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TESSA: Motivating Pupils
Education & Development

TESSA: Motivating Pupils

...formal and non formal learning situations. This material is from the TESSA (Teacher Education in Sub Saharan Africa) initiative... TESSA - The Music Teacher Florence invites a special music teacher into the classroom TESSA - Anything for School Adjua wants to go to school, even though she is sick TESSA - Plantain Seller Linus motivates his daughter, Ngozi, to win a race...
TESSA: Listening to Pupils
Education & Development

TESSA: Listening to Pupils

...the TESSA (Teacher Education in Sub Saharan Africa) initiative... TESSA - Be Careful Ibrahim learns the importance of water and oxygen from a story Dawi tells him TESSA - The Eye Witness Kwame doesn't listen to his pupil and wishes he had. TESSA - Catch the Thief Major is not believed but then catches a thief TESSA - Something Good Jude's snap decision costs him money...
Hybrid working: organisational development
Money & Business

Hybrid working: organisational development

...resources are available in the Open University Sustainability Hub on OpenLearn. While you may be familiar with many key terms and concepts related to climate change, in this section we provide an overview of some of the terms that are frequently used. You may also wish to bookmark the IPCC Special Report: Global Warming of 1.5 ºC glossary, which provides a comprehensive...
OU HUNT: Download the app
Science, Maths & Technology

OU HUNT: Download the app

...Open University...What is 'OU HUNT'? [OU Hunt app icon] ‘OU HUNT’ is an app that brings your poster to life and reveals unseen, extra content; including a 3D augmented reality cube with access to slow-motion clips demonstrating unique cheetah physiology, as well as stand alone exclusive interviews with scientists in the field revealing how making the programmes helped...
Historical perspectives on race
History & The Arts

Historical perspectives on race

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Session 2: Human ‘zoos’ in the nineteenth century: 1 Introduction - This session was written by Dr Suki Haider [A black-and-white illustration of three White men surrounding a Black man.] Figure 1 ‘A Black “White Elephant”’, 1879. Artist: Joseph Swain. Text...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Working in groups and teams
Money & Business

Working in groups and teams

...Table 4: Adapted from Hill, L. A. and Farkas, M. T. (2001) ‘A note on team processes’, Harvard Business Online. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Introducing technology and innovation management
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing technology and innovation management

...opening up new markets, enabling access to new supplies of resources, and introducing new competitive organisational forms. The term ‘innovation’ has since been extensively debated and used in a wide range of ways. One study (Baregheh, Rowley and Sambrook, 2009) identified 60 definitions of innovation in organisations alone. In part, at least, these differences are a...
Taking a Fresh Look at Managing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Taking a Fresh Look at Managing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing

...resources (such as time, energy, focus, willpower, money, mood, connection and support). Recruiting the ‘right’ person, with personality traits and capabilities to do the job, is important, but employers and managers must also create the right work environment, including work that is meaningful (personal growth and contribution to a greater goal) job design, where...