Library and Learning Services

Academic Learning Services - Hawke's Bay

Welcome! Academic Learning Services is here to assist you on your journey towards the successful completion of your studies at EIT. Our aim is for you to become confident, competent and independent learners. The advisors for Hawke's Bay campus are located in M116 - call in to the Library helpdesk to make an appointment.

 

Learning advisors support learners to develop their learning, numeracy, and academic skills as well as their language proficiency.

 

Self-help learning resources can be found in "Step up to Learning Success"

 

Appointments

Students may request assignment writing or study skills support by emailing LearningAdvisors@eit.ac.nz with the following details:

Name
Student ID
Course
Campus
Details of the request
If the request is for assignment writing support, the assignment task, marking rubric, and a copy of their work is to be attached to the email.

 

Drop-In

Online drop in is available, for short learning support sessions, as advertised in EITOnline. Once in EITOnline, click on Learning Success then scroll down the Nau mai/Welcome page to view the drop-in schedule and access the link to the drop-in session.

 

Workshops

Study skills workshops are run during the first few weeks of each semester. The workshop schedule is available in Step up to Learning Success in EITOnline.

 

Academic Learning Services Team

	Adam Smith Information & Learning Advisor Phone: (06) 830 1067 Email: asmith@eit.ac.nz
	Erena Fussell Information & Learning Advisor Phone: (06) 830 1209 Location: Bookshop Email: efussell@eit.ac.nz
	Heather Brown Information & Learning Advisor Phone: (06) 830 1034 Email: hbrown@eit.ac.nz
	Marcia Hengst Anderson Information & Learning Advisor Phone: (06) 830 1079 Email: mhengstanderson@eit.ac.nz
	Yvonne Rowan Information & Learning Advisor Phone: (06) 830 1197 Email: yrowan@eit.ac.nz
	Vineeta Roy Information & Learning Advisor Phone: (06) 830 1128 Email: vroy@eit.ac.nz

"Our aim is to assist you to become confident, competent and independent learners"

 

Assistance Available

We have a dedicated team of advisors who can assist with:

• Academic reading
  • critical thinking, research, reading effectively
• You can also book to see a Learning Advisor to reflect on your assignment feedback and improve your skills for your next assignment.
• Academic writing
  • essays, reports, reflective writing, online forums, literature reviews, annotated bibliographies, short or long answer assignments
• APA referencing and writing style
  • in text citations, reference lists, APA style conventions
• Computing
• MSWord, MSPowerPoint, MSExcel, MSPublisher, file management, EITOnline, EndNote, assignment formatting
• English for speakers of other languages
• Literacy
• Mathematics
  • basic numeracy, drug calculations, trigonometry, statistics, mathematics for chemistry and physics
• Strategies for studying anatomy and physiology
• Study skills
  • memory, note-taking, learning styles, exam techniques
• Oral presentations
• Statistics
• Te reo Maori
• Time management
• Writing skills
  • paraphrasing, summarising, sentence structure, paragraph structure, grammar, punctuation

 

Information & Learning Advisor Appointments

Within a learning advice session some of the following may occur	Learning advisors do not
Advice on how to analyse your assignment tasks Working together on your computer and research skills Reading of your assignment, and advice which may include grammar/punctuation/spelling assignment structure paragraph structure flow of ideas referencing paraphrasing assignment formatting writing style Discussion about factors that may be impacting on your learning Discussion about your study and learning strategies and what you might be able to do to improve these	Write parts of your assignment for you Act as your proof-reader Cover every aspect of your assignment that needs addressing Teach course content Assess or pre-mark your work
Learning advisors are here to help you succeed.  Your assignment is your work and your responsibility.