UO Critical Approaches to Online Learning

Course aim

The aim of this course is to prepare UniSA Online students for successful online study through the development of knowledge, skills and affective qualities that promote success in higher education.

Course content

This course is designed to prepare students for success in the UniSA Online learning environment. Students will investigate a topic related to the future challenges of their discipline area, which will help to prepare for further study and graduate careers. Students will learn how to summarise academic articles, critically analyse texts, generate ideas, interpret data, find images and other supporting material for academic studies, write a report, demonstrate academic integrity and reference sources of information. The course will introduce many relevant digital tools and explore how these can be used to conduct research, complete online assessments and more. The skills and approaches learned throughout this course will help prepare students for success in undergraduate programs.

Textbooks

Nil

Prerequisites

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching Method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, ONLINE ACTIVITY
Online	10 weeks x N/A

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Annotated bibliography, Reflection, Report, Summary, Test/Quiz

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4C)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation