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Promotes equality diversity and inclusion including reduction of degree awarding gap

Promotes equality diversity and inclusion including reduction of degree awarding gap

Challenges of Distance Teaching Masters in International Relations

Project leader(s):  William Brown

In the age of digital information and high levels of technology in academic life, critical thinking skills are not just considered as an element of academic literacy; they have been interpreted in terms of the ability to use Microsoft Office and reference managing software effectively when underg

The Relaxed Tutorial Project

Project leader(s):  Trevor Fear Naoko Yamagata Cora Beth Fraser

‘Relaxed’ events are held across the Arts sector, primarily as a means of accommodating neurodiversity, but also as a way of suiting other specific needs.

Planning Online Conferences in the Arts and Social Sciences

Project leader(s):  Maria Nita Stefanie Sinclair David Robertson Alison Kirkbright Heather Scott

The foci of this project is to understand best practice in (1) the delivery of online conferences; (2) promoting and hosting; and (3) engagement and inclusion. Consequently, the research questions are:

Investigating tuition attendance in Arts & Humanities: Stage 2

Project leader(s):  Robin Mackie Steve Padley Maddy Sharman Jen Shepherd Astrid Voigt

In our previous project we were able to use data from the LEM system to explore student attendance in tuition from across the Arts & Humanities programme.

The OU and Scotland’s Colleges’ Collaborative Teaching Partnership: An Evaluation

Project leader(s):  Gerry Mooney Janet Cole Iain Macpherson Steven McGeever Khadija Patel

The primary purpose of the proposed project was to:

Investigating tutorial attendance on synchronous face-to-face and online classroom events on Arts modules

Project leader(s):  Robin Mackie Astrid Voigt Jen Shepherd Steve Padley Maddy Sharman Michelle Hynd

The project looked at quantitative data for the three academic years starting in October 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Understanding the influence of demographics on attendance and access of synchronous and asynchronous online tuition

Project leader(s):  Lindsay Crisp Melissa Bailey Hannah Lavery Donna Smith Katy Smith Joanna Robson

This project draws together a team of colleagues from across the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences to explore participation in ‘live’ online learning events and summary recordings with no students present known as ‘Learning Event Summaries’ (LES).

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