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Academic Platform for Language in University Settings (Aplus)

The Academic Platform for Language in University Settings (APLUS) is a self-paced online platform that incorporates aspects of self-regulated learning (planning, monitoring, reflection on learning) to support student’s development of communication skills in academic settings while deepening their knowledge and practice of academic integrity.

In the Academic Integrity module, students learn to critically evaluate the reliability of sources, understand how to use referencing and attribution to avoid plagiarism, practice citation styles and build awareness of ethical issues related to academic integrity.

In the Oral and Written Communication modules, students build their oral and written communication skills by participating in a series of integrated learning activities with scaffolded feedback provided along the way. Through these activities they learn about different types of communication requirements in academic settings and are introduced to rich resources.

The development of the Aplus platform is funded by the University's International Student Experience Fund.

Lab members working on the Aplus Project:

Testimonials

“Plagiarism was nice to see mapped out.
Anxiety relieving.”

“Self-reflection very useful – helps to understand better, rather than just tutoring.”

“Module to help with proper formatting – APA, MLA, no course covers, had to figure it out alone.”

“Reminder about plagiarism was helpful because sometimes students plagiarize unknowingly.”

“APA was useful as it is often easy to forget proper APA referencing and formatting.”

“Everything was useful … it was a good reminder/refresher. Good to have a constant reminder necessary as students sometimes do wrongdoing unknowingly.”