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Study skills: study smarter with AI
Six short lessons for adult learners: why re-reading fools you, self-testing, spaced review, deep questions, using AI as a tutor within your course rules, and routines that protect sleep and sanity. Built on US Department of Education research guidance, TEQSA and QAA.
About this course
Study skills: study smarter with AI.
Starter · About 1 hour of learning · 6 lessons · 14 quick checks · 1 download
Who it's for
Adult learners in Australia, the UK, the US and elsewhere: people studying part-time, returning to study, doing work qualifications or learning for interest.
How it works
6 guided lessons in your browser, with worked examples, exercises and a quick check after each lesson. Progress is saved in this browser only, and you can restart at any time.
Sources we rely on
10 published sources, mostly regulators and official bodies, listed below so you can check the original guidance yourself.
By the end you can
- Use delayed self-checks to find what you really know
- Test yourself with short-answer questions and feedback
- Plan spaced reviews over weeks instead of cramming
- Use deep questions and explanation to understand topics
- Use AI as a tutor within your course rules, and sustain a healthy routine
Downloads
- Study planner .xlsxA spaced review planner with automatic review dates, a self-test log, a weekly study plan, an exam countdown and an AI-use log, with Amira’s worked example.
Rules by country
Learning time
About 1 hour of learning. May count towards your CPD or professional development; check your professional body's rules. Estimated from reading time, exercises, quick checks and downloads.
Sources
Check the originals.
Drafted with AI assistance and run through automated quality and source checks. How these courses are made. Spotted an error or out-of-date rule? Send a correction.
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- Organizing Instruction and Study to Improve Student Learning (IES Practice Guide, 2007) · Institute of Education Sciences, US Department of Education
- Artificial intelligence: advice for students · Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA, Australia)
- Student academic misconduct: contract cheating, large scale cases and gen AI · Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA, Australia)
- Driving AI: your ethical route through assignments (student poster) · Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA, UK)
- Using study mode in ChatGPT · OpenAI Help Center (vendor)
- AI and cyber security: what you need to know · National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC, UK)
- Creating healthy habits · healthdirect (Australia)
- Work-life balance: strategies and where to get help · healthdirect (Australian Government-funded health information service)
- 6 easy time-management tips · NHS inform (NHS Scotland)
- Emotional Wellness Toolkit · National Institutes of Health (NIH, US)
Publisher
Who publishes this course.
Published by trainyourself.org, a trading name of Combine TRS Pty Ltd (ABN 42 112 983 678), Brisbane, Australia.
How it's made: drafted with AI assistance from published official, government and vendor guidance, then run through automated quality checks against our course depth standard and automated source checks that match each rule to its official source, listed above. The course guide is an AI presenter and is labelled as one. Read how these courses are made.
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