School: Academic Pathway Programs

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Learning Skills
  • Unit Code

    UPU0001
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Anna HUEPPAUFF

Description

University students require a broad range of communication, study, digital technology, and independent learning skills. In this unit, students are exposed to learning skills and applications used by tertiary students that will support their study within their UniPrep course and in their future studies. This unit promotes independent and collaborative learning techniques via individual and group learning experiences designed to prepare students for successful undergraduate level study.

Co-Requisite Rule

Must be enrolled in course type 10, 23 or 30

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Use appropriate learning strategies to organise and manage learning in an academic environment.
  2. Use professional communication and teamwork skills for effective participation in small interactive group learning activities.
  3. Deliver an effective oral presentation demonstrating effective use of technology and reflective practice.

Unit Content

  1. Time management strategies.
  2. Digital and information literacy skills for university.
  3. Strategies for learning.
  4. Employability and career planning.
  5. Reflective writing.
  6. Strategies for oral presentations.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not OfferedNot Offered13 x 2 hour lab
Semester 113 x 1 hour lecture13 x 1 hour lecture13 x 1 hour lecture
Semester 113 x 2 hour tutorial13 x 2 hour tutorialNot Offered
Semester 213 x 2 hour lab13 x 2 hour lab13 x 2 hour lab
Semester 213 x 1 hour lecture13 x 1 hour lecture12 x 1 hour lecture
Summer8 x 2 hour labNot Offered8 x 2 hour lab
Summer4 x 1 hour lectureNot Offered8 x 1 hour lecture

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioPortfolio Exercises60%
PresentationReflective Oral Presentation40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioPortfolio Exercises60%
PresentationReflective Oral Presentation40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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School: Academic Pathway Programs

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Learning Skills
  • Unit Code

    UPU0001
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    4
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Anna HUEPPAUFF

Description

University students require a broad range of communication, study, digital technology, and independent learning skills. In this unit, students will learn professional and academic skills that will support their current and future studies. This unit promotes independent and collaborative learning techniques designed to prepare students for successful undergraduate level study.

Co-Requisite Rule

Must be enrolled in course C28 or C72 University Preparation Course

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Organise and manage learning in an academic environment using appropriate strategies and technologies.
  2. Reference using APA style and conventions, focusing on personal responsibility and academic integrity.
  3. Summarise and evaluate academic texts demonstrating academic integrity.
  4. Develop effective oral presentation skills.
  5. Reflect on learning and application of academic and work ready skills to future pathways.

Unit Content

  1. Time management strategies.
  2. Digital and information literacy skills for university.
  3. Strategies for learning.
  4. Employability and career planning.
  5. Reflective practice.
  6. Academic and professional communication skills.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not OfferedNot Offered13 x 2 hour lab
Semester 113 x 1 hour lecture13 x 1 hour lecture13 x 1 hour lecture
Semester 113 x 2 hour tutorial13 x 2 hour tutorialNot Offered
Semester 213 x 2 hour lab13 x 2 hour lab13 x 2 hour lab
Semester 213 x 1 hour lecture13 x 1 hour lecture12 x 1 hour lecture
Summer8 x 2 hour labNot Offered8 x 2 hour lab
Summer4 x 1 hour lectureNot Offered8 x 1 hour lecture

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioPortfolio Exercises60%
PresentationReflective Oral Presentation40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioPortfolio Exercises60%
PresentationReflective Oral Presentation40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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