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Dominic Ball testimonial
Education & Development

Dominic Ball testimonial

...course was easy to understand and worked well around football. Support from the PFA "We travel a lot, sometimes twice a week for away games, but even in a hotel room you can do your work. I like the fact that I had the flexibility to get on and do my work on flights or at different clubs but keep up with my workload. My brother’s degree was partly funded by the...
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Why there's still faith in the Spanish education system
Education & Development

Why there's still faith in the Spanish education system

...course the subject matter has been revised. The Catholic Church has for years been responsible for the obligatory provision of a course on religion, in not only its own schools, but also in the public school system. Parents will not however have to buy new editions of the Bible, to their relief perhaps and to the chagrin of the publishers, as the 2016 curriculum for the...
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The Open University at 45: What can we learn from Britain's distance education pioneer?
Society, Politics & Law

The Open University at 45: What can we learn from Britain's distance education pioneer?

...course, teaching shorthand, was offered in the 1700s; the University of London began offering distance-learning degrees to students around the world in the mid-19th century. For another, would-be reformers had a long history of over-promising and under-delivering when it came to educational technology; as far back as 1922, for example, Thomas Edison declared that “the...
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The learning design word wheel
Education & Development

The learning design word wheel

Are you creating a course? The Open University's Learning Design team have created a word wheel to help shape your planning...[The learning design word wheel] Click on the image above, to launch the interactive full screen.
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OpenLearn on Instagram
Education & Development

OpenLearn on Instagram

Browse through our latest Instagram content. We have FREE courses, academic articles, videos, interactives and many more open learning resources. ...To access the content featured on our latest Instagram posts, click here
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Europa: a collection
Science, Maths & Technology

Europa: a collection

Jupiter’s moon Europa is the target of several exploration missions that will be sending data back to Earth over the coming years. Find out more about this moon and what these missions are investigating by reading our free articles, courses and other resources.
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Geology toolkit: what rock is that?
Science, Maths & Technology

Geology toolkit: what rock is that?

You can use our interactive to help you identify an actual rock, or, if you don't have a sample, you can use one of our virtual rocks...Find out more about The Open University's Geology courses and qualifications
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What is OpenLearn Ireland?
OpenLearn Ireland

What is OpenLearn Ireland?

...courses, academic insights via articles, interactive videos and audio, and broadcast material as a whole demonstrates The Open University's commitment to delivering a curriculum that is appropriate for the differing requirements of each of the countries. These open educational resources have been collected and developed from across The Open University's catalogue, chosen...
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