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Children’s experiences with digital technologies
Education & Development

Children’s experiences with digital technologies

...Open University course E232 Exploring childhood and youth. It has been designed by Dr Christothea Herodotou, a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) for the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University. Christothea has studied children and mobile technologies in several projects funded by the British Academy and the British Educational Research Association,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Health and safety in the laboratory and field
Science, Maths & Technology

Health and safety in the laboratory and field

...open Appendix A. Clickto open Appendix B...Health and safety in the laboratory and field: 4.1 First aid - It is not required that students be trained in first aid. It is, however, important that a first aid kit is carried when you are likely to be away from immediate assistance. First aid must be rendered at once, and medical and relief help should be sought if necessary....
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Exploring the psychological aspects of sport injury Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring the psychological aspects of sport injury

...Open University digital badge. Badges are not accredited by The Open University but they're a great way to demonstrate your interest in the subject and commitment to your career, and to provide evidence of continuing professional development. Once you are signed in, you can manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
More working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

More working with charts, graphs and tables

...Open University by visiting our online prospectus...More working with charts, graphs and tables: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: reflect on the reasons for needing to improve skills in using charts, graphs and tables understand the following mathematical concepts and how to use them, through instruction, worked examples and practice...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Rio 2016: Green pools, drug cheats, sexism and nationality - A short reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: Green pools, drug cheats, sexism and nationality - A short reading list

...opening ceremony] A scene from the 2016 Rio Olympics opening ceremony Sharing games Inevitably, London 2012 was dubbed "the first social media Olympics", which makes Rio 2016 the second Summer Social Olympics. How have athletes adapted to having direct access to a global audience? Northwestern University's Michelle R Martinelli reports that, while participants are hemmed...
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Article 5 mins
Caring for an older family member with learning disabilities
Health, Sports & Psychology

Caring for an older family member with learning disabilities

...Open University’s Health and Social Care courses and qualifications....Session 1: Introduction: Introduction - We are all aware of improvements in the United Kingdom (UK) population’s life expectancy. Less well recognised is that the life expectancy of people with learning disabilities has also improved and over half are now aged over forty-five. The majority of those...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Working with diversity in services for children and young people
Education & Development

Working with diversity in services for children and young people

...Open University course E809 Frameworks for critical practice with children and young people....Working with diversity in services for children and young people: Introduction - If you work with children or young people, whether as a professional or in a voluntary or supporting role, then you will be aware that the contexts in which that work takes place are increasingly...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Teaching a robot how to speak
Languages

Teaching a robot how to speak

...communicate? What are the challenges faced by researchers into trying to teach a machine how to speak? And what does this tell us about the nature of language itself? Transcript This material is from the Open University module L101 Introducing English language studies. See below for some other resources about the topics of artificial intelligence and the English language....
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Video 10 mins