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Online Self-Study Resources via Blackboard at NUI Galway

CELT, HR, Graduate Studies, Adult & Continuing Education, the School of Education, and the Research Office have over recent years licensed materials from Epigeum for use within University modules and programmes.

These materials consist of high-quality self-study lessons which can be used in standalone mode or combined to produce the core content of a module.   The content is written by commissioned experts in the field and peer-reviewed, before undergoing final revision.

There are two forms of licence: (a) in which NUIG has been a development partner contributing to the design and evaluation, which then allows free subsequent use of the materials; or (b) an annual subscription to content produced by a consortium in which we were not original partners.

In both cases, however, the content is available for use in any formal modules or courses offered by the university to officially registered students or staff and delivered via Blackboard. Statistics on usage can be gathered in the normal way and, in some cases, quizzes can be integrated with the Blackboard Grade Centre.

If you would like to use these materials in any of your modules or courses, please contact celtnuigalway.ie  

Note that a number of these are already used in existing postgraduate level modules and programmes (eg  1GST1: Graduate Studies – to which all PhD students have access; GS506 Teaching & Learning) and it might be simpler to refer your students to these. Each of the online lessons contains substantial amounts of materials and several activities/exercises, so these are not necessarily just for additional reference, but rather might be seen as core components of a module.

Topic	Consortium	Subscription	Status
Research Skills		✓	Available/Deployed
University & College Teaching	✓		Available/Deployed
Research Integrity	✓		Available
Leadership & Management	✓		In development
Professional Skills for Research Leaders	✓		In development
Teaching Online	✓		Due to start development

The Library, CELT, Academic Writing Centre and the Registrar’s Office also provide access to a set of tools to develop students’ study skills. This ’skills4study’ resource is produced by the publishers Palgrave Macmillan and whilst running on their servers is connected to our Blackboard system so that students can access it directly. We have installed the  links within a Blackboard ’module’ named ’The Learning Centre’. All first year students are enrolled onto this, but students in other years can self-enrol by searching for the module within Blackboard.

These materials might be relevant to any local study skills type support within programmes and staff should be aware that students can access these. It is also possible technically to arrange for a link to the resources to be incorporated within other Blackboard modules, but for evaluation and management purposes it is easier if students can instead be referred to the Learning Centre. If you do wish to explore the alternative then please contact celtnuigalway.ie

Sections	Content
Getting Ready for Academic Study	Diagnostic Test What to expect Studying effectively Strategies for learning
Reading and note-making	Diagnostic Test Reading effectively Making notes while reading Making notes during lectures
Critical Thinking Skills	Diagnostic Test What is critical thinking? Critical reading and writing Evaluating evidence
Writing Skills	Diagnostic Test Academic writing Planning your writing Developing your writing Improving your writing Writing for different subjects
Referencing and plagiarism	Diagnostic Test Referencing Understanding plagiarism

    

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