On evaluation design Wednesday 25th November 2015 what we know Some thoughts on my approach to evaluation design. I’ve just finished another internal evaluation of a project. This time it’s the AMORES project (www.amores-project.eu). Reflecting on the evaluation, and the similarities with the previous...
OCSLD News Monday 16th November 2015 News Every month or the Heads of Department have lunch with the VC and run through news from their departments. These tend to focus on external activities: research, consultancy and outreach. Here is what I...
Collaborative workshop in Mexico Tuesday 10th November 2015 News Last week, I attended a workshop entitled, “Training directed to researchers with interest in science and mathematics education”. Its aims are to foster collaborations between Mexican and British researchers and to discuss current and...
Mark Childs, Joining Brookes Thursday 5th November 2015 News As I’ve just started working as a Senior Lecturer in OCSLD (the Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development) at Oxford Brookes I felt it was time to start blogging regularly (not trying to...
Launching the Participative Process Review (PPR) tool kit sector wide Tuesday 27th October 2015 News We are delighted to announce the launch of the new Participative Process Review Tool Kit , a collaborative endeavour with the Leadership Foundation in Higher Education through its Innovation and Transformation scheme. This...
OU ‘First in Family’ seminar Monday 26th October 2015 events Neil Currant writes: I am a real fan of one day or half day seminars on interesting topics, especially ones that are free! Add in the additional draw of an academic who I have...
New Lecturers Thursday 24th September 2015 News New lecturers of all ages and career stages give me some of the best experiences of my job. For the very most part these people are (or are seriously trying to appear to be)...
Remembering Rauri Tuesday 22nd September 2015 News Our young colleague Rauri Pountain, who had recently joined OCSLD as a Digital Media and eLearning Developer (DMELD – or Learning Technologist as we know them in the sector) died on 1 September. His...
A change in how we do things Friday 18th September 2015 News How to get into your modules in Moodle There has been a major change to the way the Student Record System works at Brookes. Students now “manage their own programme”. This means they now...
The TEL Moment Wednesday 16th September 2015 News We are at the moment of Technology enhanced learning (TEL) at Oxford Brookes University. The “moment” is the point when potential starts to move. The point of no duration or location from which there...
