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Attention
Society, Politics & Law

Attention

...free course, Attention, will help you to examine how we 'pay attention'. How do we manage to single out sounds and images that require attention and how easy is it to distract someone and why...What does 'attention' mean to you? This free course, Attention, will help you to examine how we 'pay attention'. How do we manage to single out sounds and images that require...
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema
Languages

Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema

...free course, Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema, will help you discover aspects of French and francophone cinema. At the same time, you will also focus on grammatical points, such as expressing a comparison in French or understanding the structure of a sentence in the infinitive...This free course, Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema,...
Systems diagramming
Digital & Computing

Systems diagramming

...free course, Systems diagramming, looks at how diagrams can be used to represent information and ideas about complex situations. You will learn how to read, draw and present diagrams to help illustrate how ideas or processes are connected. Please note: This course contains a Flash activity which is no longer playable. It is being updated. This course can still be studied,...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Physical activity: a family affair
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity: a family affair

...free course, Physical activity: a family affair, aims to explore the effects that the family has on the amount and nature of physical activity a child participates in. The beliefs and behaviours of the family environment are the key psycho-social factors we investigate here...This free course, Physical activity: a family affair, aims to explore the effects that the family...
School geography: Exploring a definition
Education & Development

School geography: Exploring a definition

...free course, School geography: Exploring a definition, focuses on how geography is currently being taught and understood. While studying it you will read about the significance of geography as a subject, looking at differing views as to exactly which disciplines make up geography. The course also includes a lesson plan and a look at definitions of geography as a medium of...
Assessment in secondary geography
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary geography

...free course, Assessment in secondary geography, will identify and explore some of the key issues around assessing geography in secondary schools. Through coming to understand these issues and debates, you will reflect on and develop your assessment practice as a geography teacher and develop a greater awareness of the implications of assessment practice on pedagogy and...
Studying mammals: A winning design
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: A winning design

...free course, Studying mammals: A winning design, explores some of the features, such as reproduction, lactation and thermoregulation methods, that mammals have in common. It is the first in a series of ten Studying mammals courses.NOTE: The Studying mammals series is gradually being updated and replaced. You can study an improved freestanding version of this course,...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Listening for form in popular music
History & The Arts

Listening for form in popular music

...free course, Listening for form in popular music, explores form, or how music is organised in time. It looks at three strategies for communicating form – through the use of specialist terms (such as ‘chorus’ and ‘bridge’), alphabetic designations (for example AABA), and visual diagrams. It also considers how the form of a song works with its lyrics to create...