Learning Resources in the Digital Era

Task 1:

In order to develop own skill and knowledge, he individuals have higher scope in the recent era do globalisation and digitalisation to access a he variety of books, journals and articles over internet where the learner can gather a high number of sources for gaining high insight on a particular research topic. The aim of the study is to identify the key resources available in the internet or offline library for the learners which can develop their own knowledge and skill for further expansion of knowledge and gaining high in-depth insight ion a particular research topic. Through this study, it is possible for the learner to manage their time and develop note taking technique successfully so that the learners can develop their knowledge and understanding successfully. Making notes for the written assignments after extracting the literature sources is important for the learners through which they can develop their understanding and create a good piece of work successfully. Through this paper, it is also posisbel to explain about the technique of avoid the issue of plagiarism which is a serious academic misconduct and thus in this regard, it is necessary for the learner to understand the issue of plagiarism and avoid it by developing suitable technique so that they can develop a good piece of work without any plagiarised content.

E-books are one of the effective sources of information where the learners have access to the internet and the sites where the e-books are available. the learners can access the sites and develop their understanding by reading the e-books.

There are huge variety of books by different authors and that would be effective for the learners to develop their understanding. different views of the authors and different perspectives are also beneficial for the learners to improve their knowledge and analyse the research topic efficiently.

E-books can be carried easily and there are a huge number of books in a single location where the learner can choose the right book successfully.

Cost of e-books is lesser and the number of features available in the e-books are higher which helps the learners to get proper insight about the particular research topic.

E-books are helpful through which the learners can download the link or the book when they get proper information and additionally it can be accessed easily and immediately as per the needs and preferences of the learners.

E-journals are also effective for the learners from which they can get better insight and social research by different researcher in which the learners can link the theories and practice with the real-life case studies successfully.

Through e-journals, the learners can understand the practice and interact with the electronic sources of information easily in which they can save time to gain in depth research knowledge and understanding.

Online websites are also beneficial for the learners through which the online activities can be explored, and information can be extracted which are valid and relevant to the research study.

The online websites are updated well in which new information are added which further helps the learner to develop their knowledge and understanding.

Online websites and articles as well as news articles are also effective for the learners to develop their understanding and knowledge.

Through time management and note taking technique, the learners can take effective notes from which they can get proper insights about the study as well as gain more knowledge and skills about a particular research paper. These are effective strategies of the learners in which they can search e-books, journals and websites for gathering information and note down the important ones for their benefits of developing effective write up without the issue of plagiarism.

Time management technique is important where the students need to understand the importance of time in studying and developing a good piece of writing. The learners need to develop proper schedule and prioritise the tasks one by one s per their importance. Planning of gaining effective in sight by reading the articles and books as well as own efficiency are effective to manage time for academic purpose. Breaking the study time and to-do list are also effective for the learners to develop learning abilities and manage time efficiently.

It is important to develop note taking technique so that it is posisbel for the learners to take the important notes successfully.

Getting main ideas and note down the ley words, taking through diagrams and mind mapping for flowchart are three effective note taking technique in which the learner can take the important notes efficiently by considering all the information of a particular research topic.

Through summarising the content and considering the key words are effective for taking effective notes within short time as well as the leader tries to develop mind mapping for creating flowchart taking the note. apart from that, diagram is also another technique for taking notes efficiently.

Task 2:

Introducing the topic:

Lifestyle of the people has a significant impact on the health and mental condition of the individuals. In the recent era of globalisation, the lifestyle and behaviour of the person is one of the major determinants of health where the factors such as healthy diet, exercise, smoking, drug abuse, alcohol consumption, unusual sleep, sexual behaviour and medication abuse have crucial impacts on the health condition of the individuals (Bouchard, Blair, Haskell, 2012). The aim of the research is to analyse the impacts of lifestyle on the health condition of the individual through which it is possible to determine the determinants of health and wellbeing among the individuals.

Analysing the chosen lifestyle of the person:

In this particular study, it is possible to choose the case study where the person is not interested in doing exercise which leads the person towards many complications in his body such as diabetes, high pressure and obesity. The person is suffering from serious weight gain for which he is not able to move fast and do his daily activities well. It is very difficult for him to travel from one place to another due to obesity and high weight. In addition to these, the person is also suffering from high diabetes and blood pressure due to lack of exercise and weight gain for which he has asthma and breathing problem. These are the major complications, he is suffering from. in this case of the patient, lack of exercise raises the general health problems where the problem of diabetes and blood pressure are serious for him which can lead him to major complications such as heart attack kidney failure and sudden falls due to inability to live properly for high weight. Obesity is another issue which can lead the person towards depression and stress and affect his mental problems. In this case, both the physical and mental health of the person can be deteriorated for such lifestyle without proper diet and no exercise. stressful life and lack of abilities to take active parts in social activities can demotivate the person and increase depression in his life and this in turn affects his menta health condition. Healthy diet in this regard is also another necessary were the person should focus on along with proper consumption of the medicines so that he can overcome his problems and lead a normal life like others. In this case, it can be stated that, the choice of lifestyle of the person affect the health condition of the individuals. On the positive perspectives, it can also be seen that, when the person is engaged with daily exercise and concerned about healthy eating habit and diet, he becomes more fit and fine and he can live long without such complications. Hereby, there is high impacts of the lifestyle chosen by the individuals on both of their mental and physical health condition.

