Monash College Unit Guide

LEARNING STUDIES (MCD1510)

Purpose

This unit is designed to enable learners to understand their preferred style of learning and to develop a repertoire of thinking tools and management strategies.

Prerequisites

Nil

Learning outcomes

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

1. Identify and develop their preferred and most effective learning styles
2. Demonstrate an understanding of critical and creative thinking skills and appropriately use strategies of critical and creative thinking
3. In an effective way, organise their time, balance their commitments and manage their personal health and wellbeing
4. Locate and identify community and university services and resources related to wellbeing
5. Recognise various writing genre and demonstrate an ability to write reports, essays etc
6. Using Harvard referencing techniques, identify and evaluate relevant academic sources and effectively analyse and summarise academic texts and journals
7. Differentiate between memorising and paraphrasing text
8. Take effective and relevant notes and study independently
9. Understand examination techniques and analyse techniques required in different assessment tasks
10. Effectively and critically use technology in the process of learning

Assessment

Development and maintenance of an e-learning portfolio: 60%

Application of the skills taught in this unit to various assessment tasks in other units: 40%

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