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Online Seminars 

Online seminars aim to help students in their academic process. All seminars will be done in Turkish virtually Zoom/Webex. There will be eight seminars on five topics: 

• Procrastination and Time Management: In this seminar, the importance of procrastination and time management will be discussed. Suggestions regarding the reasons for procrastination and time management are presented.
• Academic Stress Management: In this seminar, how academic stress and anxiety occur, and the possible sub-causes, and how to deal with this stress and anxiety will be discussed. In addition, the examples of academic stress and anxiety experienced by the participants will be shared.
• Study Skills for Prep. School Students: This seminar, which is for English preparatory school students, will discuss effective study skills and strategies in general; information is exchanged on the effective working techniques used by the participants themselves. Specifically, tips will be offered on how to study English more effectively.
• Test Anxiety: In this seminar, the reasons for test anxiety, ways of coping with test anxiety, being able to study more functionally by overcoming anxiety and preparing for exams will be presented; information sharing is provided to learn more about the test anxiety experiences of the participants and what their personal coping mechanisms are.
• Learn Your Brain, Manage Your Learning: In this seminar, the definition of learning; the relationships between needs, emotions, memory, and learning; and how learning takes place in the brain will be presented. Knowing these issues and raising awareness can enable learners to manage their own learning processes and develop learning tools.
• I Forgot, So I Am Not Learning: This seminar aims to provide an environment for discussion about the role of memory in daily life and learning. In addition, learning techniques based on studies in the field of neuroscience are mentioned to learn more permanently and keep information in mind.
• Academic Success and Motivation: The seminar focuses on the relationship between motivation, learning, and academic achievement. What intrinsic and extrinsic motivation is and how it affects academic achievement will be discussed; and participants are invited to attend a personal evaluation activity concerning factors influencing their motivation.

ÖGEM Fall 2021 Seminer Registration Form 

Individual Counseling (Online) 

In individual counseling, ODTÜ undergraduate students receive one-to-one support on topics such as academic stress/time management, effective communication skills, and goal setting. Students who would like to benefit from individual counseling services should send an email to ogem@metu.edu.tr 

Academic Success Psychoeducation Group (Online) 

It is a psychological counseling process with groups of 10-12 people coming together once a week for 90 minutes. The process lasts 6-8 weeks and is guided by a professional leader (one or two specialists in the field). There is a pre-defined problem area (such as overcoming procrastination, effective studying, time management, etc.) in this type of group counseling. For more information, you can follow the announcements on the website, Facebook/Twitter/Instagram pages.