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: https://doi.org/10.1080/0304379021000055731

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.

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• Item ORO ID
• 5639
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 0304-3797
• Keywords
• gender; ICT; open and distance education; teaching
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Computing and Communications
  Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
• Depositing User
• Clem Herman