foundation year in computing
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Foundation Year in Computing. Welcome! Delivered by Dave Thomas, K235 e: [email protected] w: www.fcet.staffs.ac.uk/dtt1. What we will cover. The Foundation Year in Computing what’s happening this week who we all are who’s involved what it’s about how you are to learn - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Foundation Year in Computing
Welcome!
Delivered by Dave Thomas,
K235e: [email protected]
w: www.fcet.staffs.ac.uk/dtt1
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What we will cover The Foundation Year in Computing
what’s happening this week who we all are who’s involved what it’s about how you are to learn where things are
the ‘and finally’ slide but first . . . . . .
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The first thing Sue Bailey – Foundation Year Award Leader Everything to do with your award is her fault She is the person to sort things and talk to Contact details:
K229 in the Octagon [email protected] www.fcet.staffs.ac.uk\sb32
My ‘style’ What’s happening this week Who we all are
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What it’s about
Learning to learn the HE way Computing Success in getting on to a computing
degree If you work and keep up 34 out of the 43 students who started on
the Foundation Year the year before last are on BSc (honours) degrees now
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Who - the teaching team and support staff Award Leader – Sue Bailey Lecturers,
Dave Thomas (iPAS) Janet Francis (iWTDS) Sarah Easton (iM) Janet Lawton\ David Hodgkiss (iSDCS) - perhaps
Administrators Kath Shenton (K239)
Student Councillor Janice Kalisz , D001A
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How you are to learn Four modules:
iPAS, iM, iSDCS, iWTDS
Lectures, Tutorials and Workshops and your own work
Assessments (assignments, portfolios, presentations, class tests, etc, etc) research, reading, exercises, watching the telly,
chatting in the bar etc Lots of module time is designed to help
you do well in these tasks
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Where things are Octagon building (opposite the coffee bar)
All rooms begin with K Beacon Building (with the coffee bar and real bar
in it) All rooms begin with B, C and D
Ruxton Technology Centre (here-ish) All rooms begin with E, F, G and H)
www.fcet.staffs.ac.uk\dtt1\fyc may be useful
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And finally We have covered:
what’s happening this week who we all are who’s involved what it’s about how you are to learn where things are
Any questions? Next – logging in and then looking at your pre-arrival
presentations at http://www.fcet.staffs.ac.uk/dtt1/fyc/prearrival.html