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Collaborative problem solving for community safety
Money & Business

Collaborative problem solving for community safety

...Introduction - Welcome to Week 4. This week we look at Learning through reflection; Assessing critical problems in community settings; Different approaches to decision making; and Identifying potential solutions. The key to effective problem solving and decision making is the ability to reflect on past actions and experiences in order to understand our own assumptions...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 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
Introducing environmental decision making
Nature & Environment

Introducing environmental decision making

...project I was managing. Detailed criteria were developed for both person and post and all applicants were assessed against those criteria. (b) Rational up-to-a-point decision making helped me decide which plants to grow in my garden this summer. Several plant varieties met all my criteria. There was uncertainty about weather conditions and my time and inclination for...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
How good were the pollster's predictions?
Science, Maths & Technology

How good were the pollster's predictions?

...projected that Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour could end up with fewer than 210. In particular, an analysis of the favourite in each of the seats traded on the Betfair market gave the Tories 366 seats and Labour 208. The Predictwise betting aggregation site gave the Conservatives an 81% chance of securing an overall majority of seats, in line with the large sums of money trading...
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The value and progress of jury research in Scotland
Society, Politics & Law

The value and progress of jury research in Scotland

...project...Find out about The Open University's Law courses. [A group of people engaged in a debate.] When the Scottish Government announced in 2015 that it had accepted a recommendation to commission research into the Scottish jury, an observer might have wondered why this was even necessary. In 2012, Dennis J Devine estimated that there had been 1500 jury research...
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The ethics of cultural heritage
History & The Arts

The ethics of cultural heritage

...Introduction - Cultural heritage – for example, ancient ruins or artefacts and works of art or architecture – can be very important to society. They can be valued for their beauty, their historic significance, and their religious or cultural associations. We try to protect important heritage, if we can. However, what if we had to choose between protecting heritage and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Has London always attracted young Europeans to do its low-paid work?
History & The Arts

Has London always attracted young Europeans to do its low-paid work?

...manager told me this yesterday. These "clodhoppers", he says, are natural waiters. After a very few weeks experience they are perfectly capable of acting as assistants to older waiters and even, in a rush, of attending upon casual customers themselves. Their only fault is they are clumsy. They smash a lot of crockery, but then, as they hardly get any wages, and work for...
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Heroes and Villains: The Outlaw in Early American Folk Music
Health, Sports & Psychology

Heroes and Villains: The Outlaw in Early American Folk Music

...introduction to John Hardy and Woody Guthrie’s guitar and harmonica introduction to Tom Joad are virtually identical in their chord changes and melody. When it comes to the lyrics, however, there is complete innovation. Where Lead Belly sings: John Hardy was a desperate little man He carried two guns every day. He killed a man on a West Virginia line, But they seen John...
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