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SusTEACH video now available !

The SusTEACH project was a finalist in the Green Gown Awards 2012. To support this we have produced a video about the SusTEACH project at the OU is now available on youtube http://youtu.be/FyqhQ1W5rA8 This will be promoted throughout the extensive … Continue reading

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Green Gown Awards

The SusTEACH project was a finalist in the Green Gown Awards 2012 following recognition of the contribution of this research and development project to ‘greening’ teaching and learning in higher education systems.

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SusTEACH news

The SusTEACH project was shortlisted for the Green Gown Award. We attended the ceremony held in the Great Hall of University of Birmingham which was a glittering black tie event. There are ongoing discussions and developments with senior staff in … Continue reading

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SusTEACH project shortlisted for Green Gown Awards!

The SusTEACH project has now been shortlisted for the Green Gown Awards under the Research and Development category. The Green Gown Awards 2012 offer prestigious recognition of best practice within the further and higher education sectors in the UK. http://www.eauc.org.uk/green_gown_awards/. … Continue reading

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SusTEACH Toolkit now online!

The online SusTEACH Toolkit for lecturers, senior managers and students in Higher Education is available at: http://www9.open.ac.uk/SusTeach/. There have been some exciting developments with the SusTEACH project. The data analysis based on the carbon-based environmental assessment of 30 courses or … Continue reading

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Overview of plans for the SusTEACH Toolkit

The SusTEACH Toolkit will be designed to help academic designers and lecturers with planning the learning provision for new courses or modules : • to consider the likely environmental impacts of particular course or module proposals at the early planning … Continue reading

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SusTEACH Project Advisory Group (PAG)

The SusTEACH PAG meeting was held on 12th December 10.00-12-30 in S2002 Venables (DDEM). This meeting reviewed progress with the SusTEACH project progress and plans. 1. Update on OU module survey results and analysis We have almost completed the OU … Continue reading

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SusTEACH survey update

The SusTEACH project is progressing well and we have been busy with the following activities: 1.  We have conducted a survey with students on OU modules and conducted a pilot study with students at Loughborough University and Cranfield University.  Further surveys have been … Continue reading

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Student Survey Now Launched

On 3rd June we launched the survey for OU students on five modules and will shortly survey students in Cranfield University and University of Loughborough. Further surveys of students on modules at Cranfield University, University of Loughborough and University of … Continue reading

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Conceptualizing the role of ICTs and the ICT intensity of HE teaching models

We have now held scoping meetings and consultations to agree a common framework for conceptualizing the role of ICTs in different Higher Education teaching models, although the process is still continuing. To be able to measure the role of ICTs … Continue reading

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