Co-creating education

Co-productive, co-creative and participatory approaches underpin the OU’s global pre-eminence in the field of educational research.

 

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Scots Language and Culture - OpenLearn Create Resources

Contact: Sylvia Warnecke
Partners: Education Scotland and communities across Scotland

This Scots language and culture MOOC has been co-created by The Open University in Scotland and Education Scotland with communities across Scotland.

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Reading for Pleasure

Contact: Teresa Cremin
Partners: Teachers and Schools throughout the UK

Co-created with teachers, schools and others, Reading for Pleasure is a key part of a larger programme to enhance literacy and promote social justice across the UK through co-productive and participatory research, supporting teachers to develop and share their best practice, creating spaces for teachers to learn together and co-producing policy. 

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Our Journey

Contact: Tim Coughlan
Partners: OU Student Association and OU Disabled Students Group

Our Journey - Co-creating a platform for students to represent and communicate their study experiences.

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Developing contextually-sensitive Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) for out-of-school adolescents in refugee settings

Contact: Rebecca Jones
Partner: Spice FM Hoima, Reproductive Health Uganda

Qualitative research designed, carried out and analysed by young refugees (peer researchers), alongside staff from Ugandan NGOs and the Open University. Research investigated knowledge, resources and access to SRHR among young refugees in Uganda, to improve the long-term design and delivery of sexuality education.

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Supporting Adolescent Girls’ Education (SAGE)

Contact: Liz Chamberlain
Partner: Plan, Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (Zimbabwe) 

Accelerated learning programme enabling over 13,000 out-of-school adolescent girls and women to acquire foundational skills in literacy, numeracy and English and to transition back into education, or onto training and/or employment. SAGE materials were co-designed and co-created with partners in Zimbabwe, including Plan and the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education.