Module manager: Nadine Cavigioli
Email: n.m.cavigioli@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2023/24
This module is not approved as a discovery module
This module is designed to support the development of academic skills in your study within Learning and Teaching. It will address areas such as academic and reflective writing, referencing and research skills, drawing on the elements most appropriate to study on your course and for future practice.
To enable students to develop the academic skills necessary for successful independent learning
On successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
1. Undertake critical analysis of a range of texts
2. Use appropriate academic conventions in their own writing
3. Identify techniques and strategies to build personal confidence
4. Draw on a range of theories on reflective writing and apply them in practice
5. Evaluate digital learning tools and platforms
6. Identify and evaluate issues of equality and diversity in educational contexts
Communication Skills
Reflective Skills
As part of this module, students will develop a range of digital literacy skills. Further details are provided in the module handbook
The content will cover such areas as:
- study skills
- using University resources and systems to access and store information
- referencing and academic integrity
- confidence in academic and professional practice
- critical thinking and reflective writing
- creating digital artefacts to support learning
- exploring intellectual property and internet privacy
- equality and diversity in educational spaces
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seminar | Delivery type 10 | Number 2 | Length hours 20 |
| Independent online learning hours | Delivery type 70 | ||
| Private study hours | Delivery type 110 | ||
| Total Contact hours | Delivery type 20 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | Delivery type 200 | ||
Independent on-line learning
VLE exercises 40 hours
Private Study
Preparing and writing assignments 40 hours
Reading 50 hours
Students will be required to produce a series of exercises which will form the basis of their portfolio. Students will be encouraged to use the online materials in the VLE and will be required to engage with online skills materials, e.g. skills@library.
There will be ongoing monitoring of student progress throughout the module during seminar sessions and via formative feedback on the exercises for the portfolio. Tutors will be available via email and telephone.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Assessment type Portfolio | Notes 3,500 words equivalent | % of formal assessment 100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | Assessment type 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 28/04/2023
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