Linda Robson is a Lecturer and Staff Tutor based in the School of Engineering and Innovation at the Open University. She manages a team of 40 Associate Lecturers delivering 5 modules to around 1000 students. She also provides staff and academic development, both face to face and online, to Associate Lecturers from across the University.

Outside work, Linda is an endurance athlete who’s just completed her 7^th Ironman and is currently training for the British Open Water Swimming Championships.

Part-time learners

In this first #LTHEchat after our Summer break we’ll be discussing part-time learners. Many of us who take part in #LTHEchat will be, or have been part-time learners in our time, studying for learning and teaching qualifications, plugging away at PhDs, or pursuing CPD opportunities: what lessons can we take away from these experiences to improve the journey for our own part-time students?  Do part-time students face unique barriers or would those in full-time education also appreciate flexible approaches? We’ll consider these and other questions when we return.

The Storify is available here. As there were over 80 tweets this has been curated to make it more easily readable.

The visualisation is available here with thanks to Chris Jobling @cpjobling

If you are reflecting on this specific #LTHEchat please share your post with us so that we can reblog.

If you participated/are participating in any way in the #LTHEchat, please complete our short survey and let us know if you have other suggestions on how we could make the #LTHEchat more valuable for you. Thank you.

See you Wednesday 14th September, same time, same place. 8-9PM (GMT+1) #LTHEchat

The LTHEchat team