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OpenMinds Talk: Performing Online Live Experiments 24/7: “An Internet of Laboratory Things”
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OpenMinds Talk: Performing Online Live Experiments 24/7: “An Internet of Laboratory Things”

...OU students to work at a distance with a range of sophisticated, remote-controlled experiments and robotic apparatus. Transcript Professor Braithwaite will be joined by: Dr Tim Drysdale, Senior Lecturer (Engineering/Electronics), academic lead for the new £2.7M OpenEngineering Lab. Dr Mark Hirst, Senior Lecturer in Biology, who leads the OpenScience Laboratory. Dr Ulrich...
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52 things you never knew about OpenLearn
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52 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...student about to take on an OU module studies a Badged Open Course as part of their induction; take a look at Being An OU Student. Around 20% of our informal learners don’t speak English as a first language, luckily we have a course for that, English: Skills for Learning. 14% of learners on OpenLearn have a disability. We’re big on accessibility as a result of this....
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53 things you never knew about OpenLearn
Education & Development

53 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...student about to take on an OU module studies a Badged Open Course as part of their induction; take a look at Being An OU Student. Around 20% of our informal learners don’t speak English as a first language, luckily we have a course for that, English: Skills for Learning. 14% of learners on OpenLearn have a disability. We’re big on accessibility as a result of this....
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What are your views about technologies to support and assess writing skills?
Education & Development

What are your views about technologies to support and assess writing skills?

...OU students and teaching staff. The participants have identified a range of advantages of online authentication, such as saving time, flexibility and not having to attend face-to-face assessments. Participants also believed that the TeSLA approach will increase trust between students and institutions and will help ensure the quality of e-assessment systems. For informal...
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Access courses
Education & Development

Access courses

...OU student. People of all ages and backgrounds study with us, for all sorts of reasons. Our open admissions policy helps thousands of people achieve their potential even if their previous education experience or qualifications may have been poor. Please watch this short animation to find out about our Access modules. Transcript Access modules Access modules which are...
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Do books need trigger warnings for distressing content?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Do books need trigger warnings for distressing content?

At Lancaster University English literature students have requested that trigger warnings be added to texts that include distressing passages. Claudia Hammond examines...This clip was taken from the OU/BBC co-production All in the Mind. To find out more about the series select the links below.
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Mo Vernon On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Mo Vernon On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...OU student! Mo is a long-standing Associate Lecturer at the OU and has been involved in systems thinking for many years, not just as an AL but also as a residential school tutor and Course Director and through consultancy work across a range of large and small organisations in the Public and Private sectors. She has used creative management and systems thinking ideas and...
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Learning Design resources to support embedding sustainability competencies and learning outcomes in course materials
Education & Development

Learning Design resources to support embedding sustainability competencies and learning outcomes in course materials

...students. The Open University’s (OU) Learning Design Team has created a set of resources to help prompt initial thoughts and discussions about embedding sustainability in course design. The aim is to encourage educators to reflect on whether sustainability can be included in the course design, and to flag that support is available. The United Nations (UN) defines...
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