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Design for beginners
Science, Maths & Technology

Design for beginners

...thinking about design principles from how letters are shaped to creating three dimensional models. This material forms part of The Open University course U101 Design thinking... Shapes of letters Steve Garner uses a newspaper to show how you can observe shapes of letters. Tone in design Steve Garner gives examples of how to create a range of tones. The overlay technique...
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Video 15 mins
Historical perspectives on race
History & The Arts

Historical perspectives on race

...think about the experiences of different groups of people in the past and to understand how historians use textual and visual sources to uncover diverse histories to help you think about how racist structures operated in the past, and how these structures often rested on perceptions of difference based on race, ethnicity and religious expression to help you recognise how...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Investigating environmental futures through speculative design
Society, Politics & Law

Investigating environmental futures through speculative design

...thinking through making’ facilitate new kinds of geographical enquiry?...In July 2017, we took part in a workshop arranged by the Everyday Futures Network at the Industrial Design Department of Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. The workshop brought together academics and designers from various disciplines to explore how ‘thinking through making’...
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Article 5 mins
Will a new European law mean YouTube has to monitor your uploads?
Society, Politics & Law

Will a new European law mean YouTube has to monitor your uploads?

...think hosts are not protected if they do things like make hosted content searchable, or organize it into categories, or run ads. The theory is that this makes the platforms too “active,” and that only more passive hosts qualify for eCommerce Directive protection. The draft AVMS Directive adopts an extremely broad version of this “active hosting” analysis. It says...
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Article 10 mins
An unheard voice from a Chinese teacher
Languages

An unheard voice from a Chinese teacher

...systems. ...[Ms Yang from the BBC Chinese school series with her colleagues and class] I was extremely nervous at the time when the exam results were about to be revealed. I sat on the stage, with my head in my hand, waiting for the moment of truth. Fifty of my students were sitting in front of me, plus their parents, grandparents, and teachers at Bohunt, the hall was...
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Article 10 mins
Intuitive eating: a new relationship with food, or another fad diet?
OpenLearn Ireland

Intuitive eating: a new relationship with food, or another fad diet?

...systems approach to obesity prevention in Northern Ireland was published in 2023. The report comes as the Department of Health prepares to draft a new obesity prevention strategy in 2024 to replace its predecessor, ‘A Fitter Future for All 2012-22’. We are unique However, everyone’s relationship with food is a very personal one and not one that should be compared to...
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Article 5 mins
Physical activity: a family affair
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity: a family affair

...think it was a huge shock to his system. And I don't think he liked it very much. And catch-- no, no, no, no, no. JOE'S MOTHER John Carey's just an amazing dancer and teacher, choreographer, you name it. He's won the Worlds eight times. And he's an incredible inspiration. JOHN CAREY Move! Move! Move! JOE I definitely have an ego in Irish dancing. When you're at the top,...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Applying social work law to asylum and immigration
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law to asylum and immigration

...system and will introduce you to the ways in which social work practitioners can support people with insecure immigration status, refugees and asylum seekers more effectively. It will highlight some of the realities of asylum and immigration in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland today...This course will present an overview of the policy and law that relates to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs