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 [...]
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 [...]