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The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport

...learning. Completing a course will require about 24 hours of study time. However, you can study the course at any time and at a pace to suit you. Badged courses are available on The Open University’s OpenLearn website and do not cost anything to study. They differ from Open University courses because you do not receive support from a tutor, but you do get useful...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Understanding musical scores
History & The Arts

Understanding musical scores

...learn how to connect the notation you see with the music you hear, from short familiar melodies to a full orchestral score...Explore what's involved when musicians create a performance from musical notation in this free online course. Transcript Would you like to know more about what musicians do in rehearsals and performances? Would you like to learn different techniques...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Minds and mental phenomena: an introduction
History & The Arts

Minds and mental phenomena: an introduction

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: discuss basic philosophical questions concerning the mind understand problems concerning the mind and mental phenomena and discuss them in a philosophical way...Minds and mental phenomena: An introduction: 1 The quick and the dead – the minded and the non-minded - Two of the most fundamental...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities
Digital & Computing

Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe and discriminate between three different diagramming techniques for making sense of realities appreciate how each technique can be used to explore a complex situation, issue or problem use particular diagramming techniques for brainstorming ideas and concepts associated with complex situations...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations
Education & Development

Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations

...learning with William, and to tell their own stories. Figure 4: Illustration of William And this is William. William is the Project Director for the ACT Initiative, a conflict transformation programme based on the Shankill Road. As a young man William was drawn into the conflict in Northern Ireland and a result of that is that he spent almost 13 years in the Maze and Long...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Mathematics for science and technology Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Mathematics for science and technology

...learn about how the power of algebra, the sense of scientific notation, the beauty of basic trigonometry and why 70 db (decibels) is 10 times more powerful than 60 db. As well as this you will delve into scientific measurement, including the importance of units and the flexibility and practically of the SI – the internationally recognised system of units based on...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Sure, I know how to talk to people!
Money & Business

Sure, I know how to talk to people!

...Learn how to build rapport, navigate difficult conversations, and apply a psychological model to understand and respond to interpersonal behaviour, helping you communicate more effectively in everyday interactions...This free course is one in a series focusing on leadership, decision-making and communication in the context of policing within the community. This particular...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: discuss different perspectives on the creation of music, in particular, composition and improvisation understand the basic principles underlying North Indian art music understand the basic principles underlying Sundanese gamelan music...Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective: 1.1...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs