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Open education
Education & Development

Open education

...Introduction - The aim of this week is to familiarise you with some of the concepts and to get you thinking about some of the issues involved. We will then explore these in more detail in the coming weeks. The materials presented in this week are largely drawn from Week 7 of the Open University H817 course Openness and innovation in elearning...Open education: 1.2 Week 1...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
Getting started with Chinese 1
Languages

Getting started with Chinese 1

...introduction will get you started on the essentials of reading, writing, speaking and listening in Chinese through a variety of online activities. A perfect introduction for absolute beginners! This OpenLearn course is an extract from the beginning of the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course, LGXC001 Beginners Chinese 1. After completing this free course,...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Talk the talk
Education & Development

Talk the talk

...Introduction - Welcome to Talk the talk. This course will provide you with the language and strategies to deliver talks with a difference. It will boost your confidence and turn public speaking into a valuable experience. First, watch the following video, in which Marshal Anderson introduces the course. Marshal Anderson Welcome to Talk the talk. I'm Marshal Anderson. In...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Demystifying Chronic Kidney Disease: what is it and who is at risk?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Demystifying Chronic Kidney Disease: what is it and who is at risk?

...management of this condition...Find out more about The Open University's Health and Wellbeing courses. What is Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)? CKD develops overtime and involves abnormalities in both kidneys. There may be a loss of kidney function, with or without other evidence of kidney damage. If CKD progresses, there is a risk that the kidneys will not be able to carry...
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Article 5 mins
The Speed of Extinct Organisms
Nature & Environment

The Speed of Extinct Organisms

...introduction to palaeobiology and how the speed of movement of extinct animals can be calculated...via GIPHY The speed, and gait (how the legs move) of animals can be calculated from trackways. The speed of an animal, such as a dinosaur or a spider, can be calculated when two factors are known. Stride length The first factor is stride length, or the distance between two...
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Article 5 mins
The dot.com bubble
Society, Politics & Law

The dot.com bubble

...introduction to this album What are economic bubbles? Bubbles are when a products value continues to rise beyond its true value. But what happens when the bubble inevitably bursts? Types of economic bubbles Intrinsic bubbles, informational bubbles, classic bubbles and fads are all the results of over valued products. The dot.com boom Tom Hadfield was only 12 years old...
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Audio 39 mins
Exploring babies' and young children's development and learning
Education & Development

Exploring babies' and young children's development and learning

...introduction to this album Entering social and cultural worlds Dr Dorothy Faulkner of The Open University sets the scene for the first set of interviews on the album Early relationships In this archive interview, Professor Rudolph Schaffer explores the significance of relationships as part of early infant development Cultural environment and individual development In this...
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Audio 1 hr 56 mins
The banking crisis: cause and effect
Money & Business

The banking crisis: cause and effect

...introduction to this album. The collapse Banks were once the corner stone of modern British society, but by September 2005 banks stopped lending to each other overnight. What happened? What caused this credit crisis? Casino Banking As banks were pressured to increase returns, the age of casino banking was born. Along with it came ever more complex forms of securitised...
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Audio 42 mins