with a study of concepts that are relevant to several disciplines, and to inform students understanding of themselves as learners within their university studies generally, as well as within their chosen disciplines. On successful […]
Gatton Uni
I’ve been meaning to write about my visit to the local university on the recent open day, Sunday 27th August. My primary objective was to find out whether I could do my OUA exams on the campus there. I also wanted to satisfy my curiousity about the place, which I’ve driven past countless times on […]
Let the log commence!
Almost at the end of the first week of my first university course – Introduction to University Learning. I’ve been reading through the study materials and gradually getting a handle on what I need to submit for my first assessment, due in four weeks. One of the tasks is to create a learning log, split […]
Glorious Green
We’ve had some lovely rain over the past week – amongst one of the driest years in memory, water restrictions all over the state. Everything in my garden looks so clean and refreshed, and green. The grass.. well in the parts where grass still grows, it is green. Islands of green! Everyone talks about the […]
Miami Vice
Jo and I went up to Toowoomba today, not planning to see a movie but it happened anyway! We went to a couple of shopping centres and found Father’s Day gifts for Dad.. then to stop Jo from buying out every book store we had a look to see what was on at the cinema […]
Let the studying commence!
Today course materials arrived for my first unit of study – Introduction to University Learning. This is a prep course designed to help students who are new to tertiary study and covers things like research, study techniques, writing techniques and exam preparation. My first assignments are due at the end of September, with a final […]