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The psychology of cybercrime
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of cybercrime

...Introduction - In this free course, The psychology of cybercrime, you will explore different questions about cybercrime from a psychological angle in an attempt to better understand this relatively recent field of psychology. You will consider the realms and limits of cybercrime, distinguishing between the different types of cybercrime (e.g. trolling, cyber-stalking,...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role

...Introduction - In this session you will investigate why physical activity can offer benefits to the health and wellbeing of carers and how, given the demands of the caring role, a carer may find opportunities to be active within their daily routine. As with Session 1, you will reflect on a case study to support your understanding of the content. Before you examine why...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Young children, the outdoors and nature Badge icon
Education & Development

Young children, the outdoors and nature

...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 start-of-course survey. Once...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
EPQs: writing up your dissertation
Education & Development

EPQs: writing up your dissertation

...introduction and abstract 8 Create and check reference list 9 Swap drafts with Sam for review Check my draft for spelling and grammar 10 Review Sam’s comments and make final changes Submit draft to Dr Jones Or you could make a simple Gantt chart, using a spreadsheet. If you use Microsoft Excel, it has some Gantt chart templates. The advantage of a Gantt chart is that it...
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Article 5 mins
Decision trees and dealing with uncertainty
Money & Business

Decision trees and dealing with uncertainty

...Introduction - This course is concerned with using decision trees to simplify and formulate business decisions, typically using financial information. As decisions affect the future well-being of an organisation, they almost always rely on some form of forecast information. In this course, you will consider the subject of uncertainty in a financial context and meet a few...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Voices from the Global South: an international field trip
Society, Politics & Law

Voices from the Global South: an international field trip

...Introduction This series of videos offers a chance to embark on an ‘International virtual field trip’. In addition to observing and thinking geographically, importantly there’s a lot of emphasis on listening to perspectives from across a range of contexts across the Global South. Although clearly not in the Global South, the International virtual field trip starts...
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Article 5 hrs
Assessment in secondary geography
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary geography

...Introduction - This free course, Assessment in secondary geography, is designed for people who are learning to be a teacher, are in their first few years of teaching, or who are working in an educational setting. It will explore some of the key issues around assessing geography in secondary schools to help you to reflect upon and develop your assessment practice as a...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
What does it take to mentor young offenders?
Education & Development

What does it take to mentor young offenders?

...management. Overall, there was strong evidence of success in each of these three components. This was seen as a result of the reflective approach adopted; defining the rationale behind each activity, developing clarity around what works and what doesn’t, and ensuring that these are appropriate to age and skills of individual mentors. Ever thought of volunteering? Try...
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Video 10 mins