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Open University: The M255 exam
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A tale of the trials and tribulations of my studies of B13, IT and Computing with the OU. Friday, 19 June 2009. What advice would I give to the younger me regarding study for this course if I could go back in time? And did almost all of them under exam conditions. I struggled with some of the part two questions for all of the papers so I put a lot of effort in to practicing and understanding all the coding concepts, admittedly I only really did this in the week before the exam but by the end of that ...
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Open University: Hard Headed Nowhere Fast
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A tale of the trials and tribulations of my studies of B13, IT and Computing with the OU. Sunday, 4 October 2009. Hard Headed Nowhere Fast. T209 was a 60 point, course for the degree. BSc (Honours) Information Technology and Computing and in its favour I can at least say I have gained the ability to write reports. Or I think I have anyway. Black eye, smashed cycling specs. Blood from the side of my nose, bruise on left side of head. Fortunately it was the end of the ride and we came back in the car. ...
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Open University: Revision
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A tale of the trials and tribulations of my studies of B13, IT and Computing with the OU. Wednesday, 29 September 2010. The Horror. The Horror. There's just too much to do, arghhh! I've spent the last two weeks writing up the course objectives for M364 and M366. No, I don't know them all. I've been re-doing the exercises in the course material and I've just started on past papers. I'm just getting my head down and doing it, onwards and etc! Posted by Andrew Horne. Wednesday, September 29, 2010.
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Open University: February 2009
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A tale of the trials and tribulations of my studies of B13, IT and Computing with the OU. Friday, 13 February 2009. Reflective learning and T209. Here's a rough analogy. Like riding a bike, if all a person does is want to ride to the end of the road as fast as possible they might learn rudimentary balance skills and the technique of turning the pedals quickly. But practise, repetition and reinforcement of the techniques of cycling would give the confidence and skill to ride anywhere. Have made a start on...
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Open University: Reflective learning and T209
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A tale of the trials and tribulations of my studies of B13, IT and Computing with the OU. Friday, 13 February 2009. Reflective learning and T209. Here's a rough analogy. Like riding a bike, if all a person does is want to ride to the end of the road as fast as possible they might learn rudimentary balance skills and the technique of turning the pedals quickly. But practise, repetition and reinforcement of the techniques of cycling would give the confidence and skill to ride anywhere. My IT ramblings blog:.
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Open University: October 2010
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A tale of the trials and tribulations of my studies of B13, IT and Computing with the OU. Saturday, 2 October 2010. DECIDE doesn't really help with the meaty points here, what does it stand for, well this:. The only one of those that applies to the point of the process is Evaluate. So obviously I had to come up with a string of characters for the key processes, not an acronym. I'm sure you'll agree that makes much more sense. Or at least it will once I explain how to remember it and what it represents.
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Open University: September 2010
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A tale of the trials and tribulations of my studies of B13, IT and Computing with the OU. Wednesday, 29 September 2010. The Horror. The Horror. There's just too much to do, arghhh! I've spent the last two weeks writing up the course objectives for M364 and M366. No, I don't know them all. I've been re-doing the exercises in the course material and I've just started on past papers. I'm just getting my head down and doing it, onwards and etc! Posted by Andrew Horne. Wednesday, September 29, 2010.
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Open University: February 2010
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A tale of the trials and tribulations of my studies of B13, IT and Computing with the OU. Saturday, 27 February 2010. Concussion as a consolidation technique. I was completely astonished to receive a mark of 93% for the final report I wrote for T209 after being concussed and having canaries fly in circles above my head, and to receive a distinction for the course overall. A few simple rules and questions made a huge difference:. Who are the intended audience of the report? Posted by Andrew Horne.
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Open University: June 2009
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A tale of the trials and tribulations of my studies of B13, IT and Computing with the OU. Friday, 19 June 2009. What advice would I give to the younger me regarding study for this course if I could go back in time? And did almost all of them under exam conditions. I struggled with some of the part two questions for all of the papers so I put a lot of effort in to practicing and understanding all the coding concepts, admittedly I only really did this in the week before the exam but by the end of that ...
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