Back in February EXMSS awarded ten worthy students scholarships from our enduring EXMSS Student Support Trust. EXMSS exec and staff had the pleasure of seeing that these students, in a range of qualifications, were very happy that they were members of EXMSS and could benefit financially from us for their studies. Four Academic Excellence...
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Massey has a skill-based orientation series especially for extramural students, and this semester for the first time the Palmerston North seminars reached the whole country and even the world. Live on-line. Anne Palmer caught up with the team from the Centre of Teaching and Learning, and the Library, to find out what they thought...
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Looking through the more than 40 advocacy issues since the beginning of the year, by far the greatest collection of “Wants printed materials” comments that I have ever seen has occurred – in fact, half of the issues received relate to the Stream environment. It has also seemed to coincide with an increase...
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Professor Lyn Jeffrey has just completed a major project, on Blended Learning. But do lecturers have the time to take full control of all the various learning environments that Massey possesses to ensure the best is out there for their students? I’m just not so sure. In the latest of the regular Hot Topic...
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Research shows that capturing lectures in video is commonplace throughout the world’s universities. It’s a practice that can reinforce learning, and there seems to be a strong demand from students for this facility. EXMSS Advocate, Anne Palmer investigates. I recently attended a discussion of the pros and cons of lecture capture, in a ‘Hot...
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Looking forward to exams? They need not be a dreaded barrier to your success. If you are prepared, and have read the study guides and readings, asked the questions of the lecturer, and consulted OWLL then you will be well on the way to fronting up to an exam with confidence. Here are some...
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February is a month of change at Massey. New students, new studies, a fresh chance, and a final year, and all these changes feature in the 2012 round of scholarships given to distance students by EXMSS last month. Of the 39 scholarship applications received for our four offered scholarship types, six students received a...
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