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Trialling multiple innovations; production, pedagogy and delivery on A329, the Making of Welsh History

Project Team: Richard Marsden

Independent learning is usually envisaged as something that students do alone. But on ‘A329, The Making of Welsh History’, an online distance-learning dissertation module at the Open University, the situation is quite the reverse.

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.

The Experience of BAME Students on DE300

Project Team: Sharon Xuereb

It is well documented that Black and Minority Ethnic (B.A.M.E.) students are awarded lower grades at university than their White counterparts. In the UK, a first class and second upper class degree classifications are considered ‘good degrees’.

Embedding Accessibility into the Curriculum: An Accessibility Tool as a Checklist

Project Team: Rhiannon EdwardsShazna MuzammilVanessa Moore

The Accessibility Tool is currently being piloted on modules presenting in 22B and 22J with the goal of disseminating the final version across OU by 23J.

Evaluating the Impact of ‘You Can Do It!’ Catch-up Sessions

Project Team: Zoe DoyeIeman HassanJoanna RobsonJudith Wilson-Hughes

We have been trialling tutor-led module-wide ‘you can do it’ catch-up sessions on three modules within SSGS (DD102 – 20J and 21B, DD206 – 20J and DD308 – 20J).  DD206 and DD308 ran these sessions initially, with DD102, concerned at high numbers o

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.

‘Work of the Week’ Activity in A226: Assessing its Application as a Teaching Tool

Project Team: Angeliki Lymberopoulou

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

‘The Project Game: Is My Topic EMA Material?’

Project Team: Renate DohmenGeorgina HoldenPamela Bracewell-HomerGeorgina Holden

Understanding How Social Anxiety Affects Participation in Online Tutorials

Project Team: Janet Hunter