Notetaking

Metadata describing this Open University video programme
Series:	Improve your study skills and academic practice; Series 2018
Episode	3
Recording date:	22-01-2018
Published:	2018
Rights Statement:	Rights owned or controlled by The Open University
Restrictions on use:	This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all Digital Archive web pages.
Duration:	00:23:49
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Presenter:	Karen Foley
Contributor:	Suzanne Newcombe
Publisher:	The Open University
Link to related site:	Internal url: http://studenthublive.open.ac.uk/abstract/notetaking?event=Improve%20your%20study%20skills%20and%20academic%20practice%20%2822nd%20January%29
Production number:	SHL00266
Available to public:	yes

Note-taking
Highlighting and writing out large chunks of text verbatim and copying diagrams are... familiar note-taking actions, but are they the best use of time and resource? In this session Suzanne talks about identifying important aspects of text and non-text and we discuss how effective note-taking enables us to translate material into a meaningful context.

The importance of writing in your own words
Ellen Heeley and Claire Rostron are both OU academics, tutors and academic conduct ...officers in the STEM faculty. They will discuss why it’s important to write in your own words to show your own understanding when completing your OU assignments. They’ve spent a lot of time working on possible plagiarism cases on STEM modules, investigating how the cases have arisen, and trying to work with the students involved to ensure they can work with academic integrity as they move forward in their stud

Referencing and common knowledge
Jenny will be talking about the importance of good academic practice from her persp...ective as an Academic Conduct Officer. She will explore what is meant by the term ‘common knowledge’, how to judge whether something is common knowledge or not, and use examples of cases where students have had problems with acknowledging sources. Jenny will then explain the importance of referencing in assignments, so that a reader can tell what has been written by a student and what has been copied from ot

Reading
There’s no getting away from the fact that studying involves a lot of reading, bu...t there are strategies you can learn that can make reading a much more active process. In this session Azumah Dennis talks us through some of the reading techniques and we discuss when they may be appropriate. This session will also include strategies for reading both on and offline. This session is also used in (re)Fresher's and Orientation [2018] and (re) Orientation Induction [2019].

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