The MELE Academic Skills eCourse
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Unit 1: Academic Writing
Characteristics of Academic Writing (Basic)
Choosing a Research (Intermedia)
Different Types of Academic Writing (Basic)
Preliminary Readings (Basic)
How to find Research problems (Basic)
Brainstorming Questions (Basic)
Defining Borders (Intermedia)
Defining Methodology (Advanced)
Structuring your Work I (Creating a General Index) (Basic)
Structuring your Work II (Cohrence of the Discourse and Order of Ideas) (Adcanced)
Academic language: Formalities and Style (Basic)
Time Management Tools (Basic)
Writing a Research Project (Basic)
Overcoming Writer`s Block (Advanced)
Do´s and Dont´s of Academic Writing
15 lessons
Unit 2: Citations & Footnoting
Purpose of Citations (Basic)
Plagiarism (Basic)
Turnitin (Advanced)
Citing – Doing it right (Intermediate)
Latin Abbreviations in Citations and Footnoting (Basic)
Cross-Referencing in MS Word (Intermediate)
Reading & Understanding Footnotes (Basic)
Content of Footnotes (Advanced)
Introduction to different Citation Styles (Advanced)
How to organize literature: Reference Management Systems
10 lessons
Unit 3: Research Methods
Introduction to research Papers (Basic)
Datagathering, Understanding Suerveys & Statistics (Advanced)
Types of Sources (Basic)
Definition of Information (Advanced)
Role of the bibliographic and citation database in evaluation of information (Advanced)
Concept Maps (Intermediate)
Search Strategies (basic)
Searching Tools (Advanced)
HeinOnline Basic Tutorial
Nexis Uni Database Basic Tutorial (Intermediate)
Copyright (Intermediate)
Citation Databases (Basic)
12 lessons
Unit 4: Formatting (MS Word Skills)
Overview on Different Word Processing Programmes (Basic)
Formating an MS Word Document (Basic)
Styles & Automatic Table of Contents (Advanced)
Inserting Page Numbers in MS Word (Basic)
Inserting Footnotes in MS Word (Basic)
Literature Management & Bibliography in MS Word (for Microsoft Users) (Intermediate)
Literature Management & Bibliography in MS Word (for Mac Users) (Advanced)
Inserting Charts and Tables in MS Word (Basic)
Proofreading: trackmode and Comments in MS Word (Advanced)
Saving Documents (Basic)
10 lessons
Unit 5: Presenting your Research
A Practical Guide to preparing your Presentation (Basic)
Structure & Content oft presentations (Basic)
Visualisation: From Words to Pictures (Advanced)
Academic Visibility (Advanced)
Blogging in European and Public International Law (Advanced)
Power Point Skills (Basic)
Prezi Skills (basic)
7 lessons
Question on Characteristics of Academic Writing
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Unit 5: Presenting your Research
Power Point Skills (Basic)
Research Assistant Norah Kibaka-Vibila and Research Assistant Theresa Mainusch
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