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Improves and enhance the learning experience of students

Improves and enhance the learning experience of students

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. 

Identifying Future Directions: Where do Final Year Psychology and Counselling Students Find Information about Postgraduate Study?

Project Team: Rhiannon EdwardsMary Dobson

Research question: Where do final year Psychology and Counselling students gain information about postgraduate study? 

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

Supporting Learners with Mental Health Difficulties

Project Team: Anastasia Economou

This project aspires to provide helpful insights into how tutors can best teach and support students with mental health difficulties in a distance learning context.