Supporting students

Postcard Confessions: Deepening Understanding of Students via their Hopes and Dreams

James Warren Georgy Holden

We think that we know our students, but do we fully understand their hopes the reality of their daily lives?

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Understanding Passive Withdrawals on S111

Victoria Pearson Linda Moore Maria Velasco

In every presentation of S111, there has been a percentage of students who remain registered until the end of the module but have had limited or even no engagement with the module content and assessment.  In some cases, they may have never logged on to the VLE at all despite attempts from AL

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Writing retreats for level 1 students

Victoria Nicholas Paul Collier

Students frequently cite time pressure as a challenge to successful study.

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Understanding the postgraduate research student experience in a culture of collaborative leadership

Ann Grand

How leaders choose to lead inevitably has impacts on those who follow them. From the beginning of AstrobiologyOU, its directors have aspired to lead the group collaboratively.

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Exploring a Peer Support Structure for Jupyter Notebooks and R on M348 (Applied Statistical Modelling)

Jotham Gaudoin

M348 (Applied Statistical Modelling) is a new module in applied statistics that will involve developing skills in the R software package via the use of Jupyter notebooks. It is a compulsory module for students on several qualifications and these students have a range of different backgrounds

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Investigating students perception of some of the key learning activities in T272

Foroogh Hosseinzadeh Anne-Marie Gallen Helen Lockett Rafael Hidalgo Maxim Lamirande

The purpose of this research is to engage with Stage 2 engineering students, studying T272 Core Engineering B module, about different modes of online activities and how effective these are in engaging, informing, and reinforcing their learning.

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Investigating how to enhance the idea generation process by students for their T452 project

Martin Braun

At the Open University in the UK, final year engineering undergraduates are required to suggest a topic for their project.

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Creating a community of support through social activities

Sue Pawley Cath Brown

A number of STEM students find their modules academically demanding; success for such students requires the development of resilience and a growth mindset, as discussed in Johnston-Wilder and Lee (2010.

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Early Start for TM470 project students

Christine Gardner

Students on the IT/computing named degree have a compulsory project to complete at the end of their studies (TM470), yet for some this is a major challenge due to the independent nature of the research, with relatively little taught content in the module.

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Embedding research into teaching: practices, motivations and impacts

Sarah Davies

Academics are often interested in using their own research in their teaching – this can be a valuable way of sharing their passion for their subject, connecting students with cutting edge research knowledge, and enabling students to experience authentic science practices.

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