Note-taking and paraphrasing are essential skills in higher education. This online micro-credential will explore practical tips for taking notes from your research, lectures and presentations. You will learn useful shortcuts and different ways of setting out your notes to suit your learning style. This micro-credential will also introduce a range of strategies to help you master the skill of paraphrasing.

 

Students who successfully complete the CQUniversity School of Access Education's Preparation Skills for University set of 9 micro-credentials, may receive a unit exemption from the equivalent CL03 Skills for Tertiary Education Preparatory Studies (STEPS) unit with CQUniversity.

 

To be eligible for this exemption, students must have completed:

1. Effective Study Habits for Higher Education

2. Personality Types and Learning Styles

3. Critical Thinking

4. Finding and Evaluating Scholarly Research

5. Effective Note-Taking and Paraphrasing

6. Enhancing your Oral Presentation Skills

7. Assessment Strategies and Brain-Based Learning

8. Clever Career Planning

9. Preparing for Success in Higher Education: Assessment Module.

 

This online micro-credential provides a digital badge which can be shared to your social networks and displayed in your professional portfolio.