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Understanding research with children and young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding research with children and young people

...everyday practice in the architects’ office. So it seemed to be a natural way to help the communication between the young children and the architects to work with images that the young children had made, and in the main that was children’s own photographs. So when I first met one of the architects, John Jenner, he showed me a storyboard of images of some of the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?
Science, Maths & Technology

What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?

...everyday life. This course covers the water that you drink. For instance, a high level of certain anions in water can cause environmental pollution and health problems and are therefore regulated by several EU Directives. Cations are also important, for example calcium salts contribute to the hardness of water and water treatment uses aluminium compounds. This OpenLearn...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Exploring sport coaching and psychology Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport coaching and psychology

...everyday behaviours, linking a lot of our language to specific training sessions. For example, on Thursdays we created a session called ‘Thinking Thursday’, which was a highly competitive inter-squad tournament with the sole outcome of finding a way to win and creating an environment where ‘We are Winners’. We would have to perform under fatigue, with changing...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Seeing the light
Science, Maths & Technology

Seeing the light

...everyday lives. So it is no surprise that in creating new homes the amount of light that they let in is of great importance. In this free course, Seeing the light, we explore what natural light gives us in our lives and the other benefits it can bring. We are dependent for our natural light on the Sun, but the Sun also brings us heat and energy. This course will teach you...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Innovation in policing
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation in policing

...Everyday organisational life should be creative and innovative: To support this, Miller and Wedell-Wedellsborg (2013) emphasise three key ideas which anyone seeking to lead innovation should bear in mind: being a leader of innovation is different to being an innovator innovation should be ongoing within the organisation’s daily work, rather than just at special times of...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Children’s experiences with digital technologies
Education & Development

Children’s experiences with digital technologies

...everyday activities and habits. ‘Digital technologies’ refers to electronic tools that store, generate or process information. Examples of digital technologies are tablets, computers, multimedia and mobile phones. Digital technologies allow people to access or manage resources such as social media platforms, online television or radio, online games, and virtual...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Myths in law
Society, Politics & Law

Myths in law

...English. They don't need to claim asylum in England. They tend to or probably going to be from other third-world countries coming to the UK. And so those experiences and being able to speak to them about their experiences or understanding their experiences are incredibly important in understanding their case and then being able to put it forward before the court or the...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Citizen science and global biodiversity Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Citizen science and global biodiversity

...English naturalist Charles Darwin (1809–1882) The Oxford English Dictionary defines citizen science as the ‘collection and analysis of data relating to the natural world by members of the general public, typically as part of a collaborative project with professional scientists’, although there are other perspectives. In practice, citizen science has emerged under a...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs