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Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution
History & The Arts

Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution

...2 The position of women in popular music - Many different genres of popular music flourished in the US during the 1960s. Rock developed rapidly, girl groups had a huge impact (particularly during the first half of the decade), Motown and soul were massively popular, folk music had a large following, and jazz continued to develop throughout the decade. The British Invasion...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Three principles of a coaching approach
Money & Business

Three principles of a coaching approach

...2 Impact of good rapport Timing: Allow around 10 minutes for this activity. Watch Video 2 to see the impact of good rapport on a coaching session. NARRATOR In this example of good rapport, keep an eye out for matching behaviours. So, for example, look out for postural matching, gestural matching, and matching facial expressions. Also, listen out for vocal matching around...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Introducing philosophy
History & The Arts

Introducing philosophy

...2 study in Arts and Humanities. Tell us what you think! We’d love to hear from you to help us improve our free learning offering through OpenLearn by filling out this short survey...Introducing philosophy: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand what is involved in the study of philosophy offer arguments for and against the main...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Different types of business
Money & Business

Different types of business

...2 Classifying businesses by size - One of the most obvious ways in which businesses differ is their size. Most of us know some businesses that are very small – one-person businesses or micro-businesses of fewer than five people. Examples may include a single person running, for example, a web design company, a hairdresser’s or a small catering business, or a small...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Groups and teamwork
Science, Maths & Technology

Groups and teamwork

...2 is concerned with the dynamics of group behaviour. This is a very broad topic and the subject of many textbooks. The initial approach taken in the reading is to look at the basis on which people are members of a group. The main part of the discussion of groups is concerned with the way that groups evolve and the sorts of process that determine whether the group is...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Making sense of mental health problems
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making sense of mental health problems

...2 ‘Mandy’ Mandy is a 25-year-old woman who lives alone in a small privately rented flat. Mandy’s birth mother had problems with drug addiction and led a rather chaotic lifestyle, which meant that her contact with support services was intermittent. She never revealed who Mandy’s father was and had started to live with another man some months after Mandy’s birth....
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Datblygu strategaethau astudio effeithiol
Education & Development

Datblygu strategaethau astudio effeithiol

...2 Adnoddau ar-lein cysylltiedig Mae dysgu gyda’r Brifysgol Agored yn http://www.open.ac.uk/ learning yn dwyn ynghyd yr adnoddau a fydd yn eich helpu i ddatblygu amrywiaeth o rinweddau a sgiliau, a fydd yn werthfawr ar gyfer astudio gyda’r Brifysgol Agored, gwaith a meysydd eraill yn eich bywyd. Yma, gallwch hefyd gael gafael ar offeryn e-portffolio ar-lein i gadw...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy
History & The Arts

Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy

...2 The varieties of imaginative experience - What would life be like without imagination? Perhaps, in this very first question, we have found something that is impossible to imagine. Imagination infuses so much of what we do, and so deeply, that to imagine its absence is to imagine not being human. Some people, I am told, think about sex every five minutes. For them, I...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs