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e-Learning Courses
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Awareness of New Media_13 years & above |
Ever heard about blogs, wikis, RSS, podcasts and vodcasts? You may or may not, but collectively these are known as New Media tools. Did you know that you can use them for your project work? New Media tools are rich sources of information and content as people around the world create and publish content on Web 2.0. This course provides you with an insight into five of the essential tools you might want to consider for your project work. Understand more about the what, why, when, where, and how such tools can jazz up your project. This course also addresses the critical question of how to evaluate information on new media tools.
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Cite it Right to Avoid Plagiarism |
Academic integrity is becoming very important today as students use the Internet as their first stop for information and research. Students Google it, then 'copy and paste' not realising that this constitutes plagiarism and could result in them failing.
This is an intervention course that introduces students to the dangers of plagiarism and teaches them ways and techniques to avoid plagiarism such as note-taking, paraphrasing, and citation. Students will learn the two commonly used citation styles, MLA and APA. Hands-on practice activities are provided throughout this course to engage the learner.
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Internet Searching Made Easy for Kids |
Learn how to search the Internet in a fun and interactive manner. More than simply typing keywords to search, this course is designed specially for children to help them use better methods to navigate the Internet to find relevant websites and information for their studies and project work. It will provide tips and tools to narrow down search results and save a lot of time in information searching.
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Responsible Blogging - Awareness |
Today many students have blogs and are active participant in the blogosphere. How many students are aware of the importance of blogging responsibly? How do you stay safe online? What are some of the guidelines for responsible blogging? Using scenarios, this course will immerse learners into the ethics and etiquette associated with blogging, especially in schools. Apart from students, educators too, will find this course useful for guiding their students in maintaining and managing blogs. By the end of this course, learners will be more informed about what constitutes responsible blogging.
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Project Work Series: Smart Internet Searching Skills |
The Internet contains a lot of information that may be useful for your project work. However, trying to find the information you want may not be so simple as typing in a few keywords. It can be very time-consuming and even frustrating to sieve through the thousands of search results to find what you need.
Learn the skills and strategies to make your next Internet search a rewarding and fruitful endeavor!
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Project Work Series: Smart Planning |
Students often feel challenged when give a project topic, not knowing how to begin. This course helps students learn how to plan, manage their time, work in groups and get started on their project. Project Work Series: Smart planning is essential for the success of any Project Work, enabling the students to carry out their Project Work with greater confidence.
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Project Work Series: Smart Presentations |
Presentations are an important part of your project work - this is your chance to showcase your research results. Aceing a project presentation requires thorough preparation and smooth delivery to make the difference between an 'A' and 'C' grade!
This course provides you with insights on how to prepare and deliver an effective presentation. Impress your teacher and classmates with well-designed PowerPoint slides, as well as New Media tools! Plus bowl them over with a well-delivered and engaging presentation.
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Project Work Series: Smart Reports |
The start and the end of Project Work is often the most stressful part of the entire process.
This course teaches students how to celebrate their Project Work efforts by giving them tips for effective report writing. Included in this course are numerous 'how tos', practical tips, report templates, and checklists for students to use. Designed with interactive hands-on activities, the learner will experience the different stages in report writing to progressively complete a research report successfully.
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Project Work Series: Smart Research |
Research - it is a pain, a chore, boring! These are some remarks that students usually make when doing research.
This course is specially developed for students to make research simple and fun. Designed based on observations of how students conduct research, students can learn how to ace their research using a 5-step process.
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Project Work Series: Smart Resources: Using Newspapers Effectively |
Newspapers offer a wealth of information which students should tap on for their Project Work.
This course introduces students to the usefulness of local newspapers. Reflecting on the parts of the newspapers, students will learn the difference between tabloids and broadsheets, print and online sources, and most importantly, techniques on how to integrate newspaper articles in their Project Work.
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Project Work Series: Smart Resources Using the Library Effectively |
Ask any student today which is their first stop for information and the expected answer will be the Internet.
Getting students to use a broader range of information resources, instead of solely relying on the Internet, is the underlying message in this course. Students are given insights on the services and resources available in Singapore libraries, especially within the National and Public Library network. By going through this course, the learner will realise the benefits of using the library when gathering information for Project Work.
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Smart Research Reports |
After completing your research work for a project, the next step is to write the research report. How many times have you started writing your report, only to stop and wonder, "Am I doing this right?" Do you know that there is a recommended structure for a well-organised research report?
This course will provide you with an understanding of what should be covered in each section of the research report, as well as tips on how to produce a report that others would want to read.
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The Savvy Researcher |
Learn the smarter way of doing research by going beyond “Googling”. This course shows
you how to effectively improve the quality of your research on a particular topic or answer
specific questions. It aims to give you the understanding and key tools on sourcing for and
analysing information in a systematic and timely manner, and achieve better results for your
research projects.
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Avoiding Plagiarism Made Easy for Kids NEW! |
Plagiarism is copying somebody else’s work and passing it off as your own. Plagiarism makes you very uncool in school. In this entertaining course, you’ll go on a mission to help Billy, who unfortunately plagiarised to complete his project on time. You’ll learn methods to avoid plagiarism and answer quizzes to collect Cool Points. The points you gather can help Billy become cool in school again!
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Classroom Courses
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Effective Presentation and Communication Skills for Project Work |
This course introduces students to the critical stages of presenting and structuring theresearch report in a clear and concise manner. Students will learn more about choosing appropriate communication tools such as using PowerPoint, skits, posters and webpages. They will also learn to present their project work creatively and effectively.
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Effective Skills for School Projects |
To equip students with basic research skills and information evaluation techniques so as to enable them to complete their project work efficiently and successfully.
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Integrating Newspaper Sources in Your Project Work |
Newspapers offer a rich source of information covering trends as well as developments. However, this resource is often overlooked or might not be fully utilised by students. This course is specially designed to assist students to integrate newspaper resources into their project work research. Using hands-on approach, students have the opportunity to 'deconstruct' the different types of newspapers to better understand the value of information published in newspapers.
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Internet as a Research Tool |
This course aims to equip participants with the effective skills in using Internet as a valuable research tool. Participants will be introduced to search strategies and various search tools besides Google and Yahoo!. Participants will also be taught critical thinking skills such as how to evaluate information from the Internet, thereby enabling them to integrate authoritative sources into their reports.
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Moving Beyond Copy and Paste |
The Internet has increasingly become the first stop for students to gather information for their Project Work topics. As such, students are often tempted to ‘copy and paste’ information from the web. This constitutes to plagiarism which is an offence. This course will introduce students to the concept of plagiarism and its dangers. Participants will know how to combat plagiarism through effective note-taking and citation techniques. Using accepted conventions such as APA and MLA styles, students will learn how to create a reference list or bibliography with the templates provided.
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