FASSTEST brings together colleagues from across the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, providing a mechanism for professional development through practice-based scholarship within a mentored community.
Much of our work is organised on a project basis with project management aimed at the delivery of new educational outcomes and scholarship outcomes. FASSTEST supports a rolling portfolio of approximately 40 active scholarship projects under a number of themes which include:
If you are interested in learning more about a particular project or connecting with a project team, please contact us at FASS-Scholarship@open.ac.uk.
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Project leader(s): George Revill Benjamin Newman Sonja Rewhorn
Next Generation Paper (NGP) is a technology that blends paper-based and web-based materials using a freely downloadable phone app with page recognition that was developed as part of a 36-month ESRPC-funded project between the University of Surrey and OU.
Project leader(s): Jaime Waters
This project arises from tutor experiences in teaching SISE (Students in Secure Environments) and derives from reflections on the difficulties that SiSE students face beyond access to printed materials, and how we can provide the best possible materials and support for SISE students.
Project leader(s): Kerry Somerset Emma Clarence
Much of the quality assurance of teaching and learning at the Open University is undertaken through the monitoring of marked student assignments.
Project leader(s): Janet Hunter Karen Twiselton
The aim of the project is to explore the experience of students who have been registered on the same module for one or more previous presentations, have either withdrawn, deferred, or been deregistered, and have subsequently returned to study on the same module.
Project leader(s): Edward Wigley Sonja Rewhorn Zoe Doye
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made headlines across the world that proclaim an existential threat to humanity, with ChatGPT being heralded as the beginning of a new era in technology. This scholarship project explores how this disruption could potentially lead to enhanced teac
Project leader(s): Wendy Humphreys Vicky Johnson
This project builds on a previously completed project which found considerable variation in how tutors communicate with their students at the beginning of a module.
Project leader(s): Benjamin Newman Colin Lorne George Revill
The purpose of this project is to explore the potential of thinking from popular and everyday online media spaces such as YouTube.
Project leader(s): Gerry Mooney Janet Cole Iain Macpherson Steven McGeever Khadija Patel
The primary purpose of the proposed project was to: