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The OU and Scotland’s Colleges’ Collaborative Teaching Partnership: An Evaluation

Project Team: Gerry MooneyJanet ColeIain Macpherson Steven McGeeverKhadija Patel

The primary purpose of the proposed project was to:

Capture the experiences of students, tutors and partnership managers (both OU and College) and to evaluate the impacts of these Collaborative Teaching Partnership in three of Scotland’s Colleges: Ayrshire, City of Glasgow and Fife.

Teaching Critical Thinking Skills

Project Team: Sue NielandIan McGarryAmita Sen-Gupta

In the age of digital information and high levels of technology in academic life, critical thinking skills are not just considered as an element of academic literacy; they have been interpreted in terms of the ability to use Microsoft Office and reference managing software effectively when underg

Developing an Approach to Networked Audio for Distance Learning in Music Practice

Project Team: Sean WilliamsNaomi Barker

This project examines the use of networked technologies for group music practice, within the context of a small group of 3-7 players.

Communication Strategies and the Tutor-Student Relationship

Project Team: Wendy HumphreysVicky Johnson

One of the findings of our completed project, The Quality of Tutor-Student Early contact in Post Level 1 Modules, was the extreme variation in both the interpretation and practice of tutors, in terms of early communication within a module.

SMART Feedback: Exploring the impact of action-focused student feedback on the student experience of learning

Project Team: Charlotte Lattin-Rawstrone

The proposed study intends to investigate the application of aspects of the research and framework through an intervention that builds on this framework with a specific focus on the reciprocal process and enactment of outcomes of feedback components by using SMART goals in the feedback process.

Tracking retention and building community in distance music study

Project Team: Alexander KolassaLilian Simones

There are three objectives of this project (presented in order of priority):

Developing Academic Integrity in Postgraduate Students

Project Team: Sue NielandPaige Cuffe

This project will explore the development of postgraduate students’ understanding and practice of academic integrity, that is of good academic conduct, focusing particularly on the module Principles of Social and Psychological Inquiry.