BUS003: Identify and explain the key resources available to facilitate own learning and study and reflect on the development: Developing Academic Skills Assignment, Arden University, UK

Learning Outcomes:

1. Identify and explain the key resources available to facilitate own learning and study and reflect on the development of personal academic skills
2. Apply time management techniques to study planning
3. Identify, summarise, and evaluate credible information from a range of different academic sources
4. Explain and demonstrate how to avoid plagiarism through correct referencing

Task One: 

A) Demonstrate your time management skills by creating a timetable for study
during this module. In your timetable highlight your work commitments, family
time, study time, and recreational time.
B) Write a reflection on how you managed your time, utilizing the timetable and
using Pomodoro or Eisenhower to manage your study. Use Gibb’s model to
structure your reflection

Task Two: 

A) Identify 4 key resources that you have used to support your study during this
module. Explain how you used each resource in your studies.
B) Write a reflection on the development of your academic skills during this
module. For example, writing skills, referencing skills, researching skills, and
summarising skills. Use Gibb’s model to structure your reflection.

Task Three:

A) Find a book online using Perlego on the topic of Academic Integrity,
plagiarism, and referencing. Summarise the key points using the Cornell note-taking method. State the full reference of the book, demonstrate your note-taking and then give a summary of the source in terms
of its credibility.
B) Find a newspaper article or website online on the topic of Academic Integrity, plagiarism, and referencing. Summarise the key points using a mind map note-taking method. State the full reference of the book demonstrate your note-taking and then give a summary of the source in terms
of its credibility.

Task Four: 

A) Explain what is meant by plagiarism and academic integrity.
B) Produce an ‘at a glance’ leaflet that gives examples and explanations on how to produce a reference list using AU Harvard referencing. Include examples on how to insert in-text citations and direct quotations.

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