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Supporting care experienced students: Piloting a project in the Faculty of Business and Law
By Grace Allen, Catherine Comfort, Daniel Coxon, Sarah Henderson, Christine Mera & Joanna Mirek-Tooth Higher Education (HE) is a vast and different world to navigate for any new student wishing to access it. For a student who is a care … Continue reading
Integrating online learning provision: What will schools take forward post-pandemic?
By Katharine Jewitt An 18-month research project is seeking to identify what online learning innovations schools can and will be keeping post-pandemic. Dr Katharine Jewitt reports on preliminary findings: As Covid restrictions are lifted, school leaders are beginning to plan … Continue reading
Developing an integrated model of support for full-time students in a part-time world – a pilot
By Charlotte Luckhurst and Liz Hardie Background Most students studying law at The Open University study 60 credits a year (equivalent to part-time study). However, the numbers of students choosing to study law at full-time intensity (120 credits a year) … Continue reading
Continuing our experiences of online mentoring
By Carol Edwards, Lorraine Gregory, Liz Hardie and Louise Taylor We previously posted a blog in October 2020 entitled ‘Setting up a Pilot Mentoring Programme on W101 – An Introduction to Law’ (Edwards, Hardie and Gregory, 2020). This explained our … Continue reading
Business simulation: stimulation for business learners
By Kevin Amor …simulations are perceived as educational and fun, a rare combination indeed! (Devasagyam, 2007) Increasingly business schools and others tasked with teaching business skills are using business simulations as a key element of their offering (see for example … Continue reading
Posted in Business School, e-learning, e-teaching, General, HE, online learning resources, Online teaching, onlinestudent, onlineteacher, onlineteaching, onlinetips, Open University, SCiLAB, Skills online, Uncategorised
Tagged #collaborate, #education, authentic, business, learning, simulation, team-based, technological
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Using asynchronous forums to support large-class teaching
By Ruslan Ramanau Large-class teaching has attracted the attention of educators across the globe in the last decade, mostly due to rapid growth in teaching and learning contexts with large teacher-to-student ratios, such as massive online courses (MOOCs). But is … Continue reading
Challenging the norm in academic recruitment
By Grace Allen, Joanna Mirek-Tooth, Christine Mera & Charlotte Luckhurst There is growing recognition across the higher education sector that an institution’s leadership should be representative of wider society. As institutions strive to ensure diversity is championed and that diverse viewpoints are … Continue reading
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Tagged Awarding gap, Diversity, Ethnicity, Inclusion, Recruitment, Teaching
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A Virtual Reality Courtroom Project
By Dr Clare Jones & Francine Ryan Exciting new project The Open University Law School’s, Open Justice Centre, is embarking on an exciting new project which brings together technology and law to enable immersive and active learning to take place … Continue reading
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Tagged experiential learning, teaching innovation, virtual courts, virtual reality, virtual reality courtroom, virtual worlds, VR
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Strategic management of online learning during Covid and beyond
By Dr Jacqueline Baxter Leading online learning: Out of crisis comes opportunity. We are just entering the pilot stage of our research project which looks at how schools have strategically managed online learning during Covid, and if and how, new experiences … Continue reading
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Can full time students succeed in a part time world?
by Carey Stephens The number of students registered to study at full time intensity was over 28% of all new learners at the Open University in Autumn 2020. My own Faculty of Business & Law recorded an increase, from Autumn 2019, of almost 200 fulltime intensity students registered on the Business & Management … Continue reading
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Tagged distance learning, flexible intensity study, motivation for study, student experience, student success
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