Learning Time is the Learning Commons' first ever web-based workshop or "webshop." In essence, it's a vast reservoir of information, ideas, strategies, and advice about time management and related topics like procrastination and concentration. We hope you'll find this resource rich, comprehensive, fascinating, well-organized, dare we say even witty. While exploring and learning, we hope that you'll also contribute ideas and suggestions to help other students with the same interests, experiences and concerns, especially if you're a University of Guelph student. As with all our resources and programs, your feedback is requested, welcomed and given careful consideration. In fact, we depend on your input to make Learning Time better, easier to use, and more informative. Please take the time to let us know what your experience here was like. The feedback button always appears on the menu bar at the bottom of each page, and you'll find other opportunities to provide comments as you work your way through.

Learning Time provides several ways to access the information it contains. These are: By Topic By Recurring/Persistent Issue or Problem By Student-Specific Needs You'll find more information on the differences between these access points on (you guessed it) the Access page. We've built in lots of overlap between them, so don't be concerned that you'll be missing something important if you're not sure where to begin. Once you're "into" Learning Time (both literally and metaphorically!) you can always see the entire contents of the site by checking the site map, to ensure that you've covered all the topics relevant to your interests and needs. Regardless of which access point you choose, each will allow you to browse, link and jump around to your heart's content. The Navigation page provides suggestions and details about how the site has been organized. Should your wandering turn to floundering, visit the Site Map to get your bearings.

If this is your first visit to Learning Time, we think you'll find it worth a few minutes of your time to get a big picture of what's here and how this webshop works. If you review these brief summaries now, you'll save yourself a lot of time later on and won't have to divert your attention once you've dived into the content. A menu bar appears at the top of every page in Learning Time. In addition to a link to the home page, the menu bar provides links to this information: Burning with curiosity to know more? Visit the FAQ page for the answers to these questions and more: What exactly is a webshop? How does it work? Where do I start? Where are the parties this semester? Do you need advice, assistance, information, or ideas about time management but for some bizarre and unexplained reason have decided not to register for Learning Time? Then the Resources page may hold some hope for you. Of course there's NOTHING there that's even nearly as useful, comprehensive, current, witty and provocative as what you'll find in Learning Time (except, perhaps, for the Fastfacts, which I also wrote) but you might find something that will help. Web-based resources and materials can pose some unique and interesting challenges to students' ability to learn from this medium. This page provides ideas, suggestions and advice on topics such as how to read web documents and take notes from them - effectively. Managing time when working with computers is such a major issue that we've devoted an entire section to it. Look for "Time Management and Computers" under Topics on the Access page if we've piqued your interest. If you've got a problem with Learning Time, chances are someone else has had the same experience. The Help page will try to get you going again. Learn some background information about the development of Learning Time, and meet the amazing (and modest) duo who created it. It was all made possible by a grant from the University of Guelph's Student Life Enhancement Fund. Here's your big chance to let us know what you think! We need your comments, input, ideas, suggestions, criticisms, compliments and complaints to help make this webshop bigger, better and more effective. There are several ways that you can provide input - the Feedback page will give you all the details.