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Innovation in health and social care: social and historical
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care: social and historical

...changed the way we live. The internet has opened up new ways in which we can gain access to information and services. As recently as the late 1990s, certain information and services were only available during office hours. Now, we can access that same information any time, day or night, without leaving our homes. This has also changed the way we shop, pay bills, the way...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Exploring depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring depression

...changing, the way I dress, the way I feel, the way I act. I can go outside not being afraid anymore, and I don't think those bad feelings are coming back. And if it weren't for Dr. Miranda and that, I would still be at home with the covers pulled over my head, if I were still alive at all. I asked the Lord to send me an angel, and he heard my prayers.' I was really moved...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Systems thinking and practice
Digital & Computing

Systems thinking and practice

...changing the theories with which you started. Those changed theories will then inform what you do next (see Figure 1). You can go round the cycle as often as you like. Each time you do, your ideas about systems will be more powerful, and your practice in working with them will be more effective. [Figure 1: A diagram adapted from Kolb (1984) to show the interaction of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Early years team work and leadership
Education & Development

Early years team work and leadership

...change and influence the quality of provision in your setting. The idea of leadership as shared, dispersed or ‘distributed’ between team members, empowers leaders and other practitioners and enables an early years team to work together in a culture of learning and shared knowledge. Working in early years settings is becoming increasingly complex and the roles demand...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Download free eBook guides to famous literary works
History & The Arts

Download free eBook guides to famous literary works

...or inaccuracies and accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss or damage howsoever arising. OpenLearn reserves the right to make changes to or remove or alter any content at any time without notice. While every effort is made to ensure that downloadable content is free from viruses, OpenLearn cannot accept any liability for damages resulting from virus infection....
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Activity 5 mins
Digital technologies and innovation in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Digital technologies and innovation in health and social care

...changes the expectations and job roles for health and social care practitioners. You'll learn about what these expectations might be on practitioners and also about common responses and criticisms that may arise from transforming practice through technology. These free courses are adapted extracts from the Open University course K102 Introducing health and social care....
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Article 10 mins
Being heard
Education & Development

Being heard

...change and growth. Inclusion and belonging for those with learning disabilities. I feel uncomfortable with the use of the word ‘disability’ and the course I have suggested here considers why we might label people and how we can respectfully support everyone to participate in society. Protest via riots and graffiti. I grew up in Northern Ireland during the Troubles,...
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Article 5 mins
Stretch forming
Science, Maths & Technology

Stretch forming

...in large sheet panels. No allowance is required for springback. Allowances have to be made for dimensional changes that occur. During stretching the length increases, the width decreases and the thickness decreases. Only one die is required, made out of inexpensive material. See Also: Deep drawing, Fluid and rubber die forming, Metal spinning and Vacuum Forming....
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Article 5 mins