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Developing good academic practice

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This course introduces good academic practice, including paraphrasing, collaboration, recognizing common knowledge, referencing, quoting, and understanding why students plagiarise. It also explains how poor academic practice can become a serious problem.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 What is good academic practice?
  • 1 What is good academic practice?
  • 1.1 Good academic practice
  • 1.2 Demonstrating your academic abilities
  • 1.3 Reproducing someone else’s words
  • 1.4 Inappropriate academic practice
  • 1.5 When does poor academic practice become a major problem?
  • 1.6 Summary
  • 1.7 Quiz
  • 2 Writing in your own words
  • 2 Writing in your own words
  • 2.1 What do we mean by ‘writing in your own words’?
  • 2.2 Quiz
  • 3 Collaboration versus collusion
  • 3 Collaboration versus collusion
  • 3.1 Good collaborative practices
  • 3.2 What is collusion?
  • 3.3 Using extracts from spoken and online discussions
  • 3.4 Collaborative group answers
  • 3.5 Quiz
  • 4 Common knowledge
  • 4 Common knowledge
  • 4.1 General examples
  • 4.2 Subject-specific examples
  • 4.2.1 Arts
  • 4.2.2 Health and Social Care
  • 4.2.3 Maths, Computing and Technology
  • 4.2.4 Science
  • 4.2.5 Social Sciences
  • 4.3 Quiz
  • 5 Referencing
  • 5 Referencing
  • 5.1 Why should you cite references?
  • 5.2 Alphabetical referencing
  • 5.3 Numerical referencing
  • 5.4 Quoting
  • 5.5 Quiz
  • 6 Why do students plagiarise?
  • 6 Why do students plagiarise?
  • 6.1 Common problems
  • 6.2 Quiz
  • 7 Test your understanding of good academic practices
  • 7 Test your understanding of good academic practices
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements

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