Two books have arrived from the OU for the new DD209 Economics course. Although they have a very fetching photo of a run down sort of shack in front the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpar (I suppose epitomising economic inequalities), they don't seem thick enough for a Level 2, 60 point course. Perhaps everything will become clear when the website opens, there may be loads of additional online stuff.
Still no news on tutorial dates, but I do now know who my tutor is. I do hope there are face to face tutorials as I really feel these add to the overall learning experience. Online learning can be a bit dry and sterile without a bit of human contact, and the online course forums can be hard work.
A quick look at the books says Part 1 is chapters 1&2, Part 2 is chapters 3 to 6, and Part 3 is chapters 7 to 10, Part 4 is chapters 11 to 14 and Part 5 is chapters 14 to 18. So that explains the 5 TMAs and why TMA1 comes so quickly and is only worth a relatively small amount of marks overall.
So, will give a book a bit of a read this evening and try and get ahead, at least on the first TMA, and hopefully things will become clear when the website opens this Thursday
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