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Systems thinking and practice
Digital & Computing

Systems thinking and practice

...adapted from Kolb (1984) to show the interaction of theory and practice as a learning cycle] Figure 1 A diagram adapted from Kolb (1984) to show the interaction of theory and practice as a learning cycle However, learning by experience is not always simple. First, sometimes we don't learn from our experiences! Or, at least, we don't recognise the mistakes we make, or we...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Software and the law
Science, Maths & Technology

Software and the law

...adapted extract from the Open University postgraduate computing course, M814 Software Engineering...Software and the law: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: explain the differences between various types of intellectual property and the legal frameworks that apply to each type understand the issues that arise when drawing up contracts...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Understanding different research perspectives
Money & Business

Understanding different research perspectives

...adapted extract from the Open University course B865 Managing research in the workplace...Understanding different research perspectives: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the different perspectives from which a problem can be investigated consider the researcher’s involvement in the research process as insider and/or...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts

...adapted extract from the Open University course DD126 Economics in context...Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: define a supply chain and understand how different stages of the t-shirt production chain can be organised differently engage with different data sources and their objectives...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Introducing computing and IT
Digital & Computing

Introducing computing and IT

...adapted extract from the Open University courses TM111 Introduction to computing and information technology 1 and TM112Introduction to computing and information technology 2. Note: The word ‘data’ is plural (‘datum’ refers to an item of data), but is often used in the singular, e.g. ‘The data is ….’. You will find both uses in this course, depending on the...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Quantitative and qualitative research in finance
Money & Business

Quantitative and qualitative research in finance

...adapted extract from the Open University course B860 Research methods for finance...Quantitative and qualitative research in finance: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: distinguish between qualitative and quantitative research identify different sampling approaches distinguish between primary and secondary data sources interpret the...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing Badge icon
Education & Development

Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing

...et al., 2015). Children who did not conform to the expected norms of behaviour were often marginalised from society, punished harshly and labelled in pejorative ways. The next section includes a timeline of some of the key events relating to societal views and developments in relation to children’s mental health. The sources used for this timeline include historical...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
OpenLearn Ireland

The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

...adaptation of Daphne DuMaurier’s short story The Birds (2009) tells the story of a small town terrorised by the strange behaviour of the local avians. His screenplay, Eclipse (2009), is a ghost story centring on a widowed teacher living in County Cork. Like many Irish writers before him, McPherson borrows from the past and exploits the uncanny in the everyday to play...
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