Tutorial Provision at The Open University – U116 example
Today sees the start of the new academic year or 19J as it is called within the OU. Each month is given a letter and so January [...]
Being an Open University student
I am blogging around my journey through the BSc Design & Innovation and one of my goals is to help people understand what it is like to [...]
Books arrive for U116
Book for OU courses have started arriving and mind turned up today. They are also available electronically through the Open University module page and baked in to [...]
U116 Environment: journeys through a changing world
U116 is my second module of the BSc Design & Innovation degree I am taking with the OPen University. This is the Level 1 compulsory course for [...]
Book dispatch for Q61
In a months time, the second year of my six year BSc Design & Innovation with the Open University starts. As a distance learning university, many of [...]
Reflections on U101
So, this week Was for many OU students the week of results. 60 credit courses that started last October had their results back this week. It formally [...]
Design with Intent resource set
As part of my BSc Design & Innovation I am always on the look out for really interesting resources on design. This week I came across THIS [...]
Design Museum Visit – U101
This Saturday the Design & Innovation Faculty team from the Open University organised a visit for students to the London Design Museum. This was for all students [...]
Compendium DS overview – U101
Compendium DS is a piece of software that is an integral part to U101. It is a concept mapping software developed by the Open University. Similar to [...]
Design resources – curated list
This page is a holding page for resources around design I have tripped over whilst navigating the web. This ties in to the BSc I am studying [...]
Design quotient – U101
I saw today THIS article and it very much connects into my first month on U101, focused on design thinking. In the course we have been studying [...]
U101 – Tutorial 1
Today was the first tutorial for the course. The goals of the four hours were to: Meet out tutor and fellow students. Understand the course structure Review [...]
Thinking about design – U101
This is a sketchnote made whilst reading through the content from U101 on "What is design". Some points were known to me, due to my work in [...]
Design resources – List of URLs – U101
I am just dumping a piles of URLs for websites connected to design. These were shared in a forum thread un U101. They are in no particular [...]
What is design – sketchnote
This is a quick sketchnote from my readings from U101 on what is design. Which come from Week 4 of the course. The following is the [...]
Design feedback – critiques
As U101 is focused on design thinking and creating designs is part and parcel of that, one of the first content pieces is around providing design feedback [...]
Open Design Studio – Short overview
U101 is yet to formally start, but we have just been given access to Open Design Studio. This is a tool within the Moodle environment that the [...]
U101 Getting closer
Whilst the course has not started it is certainly getting closer. A couple of things have happened this week. We have been given our tutor details. [...]
U101 – Welcome pack arrived
Whilst the course has not formally started yet, the Welcome Pack turned up today. Below is an image of it compared to ALL of the courses my [...]
Q61 – My journey
At the end of the first week of October, I embark on studying a BSc in Design and Innovation with the Open University (OU). The OU code [...]