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Giving and Receiving Powerful Feedback
Health, Sports & Psychology

Giving and Receiving Powerful Feedback

...open to challenge. One way to sound less accusatory, and avoid defensiveness and not resolving the issue, is to use ‘I’, rather than ‘you’, statements. For example, ‘I feel that the work is not being completed on time’, sounds less blaming than ‘you never get work completed on time’. Try to remain objective: it is a person with a problem, not a problem...
Using generative AI in relation to legal issues
Society, Politics & Law

Using generative AI in relation to legal issues

...Open University in collaboration with the law firm Mishcon de Reya LLP, gives a high-level overview of how generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) works, its risks, and how it may appropriately be used in relation to basic day-to-day legal issues. This note was produced on 27 September 2024 and accordingly reflects the legal and technological position of GenAI as of...
Young people’s wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young people’s wellbeing

...Photo by Monstera from Pexels; Right: Photo by Budgeron Bach from Pexels Section 4.4: Photo by mentatdgt from Pexels Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare
History & The Arts

Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare

...permission All other materials included in this course are derived from content originated at the Open University. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
Reading communities: why, what and how?
Education & Development

Reading communities: why, what and how?

...open and interested in receiving text suggestions from the young people, and gradually two-way reciprocal recommendations and ‘books in common’ between teachers and children developed. These prompted discussions and life connections and enabled new relationships to begin. Over time, teachers noticed children exchanging texts too and recognised the value of these...
Advancing Black leadership Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Advancing Black leadership

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Week 3: From power to resistance: Introduction - This week was written by Owain Smolović Jones and Fidèle Mutwarasibo. Welcome to the resistance. Over the next two weeks you will learn about a crucial aspect of Black leadership, working with and through resistance,...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Bayesian statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

Bayesian statistics

...course, Bayesian statistics, is an extract from the Open University course M249 Practical modern statistics, a second level course that provides a broad perspective on modern statistics by introducing you to four important topics: medical statistics, time series, multivariate analysis and Bayesian statistics. Each of these is given a practical introduction with...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Coaching others to coach Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coaching others to coach

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Session 2: How do coaches learn?: Introduction - At some point in their careers, most coach developers will themselves have been a coach. Some may still be coaching. If this is you, can you remember how you learned to become a better coach? Are there any similarities...
Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs