September 1, 2008 – 3:02 pm
As the beginning of term begins to come into view, there are plenty of posts on numerous websites on how to survive your three years of pre-employment bliss (hollow laugh).
One caught my eye recently: The Art of Stealth Studying from Study Hacks. Also worth trying is the Cornell Notetaking Method or, if you think [...]
August 29, 2008 – 12:00 pm
The problem with distance learning is that you are often miles away from any library and the books on the Bibliography are, in any case, on restricted loan. Before shrugging in despair, it is worth looking to see in the books you want are available online. I have found two sources particularly useful. [...]
Ok, I acknowledge that the thought of more lectures might not be the most pressing issue for you at the moment, but bear with me!
There are a number of universities who are putting their lecture series online. These are recordings made of undergraduate lectures and are therefore well within the scope of things you [...]
January 14, 2008 – 3:39 pm
Copying class notes after the fact is a time-consuming way to study for an exam, but it was the only thing that truly worked for me back in college. But next week I’ll be in a classroom again for the first time in 8 years, pen poised over notebook, and this time I’m going to [...]
December 31, 2007 – 4:52 pm
It’s really not enough to quote McGrath’s Theology: An Introduction and some flakey website trying to tell you that Jesus will return three weeks next Thursday (just after lunch). The key to a good essay are the resources you use - the more you put in, the better the result. So here’s some tips for [...]
December 31, 2007 – 4:48 pm
Spot a theme yet? I keep putting up these links because it’s useful to see different perspectives on the topics you’re being taught. So go look!
No tuition money? No problem! There are many top universities that offer free courses online. This list ranks some of the best free university courses for people who want [...]
December 14, 2007 – 10:32 am
There is a growing movement among universities (mainly US at the moment) to put course material online. A lot of stuff is available through iTunes U, but there is also a lot worth looking at the websites of the institutions too. Yale have got one Theology course online at the moment, an Introduction to the [...]
December 1, 2007 – 11:00 am
Be kind. Make your presentations interesting!
From grade school though grad school you will be doing presentations at least once a semester. Often these fall toward the end of the term and are your largest project. It is important to make them clear, concise, and memorable. So here are a wide range of tips, tricks, [...]
November 29, 2007 – 4:19 pm
Student Tilley has made a comment about the lack of posts on this blog, so here’s one to keep you happy. I am always keen to stress to people working in the church the importance of keeping a life balance and taking sabbaths. Ever practical as I am, let me pass on an article on [...]
October 10, 2007 – 10:44 am
There are more educational resources available on the web than you are aware of…
Little appreciated outside the world of academia, there are literally thousands of .edu sites bursting with incredibly useful and interesting information and resources. Most of these sites won’t pop up to the surface of the average search engine quest, and so they [...]
