Enables more students to achieve their study goals
Project Team: Eimear O'ConnorKatie Rix
When studying distance learning, researchers often focus on improving the interaction between attendees (e.g. Bernard et al., 2009). However, this type of research is often based on the assumption that interaction is beneficial for all students.
Project Team: Emilie RutledgeRoberto SimonettiJulia Chukwuma
This project considers student retention rates in relation to forum activity participation. While an array of factors—individual and institutional—impact these rates in Higher Education, creating a strong sense of student community is one organisational level measure that can addressed.
Project Team: Astrid VoigtEmma Bridges
This project investigates the benefits and challenges – for both students and educators – of an innovative assessment format which aims to make assessment more inclusive and authentic for Classical Studies students.
Project Team: Debbie Parker KinchAnactoria ClarkeJasmine Hunter Evans
The scholarship project will pilot and evaluate ‘write now’ sessions on the Open University English Literature module A233 ‘Telling Stories: the novel and beyond’. These will be live online sessions aimed at helping students get writing, alongside other students who form a writing community, in
Project Team: Sinead EcclesKaren Twiselton
This two-stage project is aimed at mapping a period of change within the Open University (OU) where Associate Lecturers (ALs) are encouraged to activate their camera (or video-pod) whilst delivering online tutorials.
Project Team: George RevillBenjamin NewmanSonja Rewhorn
Next Generation Paper (NGP) is a technology that blends paper-based and web-based materials using a freely downloadable phone app with page recognition that was developed as part of a 36-month ESRPC-funded project between the University of Surrey and OU.
Project Team: Eleni AndreouliSimon ClarkeJulian Bond
A longstanding challenge faced by students and educators alike is the difficulty in maintaining an active PhD research culture, which, in turn, can have a negative impact on doctoral students’ progression and in the quality of their studies. The reasons of this are multiple.
Project Team: Linda BriggsElayne ChaplinSuzanne Forbes
Open University students usually register for a specific degree when they begin their studies, but are able to change to a different degree pathway at various points while they are studying.
Project Team: Lucy WildeKesi MahendranKate Garland
The central aim of the project is to evaluate the academic coaching provided in DD801.
