Open University Chat Thread

how do the projects work?

On the IT course M253 you get put in groups and are required to complete various activities, eventually producing a small report, with the aim of indicating you can work within a distributed team-based environment. It's only a 10 point course with no bearing on your final degree mark (as long as you pass ) which may have been why some of the people I worked with weren't particularly enthusiastic about it. However the tutor works quite close with their groups and you are graded on how you take part as much as the final report, so it worked out alright.

Is there a universal percentage score for a first, upper second, lower second, etc.?

1 (threshold 85%,a distinction), 2 (70-84%), 3 (55-69%) & 4 (40-54%), and fail (below 40%).

ok sounds good. did you come across people who are behind when doing it?

Finished my essays for the month of march...Roll on April.

Hi everyone!
Can you tell me how long does it take for our assignments to be marked (aprox.)? It's been 2 weeks now... Thanks.

Well in my case it was just some of the group not really communicating at all, not offering any input or even responding to say what part of the task they'd like to do. It was weird actually, the thing with the OU is that usually everyone is enthusiastic about what they are doing (except perhaps if it's a level one course that they have already covered elsewhere), but some of the people in the group just didn't seem interested at all.

Ah well.

I've just received my tma back. 92%! I'm so happy because it's my first Level 3 module ))

well done. what course is it?

It's DU301 -' A world of whose making?'.

DD101 & U213




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ok whats course are those i can rember which is which

DD101 - Introducing the social sciences
U213 - International development: challenges for a world in transition

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You can always just use the search function on the OU website to get the necessary information.