Author: Concordia University: Student Success Centre

This is a comprehensive set of learning tips and advice to share with students. I placed them in the “online learning” category as there is no one generalized learning strategy category, but webpages with in this resource go beyond online learning in terms of scope and strategy.

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Author: York University

This is a collection of practical ideas offered for use by the educational development community. Based on the notion of a cook book put together by a community we offer Starters (ice breakers), Main Courses (ideas for workshops and events) and Desserts (ways to obtain feedback or evaluation).

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Author: Howard Eaton

This is the story of Barbara Arrowsmith Young. As a child she was told she would never overcome the learning disabilities that made school so difficult and frustrating for her. With courage, inventiveness, and resilience, she found ways to actually change her brain and improve her skills.

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Author: University of Toronto Mississauga

Tip sheets for applying for jobs, writing resumes, networking, interviewing, and more.

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Author: Khan Academy

Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. We tackle math, science, computing, history, art history, economics, and more, including K-14 and test preparation (SAT, Praxis, LSAT) content.

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Author: TRSM Academic Success Centre

Using a metaphor as “life as a tree”, draw yourself as a tree as you choose how to progress in your degree, define your success, and create goals.

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Author: Barbara Oakley

This is like no other course on teaching—it weaves late-breaking insights from neuroscience with personal insights from the classroom to provide unexpected, yet practical, new approaches.

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Author: Ahaslides

This is an online presentation platform which is relatively cheap and allows for various types of anonymous participation.

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Author: TechRepublic

This article is a landing page and has many links to helpful articles on Excel. I used this resource to help me create Pivot Tables on Excel.

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Author: McGill Teaching and Learning Services

Metacognition is a powerful tool for students to use to understand how they learn. This video explains how metacognition helps you assess your options for how to study and how to implement the best approach. It can help you be more purposeful and intentional, so that you’re studying to learn.

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