Education 2.0 & 3.0

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Taking notes in lectures
Learning objectives
This module will help you to:
develop strategies for taking notes in lectures. These are:

- choosing key words, phrases and concepts in lectures to be included in notes
- using basic note-taking symbols and abbreviations
- visually representing the relationship between ideas and the relative importance of information
- review your lecture notes systematically
    
Taking notes in lectures
      
Academic writing
Learning objectives
This module will help you to:

- understand some differences between spoken and written language, and the importance of these differences for academic writing
- gain insights into why academic writing is typically abstract and complex. In other words, learn about:
- the influence of Greek and Latin on academic vocabulary
- the predominance of complex noun phrases
- the concept of abstraction and how this is realised grammatically
- understand formal academic style
- learn how opinions and evaluations are expressed in academic writing