Dear All,
Sometimes people are not sure where to find guidelines on conferencing etc. Here are a few useful urls which are worth following up:
OU Computing Website
http://www.open.ac.uk/computingguide/start.html.
Tips on how to use forums and get your message across – known as Netiquette.
http://learn.open.ac.uk/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=250995§ion=3
The OU Computing Code of Conduct
http://learn.open.ac.uk/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=250995§ion=1
One of the main purposes of the forums is to help each other. If I feel that this is not occurring and the opposite is, I will take action.
There is a very good OU website, called “Developing Good Academic Practices”. Students are actively encouraged to look at that goes into this in much more detail.
http://learn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=4687&m=3
Now that I’ve said that bit, please feel free to create forum topics within the General Discussion that you may feel is relevant to the group.
Happy conferencing!
Melissa Medders