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Diversity in religion: Islam
History & The Arts

Diversity in religion: Islam

...Open University’s Religious Studies courses and qualifications....Diversity in religion: Islam: Introduction - Religions are internally diverse; they encompass all aspects of human culture and behaviour; they are dynamic and changing. Harvard University professor, Diane Moore, has emphasised that we need to be aware of these three qualities in order to help us to...
Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Am I ready to be a distance learner?
Education & Development

Am I ready to be a distance learner?

...open up opportunities for study. You might have not studied for a while, you might be returning to education, or you might not have had the chance to study at a higher level before. This free course, Am I ready to be a distance learner?, will help to boost your confidence. You'll explore useful skills so you can discover how ready you are to study and how to develop your...
Essay and report writing skills
Education & Development

Essay and report writing skills

...open to more than the assignment question. There is more to studying a course than submitting assignments. It can help avoid ‘writers’ block’ because you are effectively preparing for the assignment before you have to get down to it in earnest. It helps you to be questioning as a reader and to read actively. It can help you focus more clearly, noting points and...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Digital forensics
Science, Maths & Technology

Digital forensics

...source of a fire is not a forensic scientist? Why is education alone not sufficient for one to become a forensic scientist? Discussion a. Crime dramas tend to oversimplify forensic science, which is often necessary to move a plot along. Results that may take days or weeks take hours because it would be boring to watch a protagonist twiddle their thumbs or get on with...
Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Succeed with learning Badge icon
Education & Development

Succeed with learning

...Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional start-of-course survey. Once you complete the course we would also value your feedback and suggestions for future improvement, in our optional end-of-course survey. Participation will be completely confidential...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Fire ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Fire ecology

...source of ignition differ among ecosystems and affect aspects of the fire regime such as its extent (size), frequency and intensity. Because plants and fire share a long evolutionary history, many plants have evolved adaptive traits that not only allow them to persist in flammable environments but to depend on fire for reproduction and growth. One important consequence of...
Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Teaching citizenship: work and the economy
Education & Development

Teaching citizenship: work and the economy

...Open University by visiting our online prospectus...Teaching citizenship: work and the economy: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: critically appreciate the significance of claims made for ‘global corporate citizenship’ understand the nature of work and ‘social citizenship’ recognise the difference between ‘acts citizenship’...
Getting started with SPSS
Society, Politics & Law

Getting started with SPSS

...Open University is not recommending or endorsing SPSS or any other statistical software, and the URLs provided are for the purpose of illustrating that other such software packages are available. SPSS Statistics The R Project for Statistical Computing SAS products and solutions Minitab statistical software This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 2 Social...
Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs