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Learning to teach: becoming a reflective practitioner
Education & Development

Learning to teach: becoming a reflective practitioner

...busy teaching all of the time. It was only a few years ago that I did my PGCE and it’s nice now, a few years later, to be able to be a mentor and realise how far that I’ve come in those years to be in the position where I can give advice and feedback and support somebody else – it’s quite rewarding to have been through that cycle. It’s good being a mentor....
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Empowering communities
Money & Business

Empowering communities

...businesses, companies and other commercial organisations which provide goods and services in the economy and aim to make a profit. The ‘voluntary sector’ or third sector is neither government controlled nor is it focused on profit. Rather, it occupies a space between the public and private sectors and seeks to meet the unmet needs of society. These needs might be...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
People-centred designing
Science, Maths & Technology

People-centred designing

...business studies...Designed products surround us all and range from bus tickets to buildings. This free course, People-centred designing, focuses firmly on usability and the increasingly important phenomenon of people-centred design. It aims to inform consumers of design (i.e., all of us) about this crucial characteristic of design. In addition to stimulating interest in...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Approaching leadership with care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Approaching leadership with care

...Business Review, 85(2), pp. 92–100. Birkett, D. (2009) I’m bossy. I’m ambitious. I love ideas. And I love life. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/ society/ 2009/ jul/ 11/ lady-campbell-disability-peer (Accessed: 10 October 2019). Burney, L.L. and Matherly, M. (2008) ‘Integrating leadership experiences into the accounting curriculum’, Management...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Engineering: The nature of problems
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The nature of problems

...busy creating solutions, an altogether more imaginative activity...Engineering is about extending the horizons of society by solving technical problems, ranging from the meeting of basic human needs for food and shelter to the generation of wealth by trade. In this free course, Engineering: The nature of problems, we learn that engineers see the problems more as...
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Level 2: Intermediate 40 hrs
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Money & Business

Developing career resilience

...Business, Innovation & Skills (2015) Business Population Estimates for the UK and Regions, Statistical Release, 14 October. Fisher, J. (2012) ‘Process of personal transition’ [Online]. Available at www.businessballs.com/personalchangeprocess.htm (Accessed 6 September 2021). Herrman, H. et al. (2011) ‘What is resilience?’, Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 56(5), pp....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Creating open educational resources
Education & Development

Creating open educational resources

...business models, and their sustainability and viability’: PRESENTER: So I’m just going to finish up with my ideas of views about business models and sustainability. How do you sustain things? How do you make them viable? Now, the general model which The Open University has taken is to mainstream [INAUDIBLE] within existing business model, practices and processes. What...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
IT: Information
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: Information

...businesses in gathering news reports. The course draws upon the expertise of two individuals who have worked in senior positions in the UK television industry. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Computing & IT...IT: Information: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate a knowledge of the different types of...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs