Get students studying online – new research identifies the benefits

November 26, 2014

Many people think of online learning as MOOCs and a tool for adult learning, but an increasing number of high school students are now studying some of their subjects online – with an online teacher and alongside classmates from around the world. A research...

Free tools and resources for IB students and schools

The IB Diploma is a difficult journey and students need all the help they can get and from trusted sources. With increasing amounts of tools and resources available, students don’t want to waste valuable time researching or finding the best ones. OSC’s Revision Centre...

OSC in the community

Here at OSC, we are passionate about helping IB schools and education worldwide. We also love supporting the local community here in Oxfordshire. Over the past few months we have been busy partaking in charity and community projects in the local area, as well as going...

Good thinking in a complex context

November 15, 2014

I’ve used this work in class and I keep returning to its central idea, which is essentialized in the English translation of the title of Amin Maalouf’s Identites meurtrieres.  The English title also is given a subtitle: In the Name of Identity: Violence...

Yes! to the value of books

November 14, 2014

Here’s an interesting video that might be worth inserting in a class. I’d ask my students to choose three ‘values’ from it and go from there to a discussion, an essay connecting one of them to something we’ve read, or something they have...

IB History count-down

October 29, 2014

If your school has a school-based syllabus the exams will be done by the time you read this posting.  If not, the exams begin on Tuesday morning English A. (Why does English always get to go first?  It doesn’t seem fair!) The IB classes will be wrapping up but...