Research Career Development at The @OpenUniversity aims to support the professional development of research and academic staff.

Joined September 2017
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If you’re not familiar with flipped learning, read more about the learning approach here: iet.open.ac.uk/teaching-at-a…
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If you have used flipped learning in your teaching, IET's @DrBartRienties and @PacoIniesto would really like to hear your experiences. Contact Bart or Paco on twitter if you would like to share your experience during the @ProjectRapide online firehose on Tuesday 7th September.
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Registrations are open for the OU COVID-19 Research: Online Learning and Education seminar. Taking place on 27 May 2021, the free seminar will present OU projects which have aimed to improve online learning and education during the COVID-19 pandemic. eventbrite.co.uk/e/ou-covid-…
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31 Dec 2020
Happy #newyear from the whole APD team!
22 Dec 2020
Merry christmas everyone!
30 Nov 2020
Are you Research Staff (Post-Doctoral Researchers, researchers, Research Associates and Research Fellows) @openUniversity? Would you like to broadly explore career options beyond academia? If so please visit thelearningcentre.learningpo…

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11 Nov 2020
Another contribution from our @OU_APD team focussed on "virtuous circle of #learningdesign and #learninganalytics to develop #studentcentred #onlineeducation" @OU_LD_Team @IETatOU @OpenUniversity
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RCD@OU retweeted
Received my copy in the post from @routledgebooks. @DrAshCasey and I look at using digital technologies in the teaching of PE. Looking forward to exploring the rest of the chapters by other colleagues!
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6 Nov 2020
Another paper from the @OU_APD team on how to effectively create interdisciplinary learning environments @IETatOU @OpenUniversity
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26 Oct 2020
Well done @Julia_Sargent for writing such highly commended proposal on "Online staff professional development to support BAME students". This should be funded :-)
Thank you @BJETEds @BERANews for awarding me the highly commended proposal for the BJET Fellowship. bera.ac.uk/award/bjet-fellow…
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15 Oct 2020
Are you a research staff (Post-Doctoral Researchers, Researchers, Research Associates, and Research Fellows) @OpenUniversity? Would you like 1-1 45 mins career discussions & CV checking on 12th Nov via Zoom? For details contact us via academic-professional-development@open.ac.uk
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14 Oct 2020
If you are a new supervisor @OpenUniversity or new to the OU & are currently supervising a doctoral student or if you have not yet supervised a student to completion, then join us on 3rd & 10th Nov for "Introduction to Research Degrees Supervision (IRDS) thelearningcentre.learningpo…

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*Call for Papers* The Institute of Educational Technology (IET) is leading on the production of a special issue about ‘Open Voices on COVID-19’ to appear in the @educationarena Open Learning journal. Notification of Intent to Submit required ASAP! tandfonline.com/toc/copl20/c…
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Really enjoyed giving my keynote yesterday to delegates at the 11th International Conference on eLearning. My slides and a link to the conference are at slideshare.net/ejfitzgerald/… @IETatOU @OU_APD

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Taking Part from a Distance: Doing Participatory Research during Covid-19, an @IETatOU literature review @OpenTEL_OU . Proud to be involved with this piece of work with @Jkhall06 @mbgaved open.ac.uk/blogs/opentel/tak…

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Getting ready for my keynote speech, about the promises and pitfalls of personalised learning, at tomorrow's eLearning conference from Belgrade Metropolitan University @OU_APD @IETatOU econference.metropolitan.ac.…

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22 Sep 2020
🔽Another paper from our @OU_APD @IETatOU colleagues showing that small interventions by @OpenUniversity staff and teachers can make a substantial difference to our students staying with us ... 🔽
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18 Sep 2020
Can we think of more innovative ways of assessment in these Covid19 times?
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15 Sep 2020
#OUGothenburg exploring some of the pitfalls and benefits of co-creation. Do others have similar experiences in terms of being co-creators?
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15 Sep 2020
It is great to have you all. Really interesting seminar exploring co-creation approaches in scholarship/research.
Very pleased to have presented with my 3 great @FBL_OU co-creators on our project to develop an online wellbeing toolkit with students #OUGothenburg. Case study published here journals.studentengagement.o…
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