Learning skills modules
These modules will help you build the skills you need to succeed in university study, and are available to all undergraduate and postgraduate OUA students. Once you have commenced your studies you will be able to activate the units from your Active units list (My OUA > Manage your study > Active units).
The Quick skills modules are:
- An Introduction to Project Managing your Study
Manage your studies by developing project management skills and techniques. By learning project management skills and strategies and applying them to your study, you will improve your effectiveness and efficiency. You will also build the ability to meet your study requirements while maintaining other activities and interests. - Setting Study Goals and Objectives
Your study goals will influence your choice of units and how you approach your studies, so before you encounter the objectives your teachers have for your study, it is important to be clear about your own study goals or reasons for study. This module is designed to help you identify and clarify both your long-term goals and your goals for any unit of study you undertake. This module will help you define meaningful study goals and turn these goals into specific, actionable and achievable objectives. - Managing Risks and Optimising Potential
What risks are there to you achieving your study goals? What potential do you have for a successful outcome to your study? This module will help you identify and assess the risks you face and the potential you have to successfully achieve your study goals. It will help you develop a management plan to minimise the risks and capitalise on your potential. - Getting to Know your Study Materials
This module provides strategies to help you preview and analyse a unit’s study materials. It will help you identify the important information in a unit study guide, obtain an overview of the content you are expected to learn, and clarify what is expected of you. Previewing your unit resources, before you actually begin studying, will help you relate the unit's objectives and expectations to your own study goals. - Scheduling Tasks and Time
This module provides you with strategies to plot the milestones you need to achieve as you progress through a Study Period. The milestones you set while studying a unit might be the due dates for assignment submissions, the final examinations and any other targets you set yourself. This module will help you identify and sequence the key tasks required to complete assignments and then estimate the time it will take to complete each. - Prepare for and Sitting Exams
Exams are the final milestone you need to reach and pass to achieve your goal of successfully completing a unit of study. How you go about preparing for exams and what you actually do in the exam situation are skills that you can learn and use. This module will help you develop techniques for preparation and taking exams that will help you address exam anxiety and improve your exam performance.
