Study skills for MBA students

This resource provides links to a wide range of resources which are specifically focussed on the requirements of students registered for Masters in Business Administration programmes delivered online. The resource has been developed by OnlineMBAPrograms.org and is dated 2011.

Can you tell if they're learning?

The proliferation of Web-based learning objects makes finding and evaluating online resources problematic. While established Learning Analytics methods use Web interaction to evaluate learner engagement, there is uncertainty regarding the appropriateness of these measures. In this paper we propose a method for evaluating pedagogical activity in Web-based comments using a pedagogical framework, and present a preliminary study that assigns a Pedagogical Value (PV) to comments. This has value as it categorises discussion in terms of pedagogical activity rather than Web interaction. Results show that PV is distinct from typical interactional measures; there are negative or insignificant correlations with established Learning Analytics methods, but strong correlations with relevant linguistic indicators of learning, suggesting that the use of pedagogical frameworks may produce more accurate indicators than interaction analysis, and that linguistic rather than interaction analysis has the potential to automatically identify learning behaviour.

Skills portfolios flipped presentations 'Vice/PHec 2015'

Please read the guidance document first for details on how to interact with the online resources.

Academic Integrity Resources - links and guides

an online tutorial, a pdf version, a powerpoint presentation, links to regulations.

Using EndNote Online

A guide to the essential features of EndNote Online, when working off campus or sharing resources with colleagues

Rights and Ownership online

Legal Issues slides to use as a part of the preparation for exam. Supplement to other existing resources

Online document repository for GAH Website (2016)

Resources created at University of Southampton for the module GIS for the Analysis of Health (GAH)

Online document repository for GEM Website (2016)

Resources created at University of Southampton for the module GIS for Environmental Management (GEM)

MSc Thesis - Discoverability Strategies for Open Educational Resources: A Scoping Study

With an early focus on achieving a critical mass of released open educational content, challenges of how resources can be found by beneficiaries has been highlighted as a major issue. As we move forward further research and investigation is required to understand the most effective approaches of reaching out to and engaging a globally dispersed population of education users. In 2014 I conducted a small scale scoping study into the discoverability strategies identified as being used by higher education institutions releasing OERs in the UK. This was mapped against a body of literature on our understanding of user behaviour for online resource discovery and the technologies available to support this to identify trends and gaps as opportunities for improvements. Please note this report was not originally written for publication. I hope however it is of value to the open education community and will act as a starting point for further research in this area.