Online Study Tool Kit

You may be required to perform quantitative data analysis in your assignment. Here is a wide range of exercises and instructional videos on statistics and probability from the Khan Academy.

These YouTube videos accompany the widely used textbook by Andy Field - "Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics".

Video tutorials on using the most powerful software for gaining richer insights from qualitative and mixed-methods data.

To reason critically one must be alert to various forms of bias. In this podcast, tech philosopher Tom Chatfield explores how new digital realities interact with existing human biases, explaining that human bias can become embedded into our creations, before contemplating potential digital futures.

When it comes to assessing risk, humans often fail to make rational decisions because our brains take mental shortcuts that prevent us making the correct choice. This fantastic infographic from Raconteur Media maps the wide range of cognitive biases we are all prone to fall victim to.

A widely used model for thinking reflectively. Kolb's Learning Cycle (1984) has four elements of a loop which you can start at any point, though normally you start with an experience.

This resource can provide you with examples of some of the phraseological ‘nuts and bolts’ of writing organised according to the main sections of a research paper or dissertation.

Check out the ways in which you can get the most out of teacher feedback and apply it to your future writing.

Short video highlighting why it is important to avoid excessive jargon and abstraction in academic writing.

Learn how to write introductions, link paragraphs, synthesise and paraphrase. This is an excellent, comprehensive resource (with a range of activities) for students in higher education.

This is a chapter in the book Essential Study Skills – A Complete Guide to Success at University by Tom Burns and Sandra Sinfield

This is an excellent resource from the University of Westminster which includes customising your online environment and apps for reading, writing and studying.

Weekly podcast investigating how the media shapes our worldview. From WNYC, the New York Public Radio.

In Real Life (IRL) is an original podcast from Mozilla. Host Veronica Belmont shares real stories of life online and real talk about the future of the Web.

As web companies strive to tailor their services (including news and search results) to our personal tastes, there's a dangerous unintended consequence: We get trapped in a "filter bubble" and don't get exposed to information that could challenge or broaden our worldview. Eli Pariser argues powerfully that this will ultimately prove to be bad for us and bad for democracy.

Being digital is a collection of short, easy to follow activities created by the Open University. They cover the skills we all need to be effective online, whether it’s searching efficiently, critically evaluating information, communicating and sharing online, or selecting the right online tool for your needs.

The first reverse image search engine allowing you to search by image, find better resolution files and track earlier versions. TinEye will help you check if an image was manipulated in any way and where (what sorts of sites) it 'lives on' online.

If you’re on your first online-only module you’ll need to adapt how you study. Use the guide from The Open University to help you to prepare.

Use this guide from the University of Liverpool to help you to prepare for online assessments.