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Being an Open University student

By Andi Roberts|2019-09-15T10:03:56+00:00September 15th, 2019|Q61, U101, U116|

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 [...]

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Reflections on U101

By Andi Roberts|2019-07-28T12:53:56+00:00July 28th, 2019|Q61, 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 [...]

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Design with Intent resource set

By Andi Roberts|2019-02-07T09:11:52+00:00February 7th, 2019|Design Thinking, innovation, Q61, U101|

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 [...]

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Design Museum Visit – U101

By Andi Roberts|2018-12-11T11:42:17+00:00December 9th, 2018|Q61, 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 [...]

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Compendium DS overview – U101

By Andi Roberts|2018-12-09T18:39:56+00:00December 9th, 2018|Q61, 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 [...]

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Design resources – curated list

By Andi Roberts|2018-12-14T11:17:22+00:00November 20th, 2018|Design Thinking, Q61, Resources, U101|

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 [...]

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Design quotient – U101

By Andi Roberts|2018-11-18T20:25:44+00:00November 18th, 2018|Design Thinking, innovation, Q61, U101, Web cutting|

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 [...]

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U101 – Tutorial 1

By Andi Roberts|2018-11-17T17:07:40+00:00November 17th, 2018|Design Thinking, Q61, U101, Visual|

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 [...]

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Thinking about design – U101

By Andi Roberts|2018-10-22T12:47:47+00:00October 22nd, 2018|Design Thinking, innovation, Q61, Sketchnote, U101, Visual|

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 [...]

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Design resources – List of URLs – U101

By Andi Roberts|2018-10-18T18:55:24+00:00October 18th, 2018|Design Thinking, Q61, Resources, 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 [...]

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What is design – sketchnote

By Andi Roberts|2018-10-13T14:26:59+00:00October 13th, 2018|innovation, Q61, Sketchnote, U101|

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 [...]

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Design feedback – critiques

By Andi Roberts|2018-10-06T12:38:01+00:00October 6th, 2018|Collaboration, innovation, Learning, Q61, Resources, Sketchnote, U101|

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 [...]

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Open Design Studio – Short overview

By Andi Roberts|2018-10-03T14:58:25+00:00October 3rd, 2018|Learning, Q61, U101|

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 [...]

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U101 Getting closer

By Andi Roberts|2018-09-29T11:18:43+00:00September 28th, 2018|innovation, Q61, U101|

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. [...]

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U101 – Welcome pack arrived

By Andi Roberts|2018-09-30T10:43:04+00:00September 14th, 2018|innovation, Q61, U101|

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 [...]

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Q61 – My journey

By Andi Roberts|2018-09-14T18:10:27+00:00September 8th, 2018|innovation, Q61, U101, Uncategorized|

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 [...]

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