| Abstract: | The work of tutors, in receiving, considering, teaching, assessing and returning the written work of students is exceptionally important in the Open University. Teaching by correspondence is central and personal in Open University teaching. Haifa million assignments are exchanged between students and tutors every year. Apart from a small number of introductory training documents, the latest of which is Teaching for the Open University, little has been written and made nationally available on this essential element of Open University pedagogy. This paper is drafted by two Tutors and a Staff Tutor in the East Midlands, Sue Cole, Maggie Coats and Helen Lentell respectively.. |
