WEEK 1, 25/09/17

The session was an introduction to the course wherein assessments – including using Mahara as a blog entry website – were outlined, the histories of universities were discussed, as well as the changing role and meaning of being a university student. This was through discussions of the Moodle article, ‘A Higher Purpose’, and other introductory reading. Finding the introductory reading online and reading these alone without discussion was useful in developing my self-reflection, analysis, and independent study skills.

As I was not initially enrolled into this module, I caught up on the first session via other students’ brief summaries of the lecture, and the Moodle site, whilst in the Roehampton Library. This set-back furtherly developed my independent study skills.

Being enrolled into The Roehampton Campus Project Moodle site enabled me to view a wealth of online research resources, which will be useful for any topic I decide to research within this module and for future studies: this included the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Sir John Soane Museum Catalogue, and much more.

From this session, I could research what purpose higher education held historically for the four different colleges: ‘What purpose does higher education have for Digby Stuart college throughout time?’