Hello all,
OU LIVE
Thanks to students who were able to come along to our OU Live tutorial last week on Cleopatra. It was a very lively discussion. The first part was learning about OU Live and this saw only a few students present but we soon got more students with us for the main discussion. The recording is available so you can go and have a look at the discussion. Search for Online tutorial on the Resources menu on the the webpage and follow the links. If you weren't there but view the recording I think you'll see that it was a very useful discussion and a good resource for learning.
Do note that it was suggested that some of you might want to use the OU Live room for informal discussion with each other. It is open all the time so you could use it as a meeting place. If this is good for you, I would suggest setting up some times on the tutor group forum to meet with your fellow students. The OU Live room is open all the time.
Slides from the tutorial are now available on the Tutor group forum too.
ONLINE WORKSHOP
I have created an online workshop for the coming week - assignment week - on Faustus which you may find useful. Do look at the text and the questions I have set. they will help you with your work on this imminent assignment.
ASSIGNMENT ADVICE FOR TMA 01
I have created a video to help you answer the questions and to prepare your assignment. I hope you find it useful. It's almost 40 minutes long - which is more like a sort of tutorial, but it comes in two parts. Normally videos aren't as long as this. At the time of writing the link to the video isn't ready but it will be displayed on the Tutor group forum as soon as it can be made available, which will be within hours.
Best wishes,
Nick
Comments
A bit confused
So far I like this module very much, but I find it a bit dispersive and confusing (coursebooks, CD-DVD, online activities, online tutorials, OU Live...) do you have any suggestion for someone like me who is struggling to keep pace with all these features? Do I have to make use of all of them? All best, JacopoNew comment
Just seen Jacopo's comment about things being confusing. You don't have to engage with all the tasks but the online learning tasks are there to help. I would certain recommend checking the tutor group forum at least once a week and interacting with any posts there. I would definitely download and watch the assignment advice as this should give you valuable information about how to tackle your work.
I realise all this can be difficult when you're just starting out.