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Design thinking cards
Education & Development

Design thinking cards

The welcome pack that is sent with our first level module (U101) is designed to get you thinking differently about objects that are familiar to us all...Click on the image to find out what each component is and to be prompted to do some fun activities. U101 welcome pack Design thinking cards
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Activity 10 mins
Think like an entrepreneur
Money & Business

Think like an entrepreneur

...think differently. They combine creativity with resilience, testing ideas, learning from setbacks, and adapting fast. In this interactive, guided by entrepreneur and business expert Julian Hall, you’ll explore what makes entrepreneurs unique, the different paths they take, and the skills that drive success. Whether you dream of launching a start-up, innovating within an...
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Activity 5 mins
Ruth on critical thinking
Education & Development

Ruth on critical thinking

OU student, Ruth, explains what critical thinking is in this extended interview from 'Go the Distance'...Transcript
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Video 5 mins
Facilitating creative thinking
Money & Business

Facilitating creative thinking

...thinking An introduction to this album Warming up The facilitators focus on preparing the group for the creative problem-solving session. Exploring the problem What’s really behind the problem, and how does the facilitator steer the group? Generating ideas Techniques for stimulating the flow of ideas. Sorting out strategies How a group makes decisions and deals with...
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Audio 43 mins
Thinking Outside the Box
Society, Politics & Law

Thinking Outside the Box

...Thinking Outside The Box artwork] Alena & Lisa: On your website you describe yourself as an illustrator and visual facilitator. How do you see these roles in relation to your artistic practice- in what sense do they inform your art, in what sense are they separate? What is the advantage of being a visual facilitator and an artist? Laura: I find that different areas of my...
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Article 5 mins
Think like a scientist
Science, Maths & Technology

Think like a scientist

...think like a scientist. In this collection we demonstrate a series of hands-on experiments that you can carry out in your own kitchen. We'll explore some key aspects of life on Earth such as why water is so important to all living organisms, how matter behaves at different temperatures and what are the best conditions for life to flourish. The experiments start off...
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Video 49 mins
Introducing ICT systems
Digital & Computing

Introducing ICT systems

...system map to represent this email communication system (roughly oval outlines will be fine). Do you think the users (the sender and the recipient) should be inside the system boundary or outside it? Discussion Figure 5 shows my system map. Where have you drawn the boundary? Does it include the sender and the recipient as the users of the system ......
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Organisations and the financial system
Money & Business

Organisations and the financial system

...think the scope of mergers and the overall economic system coincide? Discussion The rising trend of M&As in the US (and worldwide) raises crucial questions in terms of their effect on the economic systems. While the benefits range from enhanced efficiency and growth, increasing debt and market power are examples of potential negative effects. The effects of M&As on the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs