All things performance and productivity: tips, tricks, and tools
View All TagsOh, hi! How’s your winter break been? ❄️❄️❄️
I personally went to Switzerland and enjoyed their nature, raclette, and overpriced everything.
Anyway, now I’m back with some news, as life wasn’t absolutely on hold over the past few weeks since I last posted.
So, to shed some light on what’s under the cut, the topics for today are:
First, I’d like to complain for a while about the referencing managers. Remember I told you about how I used the Mendeley Reference Manager for the assignment in the induction module? Remember? Now forget.
One of the core ideas behind student work is that it must express original ideas. Basically, you cannot copy someone else’s work and claim that it’s yours, otherwise it’s plagiarism.
The concept is pretty obvious, I know. But — again, I’d like to stress that my previous venture in academia was brief and shallow — there’s so much more to it. The concept of plagiarism is wider than just copying others’ words, and I’d like to dive deeper into the issue.
In the previous post on the induction assignment, I touched upon the topic of managing reference materials while working on the essay. However, it’s not enough to find the materials; it’s about using the information available from them. How did I go about extracting relevant pieces of information from multiple articles and structuring it?
The Induction module isn’t just some kind of generic intro, it’s also a tool that the university uses to see if the prospective students are fit to start the course they applied to. Let’s talk about the first assignment I’ve submitted — and academic references.
With only a week left before my course starts, I’ve been reflecting on how things went the last time I was at university. Keeping track of assignments and deadlines was a constant struggle, and once I started working, balancing everything felt impossible. But this time, things are going to be different—and I’ve got a plan to make sure of it.