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Foundation Year in Computing

Foundation Year in Computing. Welcome! Delivered by Dave Thomas, K235 e: d.t.thomas@staffs.ac.uk 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

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Foundation Year in Computing

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  1. Foundation Year in Computing Welcome! Delivered by Dave Thomas, K235 e: d.t.thomas@staffs.ac.uk w: www.fcet.staffs.ac.uk/dtt1

  2. 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 . . . . . .

  3. The first thing • Dave Thomas – Foundation Year Award Leader • Everything to do with your award is my fault • So I am the person to sort things and talk to • Contact details: • K235 in the Octagon • d.t.thomas@staffs.ac.uk • www.fcet.staffs.ac.uk\dtt1 • My ‘style’ • What’s happening this week • Who we all are

  4. 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

  5. Who - the teaching team and support staff • Me, Dave Thomas • Lecturers • Janet Francis (iPAS and IWTDS) • Sarah Easton (IM) • Janet Lawton (ISDCS) - perhaps • Administrators • Kath Shenton and Zoe Congreave (K239) • Student Councillor • Janice Kalisz , D001A

  6. 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

  7. 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) • All rooms begin with D, E, F, G and H) • www.fcet.staffs.ac.uk\dtt1\fyc may be useful

  8. 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

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