Open Access Resources at the Open University

James Robson The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302).

Open access Latin and

Greek resources at the OU:

current projects and future

directions

Pedagogy and Design

Simple tasks, feedback, and

Learning Outcomes

Clear layout: uncluttered,

easy to navigate

Scalable: repeatable

tasks; reusable formats

Challenges

Changing technology

Changing expectations of students

Catering for a broad range of learning

styles

Pressure to produce more for

less

Getting the pedagogy

right

Links • Introducing Ancient Greek

• http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/greek/

• Reading Classical Greek: Interactive Quizzes

• http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading-classical-

greek/index.shtml

• Reading Greek Vocabulary Tester

• http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading-classical-

greek/vocabulary-tester.shtml

• Interactive Latin

• http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/interactiveLatin/

james.robson@open.ac.uk

James Robson, Open University

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