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Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities
Digital & Computing

Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities

...sources for permission to reproduce material in this unit: Dr Martin Reynolds (lead academic author) Wendy Fisher (author of the WWP ‘rich picture’) Jane Bromley (interactive media developer) Karen Shipp and the OU Systems Group for animations in ‘2.1: When to use each diagram.’ These animations form part of T552 Systems thinking and practice: Diagramming from...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Transport and Sustainability
Science, Maths & Technology

Transport and Sustainability

...Open University course T213 Energy and Sustainability. ...Transport and Sustainability: Introduction - Transport has considerable environmental impacts. It creates problems of urban air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. There is also the problem of determining who is the most important urban road user; the private car, public road transport, or cyclists and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
When two worlds collide: achieving wisdom in online groups
Science, Maths & Technology

When two worlds collide: achieving wisdom in online groups

...Open University's Design courses and qualifications. Watch the animated version of the comic below, to see the distinctions between both worlds and how effective we can be when we work together in groups. Transcript Disclaimer: The views expressed in the videos and the graphic novel are those of the author and not of The Open University. Find out more about S World - M...
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Video 30 mins
How does nature tell the time?
Nature & Environment

How does nature tell the time?

...opening up a tree we can learn about the environment it grew in and conditions that may have affected the human population at the time. But how is it possible to read the history from trees? [Tree rings] Every year a tree puts on a new layer of growth forming a ring just under the bark, it is that ring that tells us a year by year account of the events. A wide ring means...
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Article 10 mins
Is Huawei's low-key approach the secret of its success?
Money & Business

Is Huawei's low-key approach the secret of its success?

...open to naps in the office but against bombast. It's a formula that appears to be working...[Huawei watch] A Huawei watch We have just spent a week visiting Shenzhen, China, to see the headquarters of one of the world’s most innovative and fastest-growing companies – Huawei. Since its founding in 1987, Huawei has grown to become one of the world’s largest telecoms...
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Article 5 mins
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...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Using film music in the classroom
Education & Development

Using film music in the classroom

...Open University by visiting our online prospectus...Using film music in the classroom: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand methods of introducing film music to secondary school pupils understand how the concept of music accompanying image can be applied to skills of composition understand how to develop techniques of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Promoting equality through the Arts
History & The Arts

Promoting equality through the Arts

...Open University worked in partnership with IF: Milton Keynes International Festival to commission Australian theatre company Back to Back Theatre to bring its successful performance residency, The Democratic Set, to Milton Keynes. Back to Back Theatre worked collaboratively with local participants to create a film portrait of the city, which first screened at the Festival...
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Article 20 mins