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Foley, Karen (2020). The Student Hub Live: The Open University’s Solution to Facilitating the Development of an Academic Community in Distance Learning through Collaborative Online Interaction. In: Dennis, Chris; Abbott, Stuart; Matheson, Ruth and Tangney, Sue eds. Flexibility and Pedagogy in Higher Education: Delivering Flexibility in Learning through Online Learning Communities. Brill | Sense, pp. 179–191.

Clough, Helen and Foley, Karen (2019). "Is There Anybody There?": Engaging With Open University Distance Learners. In: Joe, Jennifer and Knight, Elisabeth eds. Social Media for Communication and Instruction in Academic Libraries. IGI Global, pp. 151–172.

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Foley, Karen and Fribbance, Ian (2018). Student Connections: Livestreaming and Creating Community via an Annual Student Conference. In: Baxter, Jacqueline; Callaghan, George and McAvoy, Jean eds. Creativity and Critique in Online Learning: Exploring and Examining Innovations in Online Pedagogy. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 169–189.

Foley, Karen (2018). Case study 22: The PodMag: podcasting to promote academic community. In: Matheson, Ruth; Tagney, Sue and Sutcliffe, Mark eds. Transition In, Through and Out of Higher Education: International Case Studies and Best Practice. UK: Routledge, pp. 154–156.

Butcher, John; Bhandari, Renu; Foley, Karen; Mccormick, Mick and Curry, George (2024). Preparing to succeed: the impact of an access module. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 48(7) pp. 639–653.

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Foley, Karen and Marr, Liz (2019). Scaffolding Extracurricular Online Events to Support Distance Learning University Students. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2019(1), article no. 17.

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Foley, Karen; Middleton, Dave and Fribbance, Ian (2015). From despair to somewhere: activating students in a distance learning environment. Practice and Evidence of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 9(1) pp. 18–32.

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Butcher, John; Bhandari, Renu; Foley, Karen; Curry, George and McCormick, Michael (2024). Preparing for success: understanding the impact of Y032 on WELS students. In: Praxis Festival of scholarship 2024, 13 May 2024, The Open University [online].

Bhandari, Renu; Butcher, John; Foley, Karen and Mccormick, Mick (2024). Preparing to Succeed: The Impact of an Access Module at the Open University. In: The European Conference on Education (ECE2024), 15 Jul 2024, London, UK (Online).

Foley, Karen (2022). Engaging Distance Learners in an Academic Community: Student Hub Live. EdD thesis The Open University.

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