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OpenMinds-Talk: Virtual Worlds for real experiences
Digital & Computing

OpenMinds-Talk: Virtual Worlds for real experiences

...Open University, in the Berrill Theatre and online as we host an enlightening talk exploring virtual worlds...Shailey Minocha is a Professor in the Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at The Open University. Her research has two strands: learning technologies and social computing. Professor Minocha will show how virtual worlds bridge time and...
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Working mathematically
Science, Maths & Technology

Working mathematically

...Education Resource Centre/Reston VA, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, pp. 183–92. NCTM (1989) Curriculum and evaluation standards for school mathematics, Reston VA, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (2007) National Curriculum Mathematics programme of study for key stage 3 and attainment targets....
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Systems explained by Peter Checkland
Money & Business

Systems explained by Peter Checkland

...education led him to develop his theories...Systems Thinking has been described as multi-disciplinary and is associated with a well established academic and practitioner community. It arose out of necessity. As society has become increasingly connected and the interactions between peoples have increased, traditional ways of operating have no longer sufficed. Through no...
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An introduction to computers and computer systems
Digital & Computing

An introduction to computers and computer systems

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Session 2: The components of a computer: Introduction - In this session, you will explore some of the many components, such as processors and memory within a computer, and attached devices (or peripherals as they are called) such as keyboards for input and screens for...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings

...resources animations: © The Open University (2024) Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. 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...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Where a ban has been replaced by a bee
Languages

Where a ban has been replaced by a bee

...Education Act. The federal legislation encouraged school districts to incorporate native language instruction for children with limited English-speaking ability. A 2010 study in the Review of Educational Research Journal surveyed 63 studies on the effects of bilingualism. It found that being able to speak multiple languages correlates with increased working memory, better...
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Global English
History & The Arts

Global English

...educational reforms which will integrate English more deeply into the curriculum. English will cease to be a foreign language for many, perhaps most, of the world's citizens as it becomes repositioned as a 'basic skill', to be learned by primary school children alongside other 21st century skills in Information Technology. There are now about 5.8 billion people who do not...
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Data analysis and interpretation
Education & Development

Data analysis and interpretation

...educational research by involving the collection and analysis of interview data online in a student-instigated study (Fox et al., 2022). Alternatively, researchers could reflect on their analysis and discuss as a limitation of the study not having included participants’ perspectives in such direct manner. Lucy Yardley (2017) suggested that researchers must show...
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