Supporting students in prison – Centre for Open Learning of Mathematics, Science, Computing and Technology (COLMSCT) Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302). Val Hancock COLMSCT Associate Teaching Fellow [email protected]or big business? cottage industry
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Supporting students in prison –
Centre for Open Learning of Mathematics, Science, Computing and Technology (COLMSCT) Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302).
M150: Data Computing & Information 2009J• 9 students• 7 tutors• 7 prisons
Tutor questionnaires (2008J)• All 7 tutors completed the questionnaire
• No student had access to the internet
• Assignment submission
– Electronically: 5 students
– Paper: 1 student
– Mix: 1 student (TMA01 on paper)
• All the tutors would be happy to have another student in prison
• Comments:
Emails to Learning centre staff and material sent were passed on with minimal delay.
Access to the podcasts was difficult - in the end I downloaded them to a CD and then had to post it to the LC, as I wasn't allowed to take the CD into the prison myself.
It is important for the tutor to know initially what the student can and can't access
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Statistics (2008J)9 students registered• 2 withdrew before the course started• 1 did not complete the course• 6 passed the course
Tutor questionnaires (2009B)• 6 out of 8 tutors completed the questionnaire
• 1 student had access to the internet
• Assignment submission
– Electronically: 5 students
– Paper: 4 students
– Mix: 1 student (TMA05 on paper)
• 4 tutors would be happy to have another student in prison
• Comments:
A great deal of extra work for tutors above the normal expected workload
Education depatment seemed reluctant to dowload materials and submit TMAs via the internet
System for supplying course materials from web should be provided directly by OU, i experienced far too may problems and didn't know if any of it got to student.
.. communication with the education officer was difficult - extreme reluctance to reply to emails. Material I sent was passed onto the student but nobody was prepared to download anything apart from TMAs. [He] was fed up with the course and his inability to contact me directly and decided to give up. Not the best experience - but I would still do it again!
Statistics (2009B)11 students registered• 1 withdrew before the course started• 1 withdrew part way through the course• 1 did not complete the course• 8 passed the course
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Discussion
• Should support for OU students in prison continue as a cottage industry?
• Or should it become big business by transferring the onus for support to Walton Hall?
• What do we mean by ‘accessibility’?• Is the EDO framework useful?• Are there other learning design applications for the
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Handouts
• Advice for ALs who have an M150 student in prison– Getting started– TMA specific
• Forum discussion• Offline web pages• EDO framework
Further information• Alternative approaches to online activities for prisoners
and others without access to the Internet (COLMSCT project): http://www.open.ac.uk/colmsct/activities/details/detail.php?itemId=474c44f736651&themeId=48a9748015077
• Prison Tutor Support wiki: http://conclave.open.ac.uk/prisontutorsupport/index.php/Main_Page