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Writing what you know
History & The Arts

Writing what you know

...Open University course A215 Creative writing...Writing what you know: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: articulate the notion of ‘write what you know’ write ‘blind’ descriptions of known objects and note new observations have an enhanced ability to list sensory perceptions write short texts about a personal memory of either a...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)
Education & Development

A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)

...openness. (Ng, 2012, p. 25) This week you will look at how a coaching role may look within a school-based setting, and how effective use of coaching techniques can support early career teachers in the initial teacher education and newly qualified phases. Activity planner Activity Learning actions Time Activity 1 Mentoring or coaching? Understanding the difference between...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness

...Open University academic and former Olympic coach Ben Oakley. Transcript Thanks to Waltham Forest Council for allowing us to film at their Feel Good Centre. Other audios and videos feature well-known sport professionals, including footballer Rachel Williams and Olympic cyclist turned racing driver Sir Chris Hoy. The course is supported and strongly recommended by UK...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Assistive technologies and online learning
Education & Development

Assistive technologies and online learning

...OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course H810: Accessible online learning: supporting disabled students...Assistive technologies and online learning: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand what is meant by assistive technology recognise different forms of assistive technology understand some...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Applying to study for a PhD in psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Applying to study for a PhD in psychology

...open this link in a new window or tab so you can return to OpenLearn when you are ready.) Taught academic degrees MSc or MA – Study for a Masters degree usually consists of a combination of taught modules and an independent research project, written up in a dissertation of about 20,000 words. There is a fixed study programme, usually for one year fulltime or two years...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
How can governments ensure their cybersecurity is strong?
Digital & Computing

How can governments ensure their cybersecurity is strong?

...sources available on these major undertakings. However many of these sources are either very anecdotal or stripped of identifying information (like which states have adopted which practices), and as such don’t necessarily serve as a great data source for comparative analysis. As such – it is worth taking notice when states are engaged in interesting practices,...
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Article 5 mins
Download free eBook guides to famous literary works
History & The Arts

Download free eBook guides to famous literary works

...open) Great Expectations [A collection of covers for a collection of eBooks inspired by the BBC Four series The Secret Life of Books] Frankenstein [A collection of covers for a collection of eBooks inspired by the BBC Four series The Secret Life of Books] Mrs Dalloway [A collection of covers for a collection of eBooks inspired by the BBC Four series The Secret Life of...
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Activity 5 mins
Being heard
Education & Development

Being heard

...Open University's Open courses I am a Staff Tutor, which means I look after those people who teach at the OU. For me, YXM130 provides opportunities for exploration and looking at a problem, or theme, from all kinds of perspectives. If I was to study YXM130, I would explore how people can make themselves heard, how we listen to one another and how we can communicate in the...
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Article 5 mins