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FASSTEST brings together colleagues from across the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, providing a mechanism for professional development through practice-based scholarship within a mentored community. 

Much of our work is organised on a project basis with project management aimed at the delivery of new educational outcomes and scholarship outcomes. FASSTEST supports a rolling portfolio of approximately 40 active scholarship projects under a number of themes which include:

  • Online and blended tuition 
  • Assessment
  • Employability/careers 
  • Equality, diversity and inclusion
  • Mental health and wellbeing
  • Multisensory/multimodal learning

If you are interested in learning more about a particular project or connecting with a project team, please contact us at FASS-Scholarship@open.ac.uk. 

Projects

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    Does peer interaction in online tutorials impact the student experience?

    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.

    Transition to Postgraduate Study: the MA in Music

    Project Team: Rosemary Golding Byron Dueck

    This project considers some of the barriers students might face when moving onto the MA in Music, either from within the OU or with prior experience of higher education from external institutions.

    Learning from YouTube: Popular Culture and Geography Distance Education

    Project Team: Benjamin NewmanColin LorneGeorge Revill

    The purpose of this project is to explore the potential of thinking from popular and everyday online media spaces such as YouTube.

    Impact on formal points of tutor contact on student outcome and experience on new L1 module D120

    Project Team: Marianna LatifAlicia Townshend

    This study aims to explore the impact of early tutor contact on the D120 module, looking at the student experience, the tutor relationship and retention and progression. D120 is a new level 1 psychology module which started in October 2023.

    Implementing module team-led research skills-focused workshop events into a final year project module: An evaluation of student attitudes and outcomes

    Project Team: Louise NewbiggingJames MunroSimon HarrisonMaika Telga

    Investigating Psychology 3 (DE300) is the capstone Level 3 module in Psychology and Counselling with the Open University, in which students complete an independent research project over the course of the module.

    Students' Experience of Research Methods Teaching Level 2

    Project Team: Jennifer Mattschey

    The project investigates Psychology students’ perception of both quantitative and qualitative research methods teaching at level 2, with the aim to identify new and more effective approaches to teaching these topics.

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