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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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    Understanding the influence of demographics on attendance and access of synchronous and asynchronous online tuition

    Project Team: Lindsay CrispMelissa BaileyHannah LaveryDonna SmithKaty SmithJoanna Robson

    This project draws together a team of colleagues from across the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences to explore participation in ‘live’ online learning events and summary recordings with no students present known as ‘Learning Event Summaries’ (LES).

    Investigating tutorial attendance on synchronous face-to-face and online classroom events on Arts modules

    Project Team: Robin MackieAstrid VoigtJen ShepherdSteve PadleyMaddy SharmanMichelle Hynd

    The project looked at quantitative data for the three academic years starting in October 2017, 2018 and 2019.

    Investigating tuition attendance in Arts & Humanities: Stage 2

    Project Team: Robin MackieSteve PadleyMaddy SharmanJen ShepherdAstrid Voigt

    In our previous project we were able to use data from the LEM system to explore student attendance in tuition from across the Arts & Humanities programme.

    The Relaxed Tutorial Project

    Project Team: Trevor FearNaoko YamagataCora Beth FraserArdle Mac Mahon

    ‘Relaxed’ events are held across the Arts sector, primarily as a means of accommodating neurodiversity, but also as a way of suiting other specific needs.

    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.

    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):

    Closing the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Enquirer and Recruitment Gap in FASS

    Project Team: Karen HaganLystra Hagley-DickinsonPepta Joefield-BeebyAnna Clarke

    The BAME Insight Factsheet produced by Marketing demonstrated that there is a BAME enquirer gap in the OU.

    Exploring Students’ Experiences of Full Time and Flexible Study Intensity on English and Creative Writing Qualifications

    Project Team: Hannah LaveryNatalie LewisClare SpencerDerek NealeLiz Ford

    Better Understanding Study Motivation and Module Choice

    Project Team: Suzanne ForbesElayne ChaplinSara Wolfson

    Diversifying End of Module Assessment Project Options on a Level 3 Classical Studies Module – A Pilot Study to Evaluate Pedagogic Strategies and Assess Benefits and Challenges

    Project Team: Astrid Voigt

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