Survival Guide
Survival Guide
Deborah Green
Axia College of University of Phoenix
Gen 105 Skills for Learning in an Information Age
Introduction
This student survival guide is a tool that will be used for every class taken at Axia College. The study guide compiles all relevant information learned in Skills for Learning in an Information Age. The survival guide is broken down into six unique categories: educational resources, academic honesty, goal setting, managing time wisely, reading comprehension and retention strategies, personality, and learning styles.
Educational Resources
Learning in an Information Age introduced students to downloading files from Axcess to the personal computer for later use. This process is seamlessly easy for a computer literate individual. Downloading the files is necessary in order to print or save onto a flash drive for later use. Additionally some forms in the course were Microsoft Word documents pre-filled with tables that need to be submitted as an assignment.
The university library is an exemplary tool for use by the student. This library parallels a traditional library, but in a digital form. The library is easily searchable for books, article, and scholarly papers to use as reference in writing papers. After finding an article that is relevant to the information one is looking for, there is certain points of interest, key information, in the articles. The information is needed in order to cite the article correctly. One will find the author of the article, date the article was written and specific magazine or publication the article was in.
Academic Honesty
Axia's academic honesty policy is straight forward and to the point. Individuals using the online library, online consultation with the faculty and registration system must do so with honesty and integrity. Furthermore, students are required to reference work from its original source and avoid plagiarism at all costs. The direct consequence...
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