OU sites - OUBS France, Employee Development

Two more new OU brand sites you may not have seen.
Employee development

The Open University (OU) and the OU Business School work with thousands of organisations to promote professional and management skills that deliver business results. With its range of business, management and vocational courses and renowned flexible learning methods, the OU is ideally placed to [...]

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Published on August 10, 2006

Filed in Inspiration, OU designs, OU websites, Web design

New, Research, You

Three new OU screens (from Green Cathedral?)
Research at the OU

Same old stock images but the layout is nice (fantastic grid design). Some bad usability going on here though. On the research highlights page there are a bunch of things that look like links when they aren’t (at least in Firefox). The Back to top link [...]

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Published on August 8, 2006

Filed in Inspiration, OU designs, OU websites, Web design

What’s a learning journal?

Use the Learning Journal to reflect on key milestones in your development. It can help you to analyse your progress and to reflect on what you have learned.
Teachernet

The crucial thing is that students can reflect on something they have done in their studies. This is commonly known as reflective learning.

The most popular vehicle for promoting [...]

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Published on August 8, 2006

Filed in Eportfolio, Inspiration, Learning journal, Virtual learning environment

design inspiration: yOU

Who says the new brand needs to be bland? Whoever designed the “YOU” (learn, earn and be free from debt) publication doesn’t think so. It’s been out a while but it still stands out from the crowd of normal OU publications as being rather exciting and enticingly designed. Whoever came up with it really ought [...]

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Published on August 7, 2006

Filed in Eportfolio, Inspiration, OU designs, Web design

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About GuyWeb

This site is being redeveloped. Apologies if things don't look or act as you expect. I'm spending little bits of free time making some much needed changes.

GuyWeb is the personal website of Guy Carberry, a web designer based in Buckingham, England. He currently works full-time as a web designer for the Open University. He also undertakes interesting freelance projects where time allows. You can contact Guy by emailing Guy at this website's address.

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