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The Art of Rich Pictures
Science, Maths & Technology

The Art of Rich Pictures

...The Art of Rich Pictures in Storytelling How do people tell stories and complex narratives with Rich Pictures? The Art of Rich Pictures in Health How Communicative Art is used as a therapeutic tool The Art of Rich Pictures at Work How can Rich Pictures help in Business situations? The Art of Rich Pictures in Big Picture thinking How Rich Pictures help tackle large issues...
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Video 21 mins
Darwin and Inheritance
Science, Maths & Technology

Darwin and Inheritance

...travels to Galapagos Islands and is confused by the variations within species such as finches. Darwinism Meets Mendelian Genetics Only in the 1930's was it realised that it is not attributes that are passed on but genes. Miescher Identifies DNA Miescher speculates that DNA could provide the missing piece of the puzzle of how the laws of inheritance worked physically. ....
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Audio 30 mins
Changing cities
Society, Politics & Law

Changing cities

...work. It’s about cities, but more broadly it’s about places, and it’s about the processes that go on, in and around places. It’s about neighbourhoods, suburbs, villages, towns and how the people in these places find themselves responding to a changing and uncertain world. Places face many different kinds of challenges, from the very large-scale problems like...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Practice supervision and assessment in nursing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Practice supervision and assessment in nursing

...working with students in workplace settings across nursing provision. Core to these resources are the requirements of the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) – the nursing regulator – to work in different ways to support learners. The principles discussed, however, would apply as best practice to any working environment where employees are seeking to develop themselves...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Would you want your child to become an interpreter?
Languages

Would you want your child to become an interpreter?

...working at international conferences for high-ranking officials or business tycoons as circulated in local media. On the other hand, the societal valorization of translators and interpreters in Australia and other Anglophone countries remains very low. Translators and interpreters are associated with low-paid casual work that offers little chance for career progression....
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Article 5 mins
How are drones keeping track of songbirds?
Nature & Environment

How are drones keeping track of songbirds?

...work.” Wilson and his colleagues hope that automated bird surveying with UAVs will eventually be used as an additional technique to augment the work of well-trained field surveyors. “Surveying birds by ear is an impressive skill that encourages ornithologists to spend time out in the field getting to know their study species and their habitats,” says Wilson. “We...
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Article 5 mins
How OpenLearn uses third-party content
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How OpenLearn uses third-party content

...working the context of a learning brief. They are usually, although not exclusively, working within the Creative Commons community. These trusted repositories include blogs from the LSE and Oxford, SciDevNet, Wellcome Trust's Mosaic website, Languages On The Move, GlobalVoice and The Conversation. The OpenLearn editorial team will review any item selected for publication...
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Article 5 mins
Understanding Statements of participation
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Understanding Statements of participation

...work through the course you can view your progress using the tracking bar. You can also see which sections you have completed when a tick appears next to the section heading. The tracking bar will reach 100% when you have viewed all of the pages of the course and you have completed any quizzes and assessments, if they are available on that course. After completing the...
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Video 10 mins