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Developing skills for distance learning / [writing team, David Murphy ... [et al.]].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Distance education--China--Hong Kong.
- Distance education.
- Open learning--China--Hong Kong.
- Open learning.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (85 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong : Open University of Hong Kong Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction""; ""Lifelong learning""; ""Open learning""; ""Distance education""; ""The learning environment""; ""Chapter 2 Organizing your study""; ""Getting ready for study""; ""Creating a positive study environment""; ""Managing your time""; ""Staying motivated""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 3 Making the most of learning support""; ""Tutorials and tutors""; ""Laboratory sessions, field trips, day schools, surgeries and lectures""; ""Being part of a study group""; ""Using email for learning support""; ""Discussion boards""; ""Summary""
- ""Chapter 4 Reading and note-taking""""Reading""; ""Note-taking""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 5 Searching for and organizing information""; ""Step 1: planning your search""; ""Step 2: conducting your search""; ""Step 3: evaluating resources""; ""Step 4: organizing and citing your sources""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 6 Academic writing""; ""Planning an essay""; ""Preparation for writing""; ""Developing an outline""; ""Drafting""; ""Writing an introduction""; ""Developing the main content""; ""Concluding an essay""; ""Adding quotations and references to your essay""; ""Summary""
- ""Chapter 7 Assessment""""Self-assessment""; ""Continuous assessment""; ""The final examination""; ""Summary""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 962-7707-77-5
- OCLC:
- 694146397
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