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NRS189 Foundations of Learning (8)
Abstract
This is a foundational subject in which students will be required to engage in a range of learning activities that will expose them to increasingly complex situations to develop the skills needed to meet changing health care needs and public health goals. These skills will provide a foundation for later developments in professional practice and communication, and continued professional and personal development.
The subject will focus on learners in the digital age and introduce the fundamental skills and concepts in critical and ethical thinking, information and digital literacy. Students will also be introduced to reflective practice, and some of the ethical and legal issues facing professionals in the digital age such as intellectual property, copyright, privacy, safety, and respect for self and others.
The subject will introduce and use a reflective framework and portfolio approach to the documentation of the learning in these key areas. Face-to-face and online support will be utilised for all students.
There will a 2 day residential school for the dstance delivery of this subject |
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Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details prior to contacting their course coordinator: NRS189
Where differences exist between the handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
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Subject information| Duration | Grading System | School: |
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| One session | SY/US | School of Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health |
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Enrolment restrictions|
There are no restrictions |
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Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to use the digital learning tools provided by the University to support their learning in this subject.
- be able to use a reflective framework to identify their own learning needs and strategies for learning at university level.
- be able to create a learning/study plan.
- be able to use appropriate technologies to search for high-quality information for academic use.
- be able to explain the concepts of intellectual property and copyright in the academic and digital worlds.
- be able to apply the concepts of intellectual property and copyright by demonstrating competence in referencing.
- be able to write a short text that presents a position and supports that with evidence, and uses the conventions of academic writing.
- be able to identify ethical and legal issues facing professionals in the use of social and digital media, including privacy and confidentiality.
- be able to choose strategies to support their learning of different types of knowledge, such as, scientific, conceptual information.
- be able to apply the basic principles of numeracy to complete basic calculations.
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SyllabusThe subject will cover the following topics:
- Getting Started: Expectations of tertiary study including principles of critical thinking and using technologies to learn at CSU.
- Identifying your learning needs: Reflection - how to reflect; reflect on tertiary expectations and own strengths and weaknesses, and learning styles.
- Working and studying in a digital world.
- (a) Finding information: Finding, managing and evaluating information.
- (b) Communicating information in the academic and professional world: Ethical use of information; Using and presenting information.
- (c) Using information to learn: Working with and learning scientific content; working with and learning numeracy based skills.
- Staying motivated and in control of your studies.
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Residential School| This subject contains a compulsory 2 day residential school.
The residential school is compulsory as it forms a significant component of the teaching strategy in this subject. Additional learning resources are provided at these schools that build on materials provided through their online learning modules such as case based learning activities
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The information contained in the 2015 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 01 October 2015. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.
