What is autism?
Introductory Level
Duration 5 mins
Updated 10 Aug 2012
There's a lot of confusion about what autism is. Ilona Roth and Rosa Hoekstra offer an easy-to-understand overview.
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Interests, skills and talents
Introductory Level
Duration 5 mins
Updated 10 Aug 2012
OU experts Ilona Roth and Rosa Hoekstra describe the different talents that can sometimes be associated with autism, and also dispel some myths around autism...
Competent speakers
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Introductory Level
Duration 15 mins
Updated 23 Apr 2012
People who speak a foreign language very well never stop learning and use a variety of communication strategies. Watch the experts at work.
Having a go
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Introductory Level
Duration 15 mins
Updated 23 Apr 2012
The key to successful intercultural communication is very simple: just get out there and give it a go!
The language of sharing
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Introductory Level
Duration 15 mins
Updated 23 Apr 2012
Communication brings people together. Sharing through language, food, music and drink is at the core of human relationships.
When words do not matter
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Introductory Level
Duration 15 mins
Updated 23 Apr 2012
Body language, gestures, willingness to communicate and share knowledge can get you a long way when you do not speak each other’s language.
Beyond the language gap: intercultural communication
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Introductory Level
Duration 5 mins
Updated 23 Apr 2012
Explore the challenges and rewards of communicating with people from other cultures as you follow the Hairy Bikers and the programme producers across Europe.
When words do matter
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Introductory Level
Duration 15 mins
Updated 23 Apr 2012
Gestures and body language can only get you so far. Sooner or later, you will find yourself in a situation in which verbal language actually...
Crowd Pressure: Confused by the terms used in the programme?
Introductory Level
Duration 5 mins
Updated 02 Apr 2012
Spot the unusual terminology in Bang's 'Crowd Pressure' episode? Stephen Serjeant and Ian Johnston explain how scientists sometimes abbreviate units when talking to each other
BBC/OU Creative Climate short film competition 2011
Introductory Level
Duration 5 mins
Updated 03 Nov 2011
Dr Joe Smith introduces the winners of the Creative Climate student short film competition run by the BBC and OU during 2011.
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From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language
Intermediate Level
Duration 12 hours
Updated 20 May 2013
Human communication is vastly more complex than that of any other species we know about. It is so complex that linguists are only just beginning...
Understanding children: Babies being heard
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Introductory Level
Duration 5 hours
Updated 20 May 2013
Here you will find out some of the things very young babies can do. You will also discover how babies can contribute to family life...
Understanding the environment: Thinking styles and models
Intermediate Level
Duration 16 hours
Updated 20 May 2013
There is increasing recognition that the reductionist mindset that is currently dominating society, rooted in unlimited economic growth unperceptive to its social and environmental impact,...
Understanding the environment: Learning and communication
Intermediate Level
Duration 12 hours
Updated 20 May 2013
There is increasing recognition that the reductionist mindset that is currently dominating society, rooted in unlimited economic growth unperceptive to its social and environmental impact,...
Digital communications
Advanced Level
Duration 20 hours
Updated 20 May 2013
Optical-fibre communications became commercially viable in the 1970s and innovation continues today. This unit will illustrate how very high data rates can be transmitted over...
Postgraduate study skills in science, technology or mathematics
Advanced Level
Duration 14 hours
Updated 20 May 2013
Are you about to undertake a PhD in science, technology or mathematics? If so, this unit will help you to examine your work processes. You...
Introducing ICT systems
Introductory Level
Duration 9 hours
Updated 20 May 2013
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) systems now dominate our everyday lives. This unit will explain what constitutes such a system and how ICT systems work....
Key skill assessment: Communication
Intermediate Level
Duration 50 hours
Updated 20 May 2013
Communication is part of everyone's life. Being able to communicate clearly and effectively – orally, visually and in writing – underpins nearly everything we do....
ICTs in everyday life
Introductory Level
Duration 4 hours
Updated 20 May 2013
We now live in a global village where distance in no longer a barrier to commercial or social contact. This unit will enable you to...
Models and modelling
Advanced Level
Duration 14 hours
Updated 20 May 2013
Models are mechanisms for communication. This unit looks at what a model is and what the process of modelling is about. The techniques discussed here...
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