Learning Day

Lecturers: Dr A.C. Norman and Dr N.A. Dodgson
(acn1@cl.cam.ac.uk and nad@cl.cam.ac.uk)

No. of lectures: 1

This session is intended to help students to get the best out of Computer Laboratory courses, and covers the following topics:

Learning as a skill.

Techniques to cope with lectures, practicals, supervisions and examinations.

The objectives of the Computer Science course.

Why the course has the structure and contents that it does, and where it leads.

Contacting the teaching staff.

How, where and when to get advice, make suggestions or complain.

Computers for study and for fun.

Use of your own, College, Laboratory, national or international resources for work, play and for keeping in contact.

In case of difficulty.

The difference between a difficult course and a disaster, and other classes of problem with ideas about how to start to resolve them.

Health and safety.

Issues relevant to computer users. Ergonomic advice. What to do should you experience any pain as a result of typing: RSI.

Recommended book:

Pascarelli, E.F. & Quilter, D. (1994). Repetitive Strain Injury: A Computer User's Guide. New York: Wiley.