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Inclusive Leadership: Collaborating for professional development
Education & Development

Inclusive Leadership: Collaborating for professional development

...course. You might also be interested in the Open University Inclusive Practice Leadership and Management Masters pathways....Inclusive Leadership: Collaborating for professional development: Introduction - This course will help you to consider different approaches to inclusive leadership and professional development. You will be introduced to concepts and practices for...
Understanding dyslexia Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding dyslexia

...badge. Badged courses are a key part of The Open University’s mission to promote the educational well-being of the community. The courses also provide another way of helping you to progress from informal to formal learning. Completing a course will require about 24 hours of study time. However, you can study the course at any time ......
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Recording music and sound
History & The Arts

Recording music and sound

...Open University course A232 Music, sound and technology...Recording music and sound: Learning outcomes - By the end of this course you should be able to: appreciate the tasks required to organise and create commercial music demonstrate knowledge of the history of sound-recording technology recognise the impact of technological change on sound recording understand some of...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective

...course, Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective, we will explore the relationship between the two using examples of Asian music to help us clarify the concepts...Improvisation and composition are words frequently used in the western world to describe the creation of music. But are they really two distinct processes, or are they aspects of the same...
Women transforming classical music
History & The Arts

Women transforming classical music

...Open University) who supported the development of this OpenLearn course, and to Lucy Hollingworth (The Open University) and Kenneth Baird (European Opera Centre), who also provided extremely helpful feedback. Many thanks to all of the interviewees for their valuable contributions: Gabriella Di Laccio (Donne Women in Music), Róisín Maher (Finding A Voice), Tim...
A freelance career in the creative arts Badge icon
History & The Arts

A freelance career in the creative arts

...Badged courses are a key part of The Open University’s mission to promote the educational well-being of the community. The courses also provide another way of helping you to progress from informal to formal learning. Completing a course will require about 24 hours of study time. However, you can study the course at any time and at a pace to suit you......
Voice-leading analysis of music 3: the background
History & The Arts

Voice-leading analysis of music 3: the background

...opened this course (Example 4). As a background feature, it is frequently used on this very large scale as part of the patterning of an entire sonata-form movement. Here is another possible way in which voice leading and formal sections may coincide. Let's imagine a descent from to this time. [Figure 5] Figure 5 An alternative major-key voice-leading background Activity...
Music and its media
History & The Arts

Music and its media

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course A342 Central questions in the study of music...Music and its media: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate knowledge of the main ways in which music is transmitted understand how the means of communicating a particular piece can change over time examine examples of...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs