1. Study Skills for Higher Education Week 1 Lecture

2. Sanjiv Udash  Faculty Manger for IT  Course Leader for BSc IT.  Course Leader for MSc IT. sanjiv.udash@islingtoncollege.edu.np

3. Why Study Skills? “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat. “I don’t much care where –” said Alice. “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go.”

4. Do you know where you’re going? Where do you see yourself in a year, five years – and perhaps ten years down the road? From my personal experience, it’s true – if you don’t know where you want to get to, it doesn’t matter which way you go. If you have hopes and dreams you’re chasing, but aren’t sure which way to go – perhaps study skills will help you figure that out, and help you get there.

5. What do employers look for? 4 broad skill areas (Alsbury, 2005) Skill AreaDescriptionExample SpecialistYou are an expert at something Programming, teaching GeneralistGeneric business skills and knowledge Communication and IT skills ConnectedYou are a good team playerNegotiation skills, leadership Self-reliantAbility to work aloneAction planning, time management

6. Role of Personal Development Planning (PDP) So subject (specialist) knowledge and skills are only one part of securing employment in a particular field (if that is your aim) Personal development planning as part of your studies will help you to identify the specialist, generalist, teamwork and self-reliance skills, attributes and knowledge you currently have and those you ’ d like to develop further to achieve your goals (whatever they may be)

7. Skills, attributes, knowledge Study skills for higher education Personal attributes People skills Specialist/technical skills and knowledge Your studies at Islington College will support the development of all of the above and help you see the bigger picture.

8. ‘Zoom’ by Istvan Banyai

37. Self-evaluation Seminar Activity Complete short self-evaluation - What do I want from college?

38. Personal Goals What do these priorities suggest to you now about how you could best use your time at college? What do you need to work on to achieve those goals - personal development planning

39. “Online Studies” Academic Year 2014

40. Agenda Preparing for online studies The self study challenge…Studying differently and independently!

41. FTP Server Username: student Password: islington55

44. eBook

45. Academia

46. YouTube Education

47. What is Plagiarism? Many people think of plagiarism as copying another's work or borrowing someone else's original ideas. But terms like "copying" and "borrowing" can disguise the seriousness of the offense: ACCORDING TO THE MERRIAM-WEBSTER ONLINE DICTIONARY, TO "PLAGIARIZE" MEANS to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own to use (another's production) without crediting the source to commit literary theft to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source In other words, plagiarism is an act of fraud. It involves both stealing someone else's work and lying about it afterward

48. But can words and ideas really be stolen? According to U.S. law, the answer is yes. The expression of original ideas is considered intellectual property and is protected by copyright laws, just like original inventions. Almost all forms of expression fall under copyright protection as long as they are recorded in some way (such as a book or a computer file).

49. All of the following are considered plagiarism: turning in someone else's work as your own copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit failing to put a quotation in quotation marks giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not (see our section on "fair use" rules)

50. Referencing To support an argument, to make a claim or to provide ‘evidence’ To acknowledge other peoples’ ideas or work correctly To show evidence of the breadth and depth of your reading To avoid plagiarism (i.e. to take other peoples’ thoughts, ideas or writings and use them as your own) To allow the reader of your work to locate the cited references easily, and so evaluate your interpretation of those ideas To avoid losing marks!

51. Reference list Vs Bibliography All the items you have made direct reference to in your essay (by the authors’ name and year of publication). Material that has been helpful for reading around the subject but from which you do not make specific reference to in your work. Confusingly some people call the ‘reference list’ the ‘bibliography’ (and only use one list). No one is right or wrong in doing either, often institutional convention will determine some aspects of style.

52. Types of Plagiarism Clone – Submitting another’s work, word-for-word, as own Hybrid – Combines perfectly cited sources with copied passages without citation Ctrl-C – Contains significant portions of text from a single source without alterations Mashup – Mixes copied material from multiple sources Find/Replace – Changing key words and phrases but retaining the essential content of the source 404 Error – Includes citations to non-existent or inaccurate information about sources Aggregator – Includes proper citation to sources but the paper contains almost no original work Re-tweet – Includes proper citation, but relies too closely on the text’s original wording and/or structure

53. How to present referred material? You present material in two main ways: 1.Paraphrasing or summarizing text Most common way to use material. Putting the ideas into your own words and then stating where that information came from 2.Quoting material directly from its source Word for word as it was in its original form. Not to be used often. Use quotations only when you have to use the text in its original form or for presenting a longer quote which you use to highlight and expand on ideas or issues in your essay.

54. How to cite authors? The Harvard System (sometimes called the ‘name and date system’) Incorporated into the text of your work each time you make reference to that person’s ideas. This principle applies to any item that you need to reference regardless of what it is or where it comes from – you need to find the author and date of publication. Author/originators can be individuals or ‘corporate’. The author and date then become part of the text of your essay. Surname(s) only are used; initials are not included. Names can be used as part of the sentence or placed in brackets with the year following.