Importance of exercise for the person:

In this case, the person should focus on daily exercise and healthy eating habit so that he can overcome his complications of obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes where daily exercise, walk and activities are helpful for him to live a normal life like others. Exercise is good for making the body parts active and blood circulation can become good. the cardiovascular system and heart system also become good through daily exercise (Farhud, 2015). Through exercise and adequate time of walking and running can reduce his weight which is effective for mitigating obesity and improving his activities and movement where he becomes able to travel successfully without any physical complications. Fitness and improved health condition are the benefits of daily excuse where regular exercise can also be effective for the individuals for reducing diabetes and control blood pressure level successfully. The chance of heart attack and asthma also can be controlled through daily exercise (World Health Organisation, 2018).

Conclusion and suggestions:

It can be concluded that, healthy diet and daily exercise becomes a part of everyone’s life and int his case study, the person choose not to do regular exercise and eh is also not concerned about the healthy eating habit for which he is suffering from diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure and obesity which in tur affects the mental health condition of the patient due to depression and stress. Hereby, it can be stated that the lifestyle of the individual is one of the major determinants of health where the choose lifestyle of the person can affect the health condition of the person.

Task 3:

What is plagiarism and how to avoid plagiarism

Plagiarism means when the writer exactly copies the appropriation of another person’s ideas, processes, results or words without giving appropriate credit to the actual author of the content.

It is an academic misconduct for the writer when he or she copy and write the same information without referencing the line, or when the writer did not use quotation for using the thought and content of other authors.

It is necessary for the writers to avoid the academic misconduct where plagiarism is an ethical issue for developing a good piece of work.

It is necessary for the writers to avoid such issue which helps the learner to develop own piece of writing without any plagiarised content.

In the academic study, tit is the responsibility of the writer or the learners to develop their own writing without copying it, if they try to copy the theories and concept of the writer, they need to use quotation and cite the sentient with proper reference of the actual author of the content.

Steps for avoiding plagiarism

It is essential to acknowledge the contribution of others in own work through which it is possible to develop plagiarised free content.

Identifying the citation is necessary through which proper references are included where the leaders can cite the content of the authors with the name and year of the author successfully.

Paraphrasing and summarising the content is also necessary for the learner in which the student needs to be efficient in paraphrasing the content successfully.

Summarising the content is important for avoiding the issue of plagiarism, where the learner needs to gather a huge range of information and data as well as improve own knowledge and skill by gaining proper insight about the research topic and improving understating.

This will be helpful for the learner to develop their problem solving and analytical skill through which the learner can evaluate the gaining contents and improve their understanding for paraphrasing the content and represent it in own words.

In this regard, the learner also needs to improve vocabulary skills and increase the collection of synonymous words through which they can paraphrase or summarise the content successfully with new collection of words where the meaning remains the same, but the sentence looks different.

This is effective for avoiding the issue plagiarism and the technique of paraphrasing and summarising are one of the main techniques to avoid plagiarism and develop effective content or write up successfully.

Providing citations when the facts and figures are including in the write up as well as enclosing the text with proper quotation marks with an accompanying citation will provide a scope to the learners to avoid the issue of plagiarism in the academic study in which it is posisbel for the learners to develop a plagiarised free content efficiently.

Plagiarism is considered as a serious crime in the academic study and thus it is necessary for the researchers and learners to void it and develop an effective piece of write up with no plagiarism, where the strategy of paraphrasing, summarising the content and expressing own thoughts and knowledge after gathering the information are effective for avoiding plagiarism successfully.

Types of plagiarism to avoid

Task 4:

Time table for conducting this study:

Time table is appropriate for me to develop the write u within effective time by developing effective Gantt chart in which all the activities of mine are included and it further provides me a scope to follow the Gantt chart and maintain time for each and every activity. As per the Gantt chart, I try to develop research title and gather the e-books after accessing all the books available as per the above research topic within week 2, which helps me to improve my knowledge and understanding about the title of the study. within week I have completed searching of e-journals and website which are also effective for me to develop deep insight about the research topic which is the impacts of lifestyle on the individual’s health. In week 5 and 6, I concentrate on Improving own knowledge after studying the secondary sources of information and developing mind mapping and in week 7 and 8, I was focusing on analysing the gathered content, noting down the key ideas and keywords, developing content with proper information, paraphrasing the content, summarising the findings and creating reference list which helps me to develop the write up properly without the issue of plagiarism. In the last week I cite all the information, use quotation focusing the content directly and proofread the paper to create plagiarised and grammatical error free content for final submission.

Critical reflection:

I have gathered all the relevant sources and valid information that are effective for me to develop the write up in which I try to utilise my analytical skill for summarising the content successfully. Through proper paraphrasing and use of vocabulary for synonymous words are also helpful for me to improve my writing skill and abilities. I am concerned about the issue of plagiarism which is a serious criminal offence in case of academic study and thus I try to void plagiarism through using citation and quotation and I include proper reference list at the end of my work so that all the information are cited well in the write up which is helpful for me to avoid the issue of plagiarism and develop a plagiarised free con tent successfully. Moreover, I try to communicate with my teachers and peers to develop my knowledge and understanding about a particular research topic so that it is possible for me to summarise the content with proper meaning so that the reader can understand my point of view. The main issue which I have faced is evaluating the content properly due to lack of synonymous words and in this regard, I need to develop my vocabulary skill for improving the collection of words that I can use for developing plagiarised free content by keeping the meaning as same as the original piece of work. I also use proper citation so that I can appreciate the original work of the author as well as online searches are helpful for me to improve my knowledge ad get deep insight about the research study which in turn helps me to summarise the research topic after understanding the logic behind it.