• START
  • BASICS
    • Using this site
    • Technology
    • Study and assessment
    • Staff team
  • WEEK-BY-WEEK
    • Week 1: Introduction
    • Week 2: Critical thinking and argument
    • Week 3: Discussion and presentation
    • Week 4: Academic writing
    • Week 5: Presenting evidence
    • Week 6: Assessment
  • DISCUSSION
  • EXTRAS
    • Team work
    • What to expect from university
    • Note taking and note making
  • GLOSSARY
  • CONTACT

Start here!

This is the virtual learning environment for the Learning Skills course on the LEAPS Summer School. This year's course will commence on Wednesday 13 June and will conclude on Wednesday 25 July. 

The Learning Skills course comprises a mixture of campus-based lectures and tutorials (at The University of Edinburgh) and online study. The Virtual Learning Environment you're looking at now will form an integral part of the course. 

Before the course begins you might wish to begin by exploring how to use this site so that you can make best use of the different resources and information over the seven weeks.

We also recommend that you visit the Technology page to check that you'll be able to access the different resources hosted on this VLE.

After that you might want to have a look at the Course Team page to find out who'll you be working with in class and online during June and July.
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Fernsehturm, Berlin (2010). Photograph J Lamb. 
You can follow the build up the Learning Skills course using the Twitter feed on the right or by searching under the #leapsls hashtag.

You can also register for SMS text updates during the Learning Skills course by submitting your mobile  number in the dropbox at the bottom of the Technology page.

If you have any questions about the information on this site or you need a password to access the different pages, please don't hesitate to contact me at james.lamb@ed.ac.uk.
James Lamb, Course Coordinator
April 2012
J Lamb/LEAPS 2012