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Childhood in the digital age
Education & Development

Childhood in the digital age

...communicating (texting, instant messaging), sharing (blogs), searching (Google), reporting (camera use) and socialising (social networking sites such as Snapchat or Facebook). This campsite scenario has helped us define exactly what we are investigating. The questions now are what makes digital technology so compelling and motivating to use? And are we raising a new...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
An introduction to digital simulation in healthcare
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to digital simulation in healthcare

...communication: simulations often involve team-based scenarios, which help improve communication and collaboration among healthcare professionals. Standardised training: Digital simulations provide a consistent training experience for all learners, ensuring that everyone meets the same high standards of competency. Immediate feedback: Learners receive instant feedback on...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Introducing social care and social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social care and social work

...community needs, the role that the worker does, and the type of services provided. This will be explored in more detail in the next sections. Both social care and social work encompass a very wide variety of roles in diverse contexts, and there are some similarities alongside important differences between them. We know that social work jobs (like social care jobs)...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Reading and note taking – preparation for study
Society, Politics & Law

Reading and note taking – preparation for study

...community patrols have overwhelming support in the town. Opinion polls in Hamilton, including one run by a local newspaper, revealed more than 90 per cent backing for the curfew, although more than half of all children thought police did not understand youngsters and stopped them for no reason. Yesterday, the Scottish Office urged the other seven Scottish forces to copy...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Who counts as a refugee?
Society, Politics & Law

Who counts as a refugee?

...community’, ‘national identity’ and ‘our’ way of life. Figure 2 shows some typical headlines from UK newspapers in the early 2000s, in which ‘asylum seekers’ are clearly constituted as one of the most demonised groups of people in the UK media. [Figure 2] Figure 2 Newspaper headlines from the early 2000s The sets of interconnections between citizenship,...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Effective writing in professional social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Effective writing in professional social work practice

...communicate, provide detailed assessments and recommendations about people's lives. The course is designed for social work students and those who are already qualified and who want to develop their understanding and skills in professional writing. The activities within the course are based on extensive research and will help you explore what matters in professional...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
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Money & Business

Personal branding for career success

...community. The courses also provide another way of helping you to progress from informal to formal learning. To complete a course you need to be able to find about 24 hours of study time, over a period of about 8 weeks. However, it is possible to study them at any time, and at a pace to suit you. Badged courses are all available on The Open University’s OpenLearn...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in STEM

...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. Badged courses are available on The Open University’s OpenLearn website and do not cost anything to study. They differ from...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs