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Learn<strong>in</strong>g Reprioritised: Support<strong>in</strong>g the ODeL Student by Develop<strong>in</strong>g a Personal Information<br />

Management Systems <strong>and</strong> Strategies Program (PIMSS)<br />

Ignatius G.P. Gous<br />

Pilot <strong>and</strong> Roll-out<br />

Figure 7.<br />

In a pilot project the program was presented <strong>in</strong> face-to-face sem<strong>in</strong>ars with medical, dentistry<br />

<strong>and</strong> veter<strong>in</strong>ary students. It was established that they use the follow<strong>in</strong>g learn<strong>in</strong>g strategies:<br />

• Read <strong>and</strong> re-read;<br />

• Highlight<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> Underl<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g;<br />

• Write concepts out;<br />

• Summaries;<br />

• Old papers <strong>and</strong> memor<strong>and</strong>a;<br />

• Mnemonics.<br />

Exposure to the program resulted <strong>in</strong> positive experiences by the students, which was reported<br />

elsewhere.<br />

Currently it is be<strong>in</strong>g rolled out to students at the University <strong>of</strong> South Africa, <strong>and</strong> results will<br />

become available towards the end <strong>of</strong> 2016.<br />

In order to make it easily available, the program is accessed via QR code on mobile devices.<br />

294 Reach<strong>in</strong>g from the roots – 9 th EDEN Research Workshop Proceed<strong>in</strong>gs, 2016, Oldenburg<br />

ISBN 978-615-5511-12-7

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