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First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship
Money & Business

First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship

...physical characteristics of air, and it seems that his intention was to demonstrate that air could be compressed and therefore gain material density. Da Vinci’s aerial screw anticipated some aspects of the modern helicopter, but there was no possibility of building a functioning prototype with the materials available in his time. He also sketched several other ideas for...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Mastering systems thinking in practice Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Mastering systems thinking in practice

...physical notebook or a digital one of some form – as you work through the activities in this course, as they are an important aspect of reflective practice. Alternatively, you might like to record your answers to activities in their associated text boxes. Activity 1 Why are you studying this course? Timing: Allow approximately 15 minutes for this activity. Fifteen...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Understanding mental capacity Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding mental capacity

...physical health problems and the less likely they are to be able to undertake the physical activities that they did when young. However, declining physical health should not be conflated with declining mental capacity. The two issues must be examined separately, even though they interact. This is especially the case for the range of conditions known by the generic term...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing Black leadership Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing Black leadership

...physical spaces which restrict and enable certain practices. Spaces are distinctive and develop their character over time. But look, over there. A tree planter’s followers are captivating an audience with their charismatic image and vision. What’s going on? This is leadership as product. We need to understand that leaders and leadership are always packaged and sold to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Doug Allan - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Doug Allan - Earth in Vision

...physically impossible for the poor editor to look at it, there’s just too much of it, he hasn’t got time to go through 27 takes or 27 variations of something just to pick out the best shot. So it’s gone on that way. On the other hand, certainly for underwater, the arrival of electronic media was a huge advantage over film. Film you had a 10 minute load; 10 minutes...
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Assessment in secondary modern foreign languages
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary modern foreign languages

...physical or electronic – to record your thoughts in a way in which they can easily be retrieved and revisited. If you prefer, however, you can record your ideas in response boxes within the course – in order to do this, and to retrieve your responses, you will need to enrol on the course. This OpenLearn course is part of a collection of Open University short courses...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Professional relationships with young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Professional relationships with young people

...physically and psychologically These are not rigid categories from which you must choose just one; rather, they illustrate the range and variety of the roles that you may be called on to play, depending on such factors as: the young people you are working with any issues that the young people (or you) might be facing the stage of the relationship you are forming...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Assessment in secondary mathematics
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary mathematics

...physical or electronic – to record your thoughts in a way in which they can easily be retrieved and revisited. If you prefer, however, you can record your ideas in response boxes within the course – in order to do this, and to retrieve your responses, you will need to enrol on the course. This OpenLearn course is part of a collection of Open University short courses...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs