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Supporting and developing resilience in social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting and developing resilience in social work

...Open University course K315 Social work practice ...Supporting and developing resilience in social work: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: discuss why emotional resilience is important in social work practice and what skills and strategies are involved explore the support that social workers can expect from their managers, and how to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
OpenLearn's response to the pandemic
Education & Development

OpenLearn's response to the pandemic

...Open University’s (OU) pioneering experience in distance learning to give 18 million people access to vital educational resources to help develop new skills since the UK’s first lockdown in March 2020. At the start of the first lockdown, daily visitors to OpenLearn increased overnight from 40,000 to over 200,000 and the team acted quickly to put essential learning...
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Article 10 mins
Discovering music through listening
History & The Arts

Discovering music through listening

...opening of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. As you do try to identify the combination of long and short sounds which comprise the famous opening motif (the first four musical notes that we hear). You might jot this down with an ‘●’ indicating short sounds and a ‘–’ indicating long sounds. Audio 10: Beethoven, Fifth Symphony, First Movement, 00:00–00:30...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
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
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
Exploring communications technology
Digital & Computing

Exploring communications technology

...Open University course TM355 Communications technology...Exploring communications technology: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate an understanding of the principles of, and reasons for, carrier-wave modulation, and its application to Quadrature Amplitude Modulation demonstrate an understanding of the roles of error detection...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs