Week 4

In this week's lecture we had a conversation again on plagiarism and on the academic misconducts that are related to the university rules (source: London Metropolitan University). More examples were provided, while in class's lecture, concerning plagiarism, paraphrasing, quoting. This whole process was very helpful because it helped me (and i think and the others in class) to identify in a better way what is plagiarism, what is paraphrasing and what is quoting and how they are actually presented in an essay or any kind of a project. This lecture was important because it will help me and in future projects of this module and in other modules but also i think that apart from the university's rules, it will be helpful and in the future while working or maybe studying again but this time for a master's degree.

Apart from the academic misconduct of the university, the rest of the lesson focused on note-making and note taking. Now someone will think that it's funny or it is of non-sense to talk about note making and note taking but i personally found it very interesting and very helpful. If you try to think a little about note-making and note-taking you may find yourself confused a little in what is actually what but there is an answer to this. Note-making is focused on writing something with your own words in order to learn it better, understand it better, remember it better, to write the most important parts (the ones you believe as important) and also to help you in any kind of exams (Cottrell, 1999). Note-making is divided into two smaller categories the linear note making (which is about writing everything in a sequence) and the pattern one (which has to do with words joined together) (Race, 1999).

Note-taking is about listening to the words that someone says and then writing down the exact words of the speaker (Race, 1999).

This week's lecture was important because it helped me to identify in a better way what is note making and what is note taking, something that for so long i did without thinking of its actual name, but it is something that has helped me over a course of years and it still helps me. I personally use both techniques, the note-making and the note-taking, while the note-taking helps me more in-class where something new is presented and the note-making while reading something alone to summarize it or to use keywords in order to remember what's been written there.

References:

Cottrell, S. (1999). The study skills handbook. Macmillan Press

London Metropolitan University, 2010. Academic Regulations 2010-11.

http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/academic-regulations/ [Accessed November 11,2010]

Race, P. (1999). How to get a good degree. Open University Press