Project Team: Charlotte Lattin-Rawstrone
The Open University is unique in its provision of distance learning provision to a vast number of learners. Distance tuition relies on a high standard of correspondence tuition as it is the feedback that students receive that is the basis of their personalised learning journey.
Project Team: Stefanie SinclairJohn Maiden
This project critically evaluated the effectiveness and wider applicability of a creative and collaborative assessment activity included in the new OU Religious Studies module A227 ‘Exploring religion: places, practices, texts and experiences’ (TMA01), presented for the first time in October 2017
Project Team: Alison Penn
Submitting an assignment is usually accompanied by a sense of relief but then there is the wait for the mark and the feedback which can cause anxiety amongst students. This is particularly the case for the first assignment on a new module and happened with DD212 Understandi
Project Team: Marianna LatifMalik Refaat
Project Team: Judith Wilson-HughesTatiana BlackmoreLiz Wright
Project Team: Sue Nieland
As one of the largest universities in Europe, and the largest in the UK, the quantity of assessment that has to be carried out by tutors at the Open University is far greater than in most institutions.
Project Team: Tracey Elder
Project Team: Zoe DoyeIeman Hassan
This project aims to explore whether the granting of extensions to TMA cut off dates has any impact on student retention and whether there is a relationship between TMAs and extensions in relation to different student groups at Level 1.
Project Team: Janet Hunter
Project Team: Renate DohmenGeorgina HoldenPamela Bracewell-HomerGeorgina Holden
