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The Quality of Tutor/Student Early Interaction in Post-Level 1 Modules

Project Team: Wendy HumphreysVicky Johnson

This project builds on  a previously completed project which found considerable variation in how tutors communicate with their students at the beginning of a module.

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.

Planning Online Conferences in the Arts and Social Sciences

Project Team: Maria NitaStefanie SinclairDavid RobertsonAlison KirkbrightHeather Scott

The foci of this project is to understand best practice in (1) the delivery of online conferences; (2) promoting and hosting; and (3) engagement and inclusion. Consequently, the research questions are:

Challenges of Distance Teaching Masters in International Relations

Project Team: William Brown

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

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.

Arts-based Collaborative Digital Eco-Pedagogies for Teaching about the Climate Crisis and Intersecting Global Challenges in Higher and Distance Education

Project Team: Maria NitaYoseph Araya

The project aims to start a cross-faculty conversation about the current use of novel reflective, digital, public engagement and teaching methodologies in Higher and distance education (Cooke, Araya, Bacon, et al. 2021; Walsh and Powell, 2019).

Exploring the Use of WhatsApp in a Distance Learning Context

Project Team: Zoe Doye

The focus of the proposed scholarship project is to explore the perceived advantages and disadvantages to using WhatsApp within distance education. 

Further Investigation into the Use of Peer Observation for Professional Development: Piloting the AL Toolkit

Project Team: Tatiana BlackmoreJudith Wilson-HughesLiz Wright

This is a project building on the findings of "An Investigation into the use of Peer Observation as a Tool for Professiona

Next Generation Paper for Geography Education

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.

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.