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Learn more effectively with Study Skills Tutorials
Learn more effectively with Study Skills Tutorials
Here on this page, are a number of blended learning tutorials that have been carefully chosen to help you gain more confidence with the skills you need to study effectively. Blended learning tutorials use a mixture of text, videos, and quizzes to explain a concept more clearly.
You can use the contents on the side to find the skills you are hoping to get better with. Most of these resources use a mixture of audio and video so we recommend the use of headphones.
Study Skills
Study Skills
These blended learning tutorials have been specifically selected by the Library. These are especially useful for students conducting their own online research, and for completing essays.
Click on the images below to access the tutorials - this will open up a new page with the blended learning course on it. Click on "Enter"
Study Skills Videos and Tutorials
Study Skills Videos and Tutorials
Below are a number of short blended learning tutorials, videos, and presentations that will help you with skills that you might want to develop during the course of your study.
Some of these are tutorials from the Blended Learning Consortium
Plan your research with Credo
Plan your research with Credo
One of the Library's key online resources, Credo, has lots of valuable tips for planning your research, and help with writing essays. If you are struggling to get started, or stuck in the middle of researching, their video tutorials are quick and easy to follow. Use your Petroc login to access the resources.
Evaluating Information Online
Evaluating Information Online
When you are looking to use a website as a source for your information, you need to consider whether the information is correct, relevant, or up-to-date. A useful tip to remember is to consider the Five Ws when you look at a source - who, what, where, when, why?
Click here to view an Adobe Spark video that discusses the 5Ws, and how you can critically analyse a source.
A quick video that shows the importance of evaluating websites for reliability
A quick video that helps you investigate and evaluate how reliable a website is
An interactive guide to help you decide whether a source is trustworthy or not
Learn what academic articles are and how these are peer reviewed for quality
Making Notes and Studying
Making Notes and Studying
A blended learning tutorial that shows the different ways of taking notes, and when they are useful
This tutorial looks at how you can read texts effectively depending on their style
For help with improving your ability to listen in classes and when studying alone
Learn more about how memory works and ways you can improve your ability to remember things
Preparing for Exams
Preparing for Exams
How to manage your time when revising and to organise your work space
Learn what might be causing you stress, and how to resolve it
How to pace yourself in an exam, and what to do if you get stuck
Writing Help
Writing Help
This tutorial helps you learn how to understand your question, and plan writing with different techniques
This tutorial covers writing styles, and how to write formally and with plain English for essays
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