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Rienties, Bart; Domingue, John; Duttaroy, Subroto; Herodotou, Christothea; Tessarolo, Felipe and Whitelock, Denise (2024). What distance learning students want from an AI Digital Assistant. Distance Education (Early access).

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Rets, Irina; Rienties, Bart and Lewis, Tim (2023). Untangling the relationship between pre-service teachers’ development of intercultural effectiveness and their experiences in virtual exchange. ReCALL, 35(3) pp. 241–257.

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Vogiatzis, Dimitrios; Charitonos, Koula; Giaxoglou, Korina and Lewis, Tim (2022). Can WhatsApp facilitate interaction? A case study of adult language learning. In: Rienties, Bart; Hampel, Regine; Scanlon, Eileen and Whitelock, Denise eds. Open World Learning: Research, Innovation and the Challenges of High-Quality Education. Routledge Research in Digital Education and Educational Technology. New York, USA: Routledge, pp. 44–62.

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Quinn, Barry; McKitterick, Lynsey; Tregear, Angela and McAdam, Rodney (2021). Trust in the programme: An exploration of trust dynamics within rural group-based support programmes. Journal of Rural Studies, 88 pp. 326–336.

Clow, Doug; Coughlan, Tim; Cross, Simon; Edwards, Chris; Gaved, Mark; Herodotou, Christothea; Nguyen, Quan; Rienties, Bart; Thorne, Sam and Ullmann, Thomas (2019). Scholarly insight Winter 2019: a Data wrangler perspective. Open University, Milton Keynes.

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Pucci, P.; Venalainen, E.; Alborelli, I.; Quagliata, L.; Mather, R.; Rigas, S.; Romero, I.; Wang, Y. and Crea, F. (2019). HORAS5 promotes cabazitaxel resistance in castration resistant prostate cancer via a BCL2A1-dependent survival mechanism. Annals of Oncology, 30(5) v798.

Nguyen, Quan; Thorne, Sam and Rienties, Bart (2018). How do students engage with computer-based assessments: impact of study breaks on intertemporal engagement and pass rates. Behaviormetrika, 45(2) pp. 597–614.

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Law, Patrina; Perryman, Leigh-Anne and Law, Andrew (2015). Badging and employability at The Open University. European Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, Best of EDEN 2013-2014, article no. 704.

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Littlejohn, Allison; Sharples, Mike; Smidt, Samantha; Law, Andrew; Hollins, Paul and Tynan, Belinda (2015). The Open University Digital Think Tank: Position Paper. The Open University.

Law, Patrina and Law, Andrew (2014). Digital badging at The Open University: recognition for informal learning. In: The Open and Flexible Higher Education Conference 2014: 'New Technologies and the Future of Teaching and Learning ', 23-24 Oct 2014, Krakow, Poland.

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Brandon, Mark; Smith, Joe; Garrow, Kat and Law, Andrew (2013). Broadcasting environmental knowledge: Open University & BBC collaborations serving massive global audiences. In: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2013., 9-13 Dec 2013, San Francisco.

Lane, Andrew and Law, Andrew (2013). Data, data everywhere, but ne’er time to think: identifying patterns in user behaviour across changing open media channels. In: OER13: Creating a Virtuous Circle, 26-27 Mar 2013, Nottingham.

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Law, Patrina; Perryman, Leigh-Anne and Law, Andrew (2013). Open educational resources for all? Comparing user motivations and characteristics across The Open University’s iTunes U channel and OpenLearn platform. In: Open and Flexible Higher Education Conference 2013, 23-25 Oct 2013, Paris, France, European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU), pp. 204–219.

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Perryman, Leigh-Anne; Law, Patrina and Law, Andrew (2013). Developing sustainable business models for institutions’ provision of open educational resources: Learning from OpenLearn users’ motivations and experiences. In: Open and Flexible Higher Education Conference 2013, 23-25 Oct 2013, Paris, France, European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU), pp. 270–286.

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Lane, Andy and Law, Andrew (2012). Collaborating over rich media: The Open University and BBC partnership. In: Okada, Alexandra; Connolly, Teresa and Scott, Peter J. eds. Collaborative Learning 2.0: Open Educational Resources. IGI Global, pp. 357–368.

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Lane, Andy and Law, Andrew (2012). Open Engagement Through Open Media. Higher Education Academy.

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Law, Patrina; McAndrew, Patrick; Law, Andrew; Warner, Kathy; Runyon, Jean; Lascu, David; Arundel, Anne and Muramatsu, Brandon (2012). A bridge to success. In: Cambridge 2012: Innovation and Impact – Openly Collaborating to Enhance Education, a joint meeting of OER12 and OpenCourseWare Consortium Global 2012, 16-18 Apr 2012, Cambridge, UK.

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Marr, Elizabeth and Streater, Kevin (2012). Growing your own graduates: opportunities and challenges for flexible higher education in the new funding environment. In: Higher education for the social good? The place of lifelong learning, UALL Annual Conference, 18-20 Mar 2012, Cambridge.

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Lane, Andrew and Law, Andrew (2011). Sharing and reusing rich media: lessons from The Open University. In: OCWC Global Conference,, 04-06 May 2011, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Parr, Sue M.; Streater, Kevin; Hinton, Jacky M.; Bromley, Kay S.; Rae, Simon A. and Palmer, Mark I. (2011). Developing professionalism in new IT graduates? Who needs it? In: Enhancing Employability of Computing Students, 16 Feb 2010, Derby, UK.

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Wagstaff, A. J. (2008). Logarithmic cyclic frequency domain profile for automatic modulation recognition. IET Communications, 2(8) pp. 1009–1015.

Whitelock, Denise M; Mackenzie, Don; Whitehouse, Christine; Ruedel, Cornelia and Rae, Simon (2006). Identifying innovative and effective practice in e-assessment: findings from seventeen UK case studies. In: Danson, Myles ed. Proceedings of the 10th CAA International Computer Assisted Assessment Conference. Loughborough, UK: Professional Development, Loughborough University, pp. 505–511.

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Fraser, Sandy; Lewis, Vicky; Ding, Sharon; Kellett, Mary and Robinson, Chris eds. (2004). Doing Research with Children and Young People. London, UK: Sage.

Lewis, Vicky; Kellett, Mary; Robinson, Chris; Fraser, Sandy and Ding, Sharon eds. (2004). The Reality of Research with Children and Young People. London, UK: Sage.

Kellett, Mary and Ding, Sharon (2004). Middle childhood. In: Fraser, Sandy; Lewis, Vicky; Ding, Sharon; Kellett, Mary and Robinson, Chris eds. Doing Research with Children and Young People. London, UK: Sage, pp. 161–175.

Woodman, Mark; Law, Andrew; Holland, Simon and Griffiths, Rob (1997). The Object Shop – Using CD-ROM Multimedia To Introduce Object Concepts. In: SIGCSE 97: Proceedings of the twenty-eighth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education (Miller, James E. ed.), ACM, New York, pp. 345–349.

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Mitchell, C. and Widdowson, M. (1991). A geological map of the southern Deccan Traps, India and its structural implications. Journal of the Geological Society, 148(3) pp. 495–505.