Author Archives: sarahjalcock

An essay originally written for the examinable component of a (now defunct) Masters course, I evaluate the FutureLearn platform and its role in delivering Massive Open Online Courses. Whilst the essay structure was dictated by the course requirements and not necessarily one I would use now, I find it still to be a useful analysisContinue reading “FutureLearn – an innovation in MOOCs”

Further content from my Masters degree, this time an open education project. I created a website for commercial education managers who are sceptical about the growing academic movement to Open Education. The ideal of knowledge and resource sharing in academia, from birth to Higher Education, is an admirable and well supported goal funded by governmentContinue reading “Joe Wicks “The Body Coach”: A Masterclass in Innovative and Commercial Open Education Practice”

I left the traditional university I was pushed to go to by my school after 3 short months, and began working at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales in Milton Keynes, UK. Starting as Chief Photocopier of the Marking Keys (or admin assistant, as they insisted I use on my email footer),Continue reading “About me”