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Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective

...work; and to introduce some general issues to do with the concepts of composition and improvisation, which will be relevant to all music. There is a lot of material to cover in this course, including about an hour of video, which I will be asking you to work through in some detail. Although you will be working closely on the detailed structure of the musics that I...
Teaching secondary music
Education & Development

Teaching secondary music

...work and ideas of some significant contemporary music educators. Now listen to an introduction to this course by its author, Gary Spruce: Welcome to the Open Educational Resource Course: Teaching Secondary Music – Issues in Practice. Hello, I’m Gary Spruce. I’ve worked for many years in music education as a secondary school teacher and in initial teacher education....
Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
An introduction to interaction design
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to interaction design

...worked example, this is an hour in a typical day in the office complete with an overview of my interaction with a number of these things. DEVICE AND WHAT HAPPENS HOW OFTEN AND TOTAL DURATION WHAT’S IT LIKE Phone – gives BBC news notification Once 1 sec It beeps in my handbag and is a bit annoying, as the noise of the phone disrupts me from what I’m doing. Phone –...
Freeing people caught between life and death
Health, Sports & Psychology

Freeing people caught between life and death

...work. Anne [not her real name] had a weak spot on a blood vessel in her head, known as a brain aneurysm. Five minutes into her trip, the aneurysm burst and she crashed into a tree. She never regained consciousness. The tragedy left Owen numb, yet Anne’s accident would shape the rest of his life. Owen began to wonder if there was a way to determine which of these...
Exploring educational leadership
Education & Development

Exploring educational leadership

...work of others. However, what is meant by ‘leadership’, ‘leading’, ‘administration’ and ‘management’ can vary across organisations, situations, times and culture. In the USA and Canada, the term ‘administrator’ is synonymous with ‘manager’, and some senior administrators will have strategic leadership responsibilities. In the UK and Australia,...
Learning to teach: mentoring and tutoring student teachers
Education & Development

Learning to teach: mentoring and tutoring student teachers

...working effectively together to create an environment where student teachers can critically reflect on their experiences in a structured way...This is the second of four courses which comprise the course Learning to teach. Traditionally student teachers are supported by a mentor in school and a tutor from a university. Both play distinctive and important parts in the...
Promoting the effective management of children’s pain
Health, Sports & Psychology

Promoting the effective management of children’s pain

...work carried out in an attempt to reduce the prevalence of pain. Some examples are two well-evidenced guidelines developed by the Royal College of Nursing (2009) and the Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists (2012) developed to guide how pain management should be delivered to children in hospital in the UK. Despite these well-developed guidelines children’s pain...
Getting started with Spanish 2
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 2

...work with audio and interactive activities to practise the skills you need to talk about everyday activities you do, including how to tell the time. You will also learn the present tense form of some common verbs and how to pronounce the ‘r’ sound. This OpenLearn course is an extract from the beginning of the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs