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Gain a badge and further your career
Money & Business

Gain a badge and further your career

...becomes I'm possible] On OpenLearn you can find a range of courses aimed at improving employability skills. Many of these courses offer you the chance to gain a digital badge on completion of the course, which you can share as evidence of your achievement – and it's all for free. If you're more interested in shorter pieces of learning to help improve your career, we...
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Exploring youth violence: what would you do?
Education & Development

Exploring youth violence: what would you do?

...becoming marginalised, having to contend with a multitude of social ills and risks: crime, violence, substance misuse, fragile families, homelessness, and limited access to education and welfare services. To understand some of the problems these young people can face today, step into the shoes of Tyler and Rafi and live a day of their life in our ‘What would you do’...
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Wendy Gregory On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Wendy Gregory On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...OU: “After that, I couldn’t stop seeing systems everywhere. It became so much a part of me that I even married another systems thinker, of the critical sort just like me [Gerald Midgley]. We worked on a lot of systems projects together starting with a project for the local council on disasters planning where we worked with 19 different organisations who all had an...
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The Speed of Extinct Organisms
Nature & Environment

The Speed of Extinct Organisms

...speed in extinct organisms has recently been applied to T. rex. This involves calculating the strength and size of muscles in the legs relative to the size of the animal. For instance, this showed that T. rex probably could not run because the muscles needed would be too bulky to fit into the legs! Next: Working out ancient ecology Like science? Go further with the OU...
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What do we mean by digital health and social care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do we mean by digital health and social care?

...students are able to make decisions about care in a ‘safe’ environment. Activity 3 The potential of digital technology for integrating care Watch the following video, which discusses ‘the role of technology of care integration’, and make some notes in the box below about what you see as the advantages of electronic records. Understanding the advantages for...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
How can you take your teaching online?
Education & Development

How can you take your teaching online?

...What works in a classrooom or lecture theatre may not work online. Have an understanding of the types of technology used by disabled students and the challenges they face in this free course: Still looking for inspiration? Check out some examples of our most popular free courses, interactives and animations for inspiration on how to present your teaching online....
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Exploring Sports
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring Sports

...Student Sophie Troiano describes how being a competitive fencer can be hard while still studying An interview with a judo athlete As one of the young hopefuls for 2012, Colleen Kerr has been practising judo for 12 years and clarifies how important nutrition is in a weight categorised sport An interview with a paraglider David Snowdon has been paragliding for 15 years, 13...
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Women in Science
Science, Maths & Technology

Women in Science

...student Lucy Greenwood talks about Mary Anning, who collected some of the most significant fossils ever found. Rosalind Franklin Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences at The Open University, Monica Grady, celebrates the work of British chemist Rosalind Franklin. Gertrude Elles Senior Lecturer in Earth Sciences at The Open University, Dr Sandy Smith nominates...
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Audio 46 mins