Learning Services Distance Students

Academic Learning Services - Distance Support

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.

Learning advisors support learners to develop their learning, numeracy, and academic skills, as well as their language proficiency. You are welcome to book an appointment with a learning advisor at one of the campuses if you wish to attend in person. Refer to the Learning Services web page for the relevant campus on MYEIT to find out how to book an appointment. You can also receive an assignment review or study support from a learning advisor by distance.

Self-Help Study Support

The study guides offer a range of study skills, computer skills, and assignment writing advice. Student have found the following guides particularly useful:

Sentence starters and transitional words
Incorporating a citation
Developmental stages in the integration of literature
Computer Guides
APA Referencing Examples
Endnote

A wide range of study guides, videos, quizzes and other learning materials are available on Step up to Learning Success. Go to EITOnline and click on Learning Success. You may need to click enrol to access the resources for the first time.

Learning Advisor Study Support

During the cyclone recovery period, 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 their 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.

What does study support include?

Study support may include discussion on

note taking and note making
paraphrasing
memory techniques
reading effectively
exam preparation and techniques
time management, study habits, and organisation
critical thinking
information/literature search
mathematics and numeracy
getting started with assignments
barriers to your learning and how you might address them

Learning Advisor Assignment Review

You may submit assignments to a learning advisor to receive assignment writing advice. There is a restriction on the amount of time that any student can expect to have with a learning advisor and it may be necessary to limit the number of times you can have feedback on an assignment if staff workloads are heavy.

To request an assignment review:

During the cyclone recovery period, 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 their 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.

What does the review include?

Review of your assignment may include advice on	Learning advisors do not
how to analyse your assignment tasks working together on your computer and research skills grammar/punctuation/spelling assignment structure paragraph structure flow of ideas referencing paraphrasing assignment formatting writing style	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 but ultimately, your
assignment is your work and your responsibility.

Post Graduate Distance Studentss

Many EIT distance students are also post graduate students. Study guides that outline the expectations of post graduate learning and which are particularly helpful for post graduate students can be found here.