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Getting started with Spanish 3
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 3

...Introduction - ¡Bienvenido/a a semana 2! Welcome to Week 2! [Described image] Your study this week will include the vocabulary and expressions used for formal and informal phone calls. Remember to keep a record of your learning using a simple paper notebook (or whatever suits you best). It is important that you keep track of your learning, so that the key points are...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Information technology: A new era?
Society, Politics & Law

Information technology: A new era?

...Introduction - This course takes one aspect of the debate concerning the new economy – innovation in the form of the introduction of information and communication technologies – and places it in the historical context of industrial revolutions. Is the new economy really new or ‘just another’ industrial revolution? This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 1...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Rising China and Africa's development: oil
Society, Politics & Law

Rising China and Africa's development: oil

...Introduction - Since around 1990 China’s growth has seen the country transform itself. Watch the following video with course author and OU academic Giles Mohan. GILES MOHAN This course is all about how Africa can get the most out of the natural resources that it produces. In this case, we're really looking at oil and what linkages you can develop from that oil that can...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation − which also displays your Open University badge. The 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...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Diagramming for development 2: exploring interrelationships
Digital & Computing

Diagramming for development 2: exploring interrelationships

...management. This is a companion course to Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities...Diagramming for development 2: exploring interrelationships, is a free course that introduces you to the diagramming techniques of Influence diagrams, Multiple Cause Diagrams and Cognitive Maps. Using a case study project based in Africa, this unit illustrates the powerful use of...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners
History & The Arts

Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners

...Introduction - This course focuses on Sam Selvon (1923–1994) and his novel The Lonely Londoners, published in 1956. This text is looked at in relation to the themes of migration and memory. The edition of The Lonely Londoners that is referred to in this course is the Penguin Modern Classics (2006) edition, with an introduction by Susheila Nasta. You should read the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Getting started with German 2
Languages

Getting started with German 2

...Introduction - Last week introduced some vocabulary you need when talking about breakfast. This week you will build on that and say what food and drink you actually like and what you are not so keen on. [Described image] To express likes and dislikes, the adverb gern or gerne (both versions are used by native speakers and there is absolutely no difference between them) is...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Building confidence in using online forums
Education & Development

Building confidence in using online forums

...Introduction - Welcome to Session 1 of this free course which aims to build your confidence in getting involved when using online learning forums. In this, the first of four study sessions, you will start to consider how you feel about using online learning forums – no matter whether you already have experience of using them. You’ll consider whether you feel – or...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs