4 Online Study
One thing to bear in mind is this module is completely online. For some of you this maybe a completely new way of studying. Do you have the study skills to do this?
Effective reading and note-making
As all the study material is online, you might have to think about developing new study skills for an online module and also think about when you need to be online to complete activities or questions within the topic. If you have already studied an online module with the Open University before (such as S111) or a module with some online materials (such as MST124), SM123 will further develop your online study skills.
Effective reading and note-making is a key skill you need. Reading and making notes should be an active and creative process. Your goal is to have a useful and memorable set of notes that that is easy to refer to and improves your learning.
Notetaking techniques
Go to the study guide on different note-taking techniques and complete the activity to explore the techniques that suit you:
(To view the videos, existing OU students will need to be logged on.)
Discussion
You will also find lots of useful advice and guidance for studying online in the Study skills for online learning section of the Help Centre (https://help.open.ac.uk/ topic/ study-skills/ category/ study-skills-for-online-learning). We recommend that you take some time now to review this.