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Me! First, and most important component of my PG Cert in Academic Practice confirmed as a pass today, making me a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. I am now a Bachelor, a Master and a Fellow, and the HE sector has a problem with gendered language. Not sure what the solution is. I’ve been a Certified Member of ALT for years, which is lovely, but it doesn’t quite have the esteem of ‘Fellow’ which I’m genuinely proud of.
Leave a CommentAn Introduction to Participatory Arts – the first presentation of the university’s first MOOC came to a close today. For students it officially ended yesterday, and today the MOOC leader, the principle content developer, and myself met in what was effectively the exam board for the MOOC to assess students’ final submission and award certificates of participation to those who had passed. There were only seven students, out of the 160 or so who were registered, which is a higher than typical non-completion rate for MOOCs, but this was a tough course, MA level content, so we weren’t too displeased. We will be following up with some of the students about the level of content and discussing how we can improve things in future presentations.
For a discussion on non-completion rates on MOOCs, and the reasons why, see this paper from Warwick University (PDF, 473 KB).
Leave a Comment“a stimulating thesis which was a genuine pleasure to read.”
How’s that for feedback!?
No, my dissertation did not pass, it passed with merit. All the hard work paid off. Fantastic.
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It took a while due to some leave and then illness, but today I finally took and passed my CSM exam following my training in February. I scored 30 out of 35, or 85.7%, on my first attempt. The pass mark is 24 out of 35 so I’m pretty happy with that result.
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Leave a CommentJust a little aside from the hurly burly of work and TEL to celebrate the fact that I passed the taught module on my MA English which I am doing through the Open University.
This was a double-length module and was assessed by five TMAs (Tutor Marked Assignments) which were aggregated and one EMA (End of Module Assignment) which I had to pass separately. The EMA was 5,000 words, so my largest piece of academic writing to date, and bridges the gap between prescribed assignments and independent research; there were limited options on texts and research areas which I had to choose between and then write my own question and proposal. My EMA was ‘How does Kim engage with the increasing British interest in Tibet in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century?’ and I passed with my highest score on the module, quite an achievement given that, roughly speaking, students are thought to drop around 10% on an exam or EMA.
My dissertation module starts in May and my thinking is either something around abjection or the ‘unheimlich’ in Gothic / horror literature, or the response to Scottish politics by Burns and Scott.
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