Subject Guides: Tertiary Teaching and Learning: Home

For Off-Campus Students

Support for off-campus students include

Search for books, ebooks and more using Library Search
Make an off-campus book request (for books/journals we have at other campuses)
Information request form to ask for journal articles and books that are not available in electronic format - this includes interloans for books and articles not accessible through Library Search.
Online Guides including:
- Getting started, study skills, assessment tasks, writing skills and referencing
Academic Support - Learning Services offers online study through Moodle for maths room online

Information and Research Skills

For help on how to find, evaluate and present information we recommend the Information skills subject guide This guide will ensure an easier pathway to academic success! We also have a Research subject guide for those of you taking your studies to the next level.

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Educational Videos

LinkedIn Learning (Formerly Lynda.com)

LinkedIn Learning (Formerly Lynda.com) is an online resource for Ara students. There is a lot of useful information on education, and developing your skills as an educator.

Foundations of Teaching with Technology
We're all meant to be incorporating technological developments into our teaching. This course is an overview of the theory.
Instructional Design Fundamentals: Adult Learners
This course is only 45 minutes overall, and is a great overview of what you need to know about working with adult learners in particular.
Flipping the Classroom
There's some great work going on at Ara around flipping the classroom. Get yourself up to speed on the essentials in this 45 minute course.
Classroom Management Fundamentals
Although aimed at the K-12 classroom, this course on classroom management can help you deal with challenging behaviours.

Ask Live

AskLive is our instant messaging service. You can chat with the library by entering your question in the box below that says “Type here to chat …”

Ask Live operates during our opening hours at City campus, Christchurch. We are open 6 days.

Please note:

In the evenings and weekends, specialised support may not be available. If so, your question may be referred to an expert for action on the next working day.
In My Ara under StudySmart you may also find guides to answer your academic support questions.