The Learning Centres provide a range of FREE workshops which help you to develop skills and strategies to enhance your learning. These workshops will help you in your academic courses and in your career! Get a certificate of attendance if you attend FIVE Academic Skills Workshops in a semester. This would be a valuable addition to any resume/ portfolio.
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The following are workshops offered by the Learning Centres:
Strong Start for Success
10 Tips for Learning Online
Are you newer to online learning? This workshop will help you choose strategies to understand your course requirements, manage your time, and effectively learn from your course materials.
Reading Texts
(Online Self-Paced Learning)
Learn the techniques of reading textbooks, articles, research studies and manuals effectively at your own pace.
Time Management for Busy Students (Online Self-Paced Learning)
Learn strategies to becoming a stronger and more efficient learner at anytime and anywhere you like.
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Building Effective Study Habits
Preparing for Tests and Exams
Midterm tests and exams are coming! Are you ready? In this workshop, we will discuss strategies for organizing your study time.
Preparing for an Open Book Exam
Are you concerned about your Open Book Exam? This workshop will give you strategies to prepare for the Open Exam Exam and writing well in the exams.
Finish Your Semester Online
Are you wondering how to finish your semester well online? In this workshop, we will explore strategies for staying on track and learning how to make the most of online learning.
Master Your Memory
Would you like to remember more effectively, while using your study time more effectively? In this workshop, you will learn how memory works and ideal strategies for remembering more of what you learn. You will also be able to experiment with new techniques, like visualization, mnemonic devices, and smartphone apps to help you to learn.
Note Taking & Summarizing
We can use note taking and summarizing as a way to understand our tests, or even our research resources. Building your note taking and summarizing skills can help you boost your confidence and your grades!
Reading Texts and Taking Notes
This workshop will help you learn from your textbooks and university lectures by introducing a variety of effective pre-lecture reading strategies along with in-class notetaking and post-class techniques. This session will include organizing your reading strategy to make sense of all this new information so that you can be successful in your courses. You will learn how to listen for key points and summarize main ideas, preparing for more meaningful and effective study notes. Find a note-taking strategy to suit you and develop a plan for organizing your notes.
Say No To Procrastination
Why do you postpone doing something? Learn to identify the key factors that make you postpone. Evaluate if the Pomodoro technique may be a part of your solution. Develop an action plan for overcoming procrastination on a specific course-related task. You will also learn some motivational systems to support successful task completion.
Exam Preparation Strategies
In this workshop, you will set goals for your upcoming exams and predict potential exam questions. You will select resources to aid you in your exam preparation and apply study questions for deep learning. A realistic study schedule will help you reduce study and exam stress. Come to this workshop to get ready for your next exam.
Improve Your Writing
Writing Mini-Bootcamp
Do you have questions about the best way to write an academic essay or report? Wondering how to use information from sources by quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing? Join this workshop for an introduction to the process of writing an effective academic paper.
University Essay: First Steps
Are you ready to write your first university essays? This workshop will introduce the requirements and expectations for university-level writing as well as effective strategies and resources to help the writing process. Learn how to craft a thesis statement, structure an argument, and begin to write clearly and concisely.
Writing Boot Camp - Get Past Writers' Block
Come to this workshop to learn a variety of techniques to generate ideas for your papers or assignments. From there, you will learn strategies to organize your ideas and finally have hands-on ideas to outline them.
Writing Boot Camp - Strategies for Self Editing
Are you tired of losing marks for small mistakes on your writing assignments? Take control of improving your writing by learning practical strategies to find and correct mistakes before you submit your papers.
Writing Boot Camp - Quote, Paraphrase and Summarize
Want to improve your writing assignments? Attend this workshop to learn how!
Science Skills
BIOL 1260 Midterm Review Session
Get ready for your BIOL 1260 midterm! Review and apply key concepts to exam level questions.
Writing Right In Biology
Writing in Biology is quite different from writing you have previously learned. This type of writing requires careful thoughts and attention to detail. Your instructor is expecting you to write precisely and you need to attain a higher level of scientific writing. In this workshop, you will learn to plan activities to increase your learning, discuss the structure and function of responses in Biology, compare and contrast using "how" and "why" statements, learn how to use "whereas" in paragraph format as well as analyze exam items carefully which will lead to better results. Don't miss this chance to improve your Biology writing skills.
Math Support for GNIE Students: Oral and Parenteral Drug Dosage Calculations
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Business Skills
ACCT 1110 Midterm Exam Review Session
Get ready for your Accounting 1110 midterm! Review and apply key concepts to exam level questions.
ACCT 3310 Midterm Exam Review Session
Get ready for your Accounting 3310 midterm! Review and apply key concepts to exam level questions.
ACCT 3320 Midterm Exam Review Session
Get ready for your Accounting 3320 midterm! Review and apply key concepts to exam level questions.
ACCT 5720 Midterm Exam Review Session
Get ready for your Accounting 5720 midterm! Review and apply key concepts to exam level questions.
ECON 1150 Midterm Exam Review Session
Get ready for your ECON 1150 midterm! Review and apply key concepts to exam level questions.
Software Skills
Excel: Basic Skills for University Students
Learn how to format data, copy and paste values, use the autofill features and how to use the function builder to easily analyze data.
Excel: Intermediate Skills for University Students
Learn to analyze large datasets by developing tables and pivot tables and visualize results with charts
Book an appointment to see a peer tutor if you need a one-on-one assistance at TLC.KPU.CA