Dr Janette Wallace

Professional biography

Scholarship:

Co-lead of project to evaluate the impact of practical and dataset project options to the science undergraduate capstone module (S390). Previous project choices focused on literature reviews, with a new addition of pratcial or data set options. Impact of introducing new practical and dataset project options to the science undergraduate capstone project module (S390) | eSTEeM (open.ac.uk)  

Co-lad Pan-university/APP scholarship project ‘Cross-faculty scholarship of monitoring’ Cross-faculty Scholarship of Monitoring (sharepoint.com)

Lead: eSTEeM project Evaluating student perspectives of different types of learning events provided on SDK228, a level 2 LHCS module. http://www.open.ac.uk/about/teaching-and-learning/esteem/projects/themes/supporting-students/evaluating-student-perspectives-different-types-learning-events

Interested in educational research around AL development specifically induction of new AL to the school and faculty. Involved in two projects relating to this:

Co-lead with Hannah Gauci: eSTEeM project ‘Assessing the effectiveness of the induction process for novice Associate Lecturers in preparing them for the Associate Lecturer role’. (http://www.open.ac.uk/about/teaching-and-learning/esteem/projects/themes/other/assessing-the-effectiveness-the-induction-process-novice-associate-lecturers)

Co-lead with Hannah Gauci: eSTEeM project Evaluating a new STEM AL induction programme

http://www.open.ac.uk/about/teaching-and-learning/esteem/projects/themes/other/evaluating-new-stem-al-induction-programme

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Previous research as an AL: OU Personalised Integrated Learning Support (PILS) consultant ‘ students’ motivational levels during the 2008 presentation of SD226.’ (2008)

​Previous lab based research interests:

Anhedonia, ​Motivation and reward, ​Neuroscience 

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Current modules:

S390: Science project course (30 credits UG) Module Team Chair (production)

SXL390: Science project course: research biology and health sciences (30 credits UG) Module Team

SD329: Signals and perception: the science of the senses (30 credits UG) Module Team (Deputy Chair)

Previous modules

SK298: Brain, mind and behaviour (30 credits UG) Module Team

SDK228 Science of the mind: investigating mental health (30 credits UG) Module Team

SD816: Core topics in mental health science: psychosis and dementia (60 credits PG) Module Team

Other

Interested in supporting women in leadership: recent completion of Advanced HE Aurora programme (Aurora | Advance HE (advance-he.ac.uk)

Interested in AL Staff Development including ALs new to the OU and supporting Science ALs in their ongoing development.

Monitoring of correspondence tuition and quality assurance