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Learning support

Help is always at hand if you reach out for it. Online resources and a friendly Student Success team are available to support you in becoming a successful, independent learner.

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  • Skills for learning 
  • Working on assignments 
  • Academic English 
  • About my learning 
  • Maths 

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Student Success Teams

Dunedin Campus
H Block 0800 762 786 studentsuccessdn@op.ac.nz

Auckland Campus
Room 101, Level 1 0800 111 212 aicstudentsuccess@op.ac.nz

Central Campus
Corner of Erris and Ray Streets 0800 765 9276 censtudentsuccess@op.ac.nz

Student Success team

Learn about Studiosity

Disability support

Grammar: Introduction

Reading skills

Quiz: What's my approach to learning?

Creative thinking

Academic integrity

Spelling and capitalisation

Stress management

Organising your own space

Essays

Structuring text: Paragraph structure

Communicate online

Citing and referencing

Assignments

Reflective practice

Reports

Punctuation

Note taking

Structuring text: Sentence structure

Learning and memory

Why am I studying?

Myths about learning

Resolving conflict

Working in groups

Website evaluation

Increasing my reading speed

Grammar: Commonly confused words

Grammar: Quantifiers & dangling modifiers

Grammar: Lack of subject-verb agreement

Grammar: Sentence fragments

Grammar: Run-on sentences

Maths 1

Maths 2

Skills for learning: Course

Grammar: Misuse of pronouns

Grammar: Incorrect verb tense

Grammar: Faulty parallelism

Structuring text: Transition (linking) words

Discussion forums in Moodle

Abbreviations

Oral presentations

Learning styles

Case study reports

Annotated bibliographies

Summarising

Business reports

Searching for information

Literature reviews

Social media

The online student

Succeed in your studies

Preparing for exams

ePortfolios

Time management

Online learning tools

Creative thinking

Writing style

Zotero and Mendeley

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New Zealand 9016
Central Otago Campus
Corner Erris & Ray Streets
PO Box 16, Cromwell
New Zealand 9342
Auckland Campus
Level 2, 350 Queen Street
PO Box 5268, Auckland
New Zealand 1141
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