Section: Industry-ready skills | Learning Online at USQ | OpenDesk

  • Engage and network with others while learning

    Welcome to Learning Online at the University of Southern Queensland! This 'taster' course is designed so you can see what it is like to be an online USQ student. 

    You can complete this course in one session or in stages. Once you’ve read this ‘Welcome!’, head over to the ‘Getting started’ tab before continuing with the ‘Course Activity’. Make sure you click on each title below to open relevant topic information. We invite you to engage in all activities and discussions and we are excited about what you have to share with us! The course will take you about 30 minutes to complete.

    Through completing the Learning Online at USQ activities, you will:

    • become immersed in the USQ digital-first platform while networking with others
    • discover strategies for managing a student experience that sets you up for graduate career success.

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    USQ Virtual Open Day - Your Experience

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  • Topic

    At USQ we focus on employability through all courses and programs. We want students to have skills applicable to the needs of industry, as shown in the diagram below.
    21st Century skills

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    • The Residential School Experience

      Students doing residential school activities

      Residential schools give external and online students the opportunity to attend face-to-face lectures and tutorials, use the facilities and meet our staff and other students.

      What I've learnt from 5 residential school experiences
      I have now completed five res schools and am looking forward to the next! I know now that when I attend, I will meet new people, cram a lot of learning into one week, and, most importantly, have a ball.

      USQ Engineering student, Adrian, shares his experiences of how to get the most out of residential schools. You can read his full text here.

      (USQ Social Hub, 31 August 2019)

    • USQ Residential schools URL
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      Information on USQ Residential schools (What are residential schools, Postgraduate intensive workshops, Residential school accomodation).

    • One eventful week at a USQ res school

      Shane - Bachelor of Engineering says "It was awesome to meet some really cool people and put faces to the names I’d been speaking with over the last year and a half. It was a good reminder that those ‘names’ I’d typed messages to were real people, balancing work with a family and study just like I was."

      USQ Engineering student, Shane, shares his first-time experiences of an eventful week at a USQ residential school. You can read his full text here.

      (USQ Social Hub, 2 December 2019)

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