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Enables more students to achieve their study goals

Pedagogies at the Intersection of Arts and Academia

Project Team: Agnes Czajka

Having co-led the Open University’s Tate Exchange initiative over the past three years, I have come to realise that a number of colleagues in FASS and other faculties have worked – or have expressed interest in working – at the intersection of arts and academia.

Reducing Student Anxiety Whilst Waiting for their Marked Assignments

Project Team: Alison Penn

Submitting an assignment is usually accompanied by a sense of relief but then there is the wait for the mark and the feedback which can cause anxiety amongst students.  This is particularly the case for the first assignment on a new module and happened with DD212 Understandi

Teaching Sensitive Topics

Project Team: Stephen RobinsonDavid Morrison

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. 

Making the Most of Monitoring

Project Team: Sue Nieland

As one of the largest universities in Europe, and the largest in the UK, the quantity of assessment that has to be carried out by tutors at the Open University is far greater than in most institutions.

Running an Effective Online Gallery Visit

Project Team: Lindsay CrispVeronica Davies

We know that there are a number of both tangible and intangible ‘tried and tested’ benefits of face-to-face gallery visits.

Understanding Student Learning of Emotive and Sensitive Content

Project Team: Julia DownesRuth WallAnne Alvaer