55. Example There are many factors relating to individuals perceived body image. Jones (1993) has suggested that body image is related to self-esteem.... some commentators suggest that body image is related to self-esteem (Jones, 1993), others believe a more complex relationship exists... (Philips, 1995; Norton, 1999) Knowles et al. (1991) showed that polymer...

56. How do I use quotations? E.g.... whilst it is possible that ‘poor parenting has little effect on primary educational development it more profoundly affects secondary or higher educational achievement’ (Healey, 1993, p.22) E.g. It was just a fragment, no more than 30 seconds: The Euston Road, hansoms, horse drawn trams, passers-by glancing at the camera but hurrying by without the fascination or recognition that came later. It looked like a still photograph, and had the superb picture quality found in expert work of the period, but this photograph moved! Walkley (1995, p.83).

57. What will the reference list look like? Everything you cite in your essay will be listed once alphabetically by author (or originator) and subdivided by year and letter, if necessary. E.g. Adams, P. J. (1995) Mill workers in Lancashire 1845-1875. London: Cambridge University Press. Knowles, D. (1989) The way forward: historical change and revisionism. Cambridge: Harvester Press. Salcey, B. (1996) Changes in history. The Guardian. 21st June. p9. Wilkins, R., Menzies, A., Wilder, B. and Priestley, S. (1993) Unearthing the evidence. Derby: Derbyshire Historical Society.

58. Is an editor cited like an author? Yes. But make sure that it is the editor you are citing as the originator of the text, not one of the chapter writers In the reference list you should indicate editorship by using one of the following abbreviations: Smith, L. (ed.) (1987) Statistics for engineers. London: Helman. Or: Smith, L. and Pearson, D. T. (eds.) Solving problems with algebra. Aberdeen: Falmer.

59. What do I do if I can’t find a named person? Have to use a corporate author Corporate authors can be: 1.Government bodies 2.Companies 3.Professional bodies 4.Clubs or societies 5.International organizations E.g. Institute of Waste Management (1995) Ways to improve recycling. Northampton: Institute of Waste Management.

60. How to distinguish between two items by the same author in the same year To distinguish between different articles, letters (a, b, c, etc.) are used with the date in the text: E.g....Johnson (1991a) has progressed both experimental and practical aspects of software technology to the point where they provide a serious challenge to Pacific Belt dominance (Johnson, 1991b)…

61. What to do if details are not given? A series of abbreviations can be used and are generally accepted for this purpose: author/corporate author not givenuse [Anon.] no dateuse [n.d.] no place (sine loco)use [s.l.] no publisher (sine nomine)use [s.n.] not knownuse [n.k.]

62. Example: Book Author/editor surname, initials. (Year) Title. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher. E.g. Orem, D. E. (1991) Nursing: concepts of practice. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby-Year Book. Note: The title is in italics The date is the year of publication not printing. The edition is only mentioned if other than the first. The place of publication is the City not the Country (normally the first stated). Authors’ names can be in all capitals or first letter capital then lower case.

63. Example: E-Book Author, initials. (Year) Title [online]. Place of publication: Publisher. Available from: URL. [Accessed date]. E.g. Hutcheon, L. (2002) Politics of postmodernism [online]. London: Routledge. Available from: http://reader.eblib.com/Reader.aspx?p=181639&o [Accessed: 3 rd August 2009].

64. Example: World Wide Web Author/editor, initials. (Year) Title [online]. (Edition). Place of publication: Publisher (if ascertainable). Available from: URL [Accessed date]. E.g. British Nutrition Foundation (2003) Healthy eating: a whole diet approach [online] London: British Nutrition Foundation. Available from: http://www.nutrition.org.uk/home.asp?siteId=43&sectionId=32 5&subSectionId=320&parentSection=299&which=1 [Accessed 11 th August 2005].

65. Example: Youtube Screen name. Year. Title. [online]. Available from: URL. [Accessed date]. E.g. Leelefever. 2008. Podcasting in plain English. [online]. Available from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y- MSL42NV3c [Accessed 3 July 2008].

66. References Alsbury, J. (2005) Identify Your Skills; Available online: http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/student- services/careers/current/becomemoreemployable/iys.cfm [accessed 25th Sept 2006] Carroll J. (2002) A Handbook for Detering Plagiarism in Higher Education, The Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development, Oxford. Cottrell S, (2003), The Study Skills Handbook., Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 1-4039-1135-5 Centre for academic practices (CfAP), University of Northampton.

67. References iParadigms LLC (2013) [online] Available from: http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/overview/ (Accessed on 5th Jan 2014) http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/overview/ Kolb, D.A., (1984) Experiential Learning in experience as the source of learning and development. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice Hall. Pickard J. (2003) The HLS “rules of the game” guide, Centre for Healthcare Education, University College Northampton. Race, P. (1993) Never Mind the Teaching - Feel the Learning. SEDA Paper No.80: SEDA Publications, Birmingham. Ramsden, P. (1992) Learning to teach in Higher Education. New York. Routledge.

68. Referencing Guide Questions & Answers The Harvard System Produced by Information Services 3 rd Edition, 2009.