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Collective leadership
Money & Business

Collective leadership

...Introduction - Welcome to the free course, Collective leadership, which explores the traits and skills of an effective leader in an organisational setting. There are many practices that could be considered and that you may be familiar with, however this course focuses on three leadership practices that have been referred to as the ‘extraordinarization of the mundane’...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Applying to study for a PhD in psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Applying to study for a PhD in psychology

...Introduction - If you have chosen to do this OpenLearn course, you are probably considering studying for a PhD in psychology, in the near future or at some later point. Here are some possible reasons. You enjoyed your previous study of psychology and you’d like to continue. You were successful in your previous study of psychology so you’d like to take it to the next...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
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Education & Development

Take your teaching online

...Manage the introduction of social media into your online lessons As you saw in the Week 1 section on backchannels, and the discussion of connectivism in Week 2, social media can have an important role in online teaching. There are a variety of social communication tools that can be employed in online teaching, each with its own potential advantages (and sometimes...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Companies and financial accounting
Money & Business

Companies and financial accounting

...Introduction - Companies and financial accounting, serves as an introduction to the understanding of the legal characteristics of limited companies and how the ways in which they are financed impact on their financial reporting and role in society. Session 1 introduces sole proprietorships, partnerships and limited companies as three common forms of business entity and...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Exploring innovative assessment methods
Education & Development

Exploring innovative assessment methods

...Introduction - Innovative approaches to assessment can help learners to demonstrate skills for society, employment and education. Mobile technology means that many learners now have direct access to handheld computing. As a result, different types of assessment can now be produced and applied. This week you will begin by examining the purpose and benefits of innovative...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
World Toilet Day
Health, Sports & Psychology

World Toilet Day

...managed sanitation service': a toilet, not shared with other households, that either treats or disposes of human waste on site, stores it safely to be emptied and treated off-site, or connects to a functioning sewer. Globally, at least 2 billion people use a drinking water source contaminated with faeces. Every day, over 700 children under five years old die from...
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Article 5 mins
Introducing global development issues
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing global development issues

...managed? What can guarantee equality and fairness? What kind of good change do you want? [Introducing Global Development] The courses can be studied independently, but we recommend you start with Introducing global development and then follow this with Introducing key global development challenges. This content is associated with the Open University courses DD870...
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Video 10 mins
Combating air pollution
Science, Maths & Technology

Combating air pollution

...management. The five video tracks explore the nature of pollution arising from different forms of transport, and look at how data is interpreted and how pollutants can be minimised. To complete the album, Senior Lecturer Rod Barratt explains the choice of some of the case studies provided, and unpicks the issues that emerge, while Dr Suresh Nesaratnam gives an overview of...
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Audio 25 mins