Thread by @STEMFacultyRep

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I’ve been thinking about teaching at the OU.

One of the OU’s unique features has always been its excellent teaching texts, which were a replacement for brick uni lectures. They have always been so much more than the standard text book.
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For me, the OU’s materials were almost always far easier to learn from, more helpful & more reliable than lectures.
(I almost felt I learnt despite some brick uni lectures - whereas OU texts have usually been fantastic)
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The complement to the module texts in delivering an outstanding education has always been tutorials, where the synergy of interaction with both peers and tutors can produce something unique and very valuable.
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I’ve had the privilege to go to six residential schools during my OU studies. Meeting the authors of your module texts face to face was a bonus! It was clear the vast majority of them loved the chance to get to know more of their students.
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Resis are few & far between now, but I think most of us students would still love more chance to meet and talk to expert educators in our subjects, whether ALs or central staff. They usually seem thrilled to meet us as well.
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The outstanding support we’ve had for student societies @oualchemy & @oufusion from central staff & ALs confirms this too.
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As an OU student, I have been taught through written materials, audio and video materials, face to face and online tutorials, and practical activities. Everyone involved in any of those has been teaching me. And I am very grateful to them all for it.
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The best modules I have done had a real academic community developing on the course forum, comprising a cohort of students going through the module together with plenty of opportunity for interaction with both ALs and central academics.
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Everyone in the "teaching team" at the OU can make a real difference to us
And all the wonderful success stories we're seeing during the "graduation ceremony season" just starting shows how much they do.
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