Still a gendered technology?: Issues in teaching ICT at the UK Open University

Bissell, Christopher; Chapman, David; Herman, Clem and Robinson, Lee (2003). Still a gendered technology?: Issues in teaching ICT at the UK Open University. European Journal of Engineering Education, 28(1) pp. 27–35.

DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link:	http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1080/0304379021000055731
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Abstract

Over the last five years the Faculty of Technology of the UK Open University has redesigned most of its courses in ICT. This paper reviews some of the issues, the changes made, and what has been achieved. The combination of changes to content, pedagogy and marketing appear to have made the new generation of courses significantly more attractive to women – although it is difficult to disentangle the effects of the various changes.

Item Type:	Journal Article
ISSN:	0304-3797
Keywords:	gender; ICT; open and distance education; teaching
Academic Unit/Department:	Mathematics, Computing and Technology > Communication and Systems
Item ID:	5639
Depositing User:	Clem Herman
Date Deposited:	25 Oct 2006
Last Modified:	02 Dec 2010 19:54
URI:	http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/5639

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