AnonyMouse_2732 Posted December 15, 2009 Posted December 15, 2009 Being basically impatient I've been haunting my OU Student page - if you're waiting for this result have a look at yours, mine was there this morning. I actually managed to pass, even having misread a question that I thought was my best answer Phew, thank goodness there's no resit, not a bad grade, either
AnonyMouse_8466 Posted December 15, 2009 Posted December 15, 2009 Well done you - of course we had every faith in you! Maz
AnonyMouse_1195 Posted December 15, 2009 Posted December 15, 2009 Well done Sue it was worth all the hard work wasn't it?
AnonyMouse_2732 Posted December 15, 2009 Author Posted December 15, 2009 Thanks - yes, it feels sooo good!! My first exam in ***** years (too embarrassing to actually say!) I didn't share your faith, Maz, but I'm glad you were right
AnonyMouse_8623 Posted December 15, 2009 Posted December 15, 2009 Fantastic news Sue....well done you! I passed too. E243 Inclusive Education. Yay!!!
AnonyMouse_2732 Posted December 15, 2009 Author Posted December 15, 2009 dublinbay - well done!! Aren't we clever girls
AnonyMouse_1999 Posted December 15, 2009 Posted December 15, 2009 Many congratulations to you both I think all OU results are now out and thankfully I passed my final course and now have my BA (Hons) phew!!!
Guest Posted December 15, 2009 Posted December 15, 2009 I also passed. Was really surprised, got an A on the first one and B's on the other two. OES of 80 which I was so surprised about, been dancing around all day.
AnonyMouse_2732 Posted December 15, 2009 Author Posted December 15, 2009 So it's well done all round!! Specially you, Geraldine - BA Hons !
AnonyMouse_8466 Posted December 15, 2009 Posted December 15, 2009 I passed my final course and now have my BA (Hons) phew!!! Wow! What fantastic new! Well done you! Maz
AnonyMouse_8466 Posted December 15, 2009 Posted December 15, 2009 OES of 80 which I was so surprised about, been dancing around all day. Congratulations! I have no idea what "OES of 80" means but it sounds very good indeed! Maz
AnonyMouse_1999 Posted December 15, 2009 Posted December 15, 2009 just thought I would enlighten people what OES and OCAS are in 'OU speak' the OES is the overall examinable score - this is the mark awarded for a final piece of work in a course, it may be an actual exam or a written project and is 'bigger' in terms of workload than the assignments written during the course the OCAS is the overall continuous assessment score which is the final mark awarded for all the assignments. They do not just add up the individual scores of assignments and average them out but each assignment is 'weighted' where a percentage of the individual mark is taken and at the end all these 'percentage marks' are added up. So in a course where there are 8 assignments the percentage they will use varies, it may be 10% of the mark for your first assignment, 17% of the second and so on. The first assignment always has a lower weighting so if you kind of mess up on the first one it won't have a huge impact on you OCAS as there is plenty of time to try and improve in remaining assignments. The OU then have four bands for course results Distinction (or pass 1) Pass2 Pass 3 Pass 4 and to achieve any one band your OCAS and OES have to be of a certain percentage and it's 85% for a distinction but you have to score this in both OCAS and OES ANy clearer - hope it's not too garbled!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AnonyMouse_8623 Posted December 16, 2009 Posted December 16, 2009 (edited) Congratulations to you Geraldine on passing your BA Hons. What an achievement..........you must be so proud. Thank you for all the help and support that you gave me and continue to give me on my OU courses. Edited December 16, 2009 by dublinbay
AnonyMouse_2732 Posted December 16, 2009 Author Posted December 16, 2009 Just to second that, I too have a debt of gratitude to you, Geraldine - as have many here who are on the OU journey. Thank you so very much! I am thinking of passing on my avatar to a new 'star' ........only thinking, mind you Sue xx
AnonyMouse_8466 Posted December 16, 2009 Posted December 16, 2009 ANy clearer - hope it's not too garbled!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks for this Geraldine - my friend has just received her exam results and told me she had expected a fail or Pass 4 but had in fact got a Pass 2! Now I understand why she was so pleased with her result! Maz
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