Improves and enhance the learning experience of students
Project Team: Janet HunterKaren Twiselton
The aim of the project is to explore the experience of students who have been registered on the same module for one or more previous presentations, have either withdrawn, deferred, or been deregistered, and have subsequently returned to study on the same module.
Project Team: Kerry SomersetEmma Clarence
Much of the quality assurance of teaching and learning at the Open University is undertaken through the monitoring of marked student assignments.
Project Team: Jaime Waters
This project arises from tutor experiences in teaching SISE (Students in Secure Environments) and derives from reflections on the difficulties that SiSE students face beyond access to printed materials, and how we can provide the best possible materials and support for SISE students.
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: Natalie LewisDonall MacCathmhaoillEmma Claire SweeneyLania Knight
This mixed-methods project evaluated the introduction of the recording of online tutorials on OU Level 2 module, Creative Writing. The project investigated specific concerns and considerations around tutorial attendance, student participation, and the pedagogy of Creative Writing workshops.
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.
