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Digital Film School
Science, Maths & Technology

Digital Film School

...learn the basics of editing, how to conduct an interview, the role of the producer and other crew members and how to archive your finished project. This material forms part of The Open University course T156 Digital film school... Getting media onto your computer Chris High demonstrates how to connect three different types of digital cameras into both Mac and PC, and then...
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Video 1 hr 13 mins
Mental Health: Lennox Castle
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mental Health: Lennox Castle

...Howard talk about why change was needed at Lennox Castle, and how it was implemented. Reflecting on A Regime Allan Williamson looks back at his time at Lennox - how it has affected him, and how he believes people with learning disabilities should be supported. Margaret: Life after Lennox A former patient talks to Howard Mitchell about her life after leaving Lennox Castle....
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Audio 2 hrs 7 mins
Understanding PCSO powers
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding PCSO powers

...learning), part of the PCSO apprenticeship programme offered jointly by The Open University and North Yorkshire Police. Upon completion, you’ll be able to identify relevant legislation, understand power assignment, and recognise situations where PCSOs can exercise their authority, enhancing your understanding of this vital role in community safety...Police Community...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Commercial awareness
Money & Business

Commercial awareness

...learn how different perspectives can enhance the value you create...This short course encourages you to look across your organisation, at your place within it and the value you create. It considers how getting different perspectives and widening existing ones within your organisation can enhance commercial awareness....Commercial awareness: Introduction - Developing...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
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Money & Business

Working in teams

...learn more about the opportunities and challenges of working in a virtual team in Week 2...Week 1: Why employers value teamwork: 2.2 Why is teamwork a ‘soft skill’? - When you are applying for a job, employers often refer to your ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ skills. The hard skills tend to be the job specific, or technical skills that you have gained from education,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer
Science, Maths & Technology

Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer

...learn her trade hands-on as no taught software courses existed and among her credits, she promoted the term “software engineering” to provide legitimacy to the science and set it on a par with other types of engineering (Cameron 2018). Between 1961 and 1963 Hamilton worked as a programmer on the US Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defence system at MIT’s...
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Article 5 mins
Review: The Digital Academic - Critical Perspectives on Digital Technologies in Higher Education
Education & Development

Review: The Digital Academic - Critical Perspectives on Digital Technologies in Higher Education

...learning analytics, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), flipped classrooms, open access research – all of these impact on academic work and academic workers. In trying to make sense of this new world, discourse around digital technology in the academe can often result in polarising categories. On the one hand, we find the glorified hype of the Web 2.0. version of the...
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Article 5 mins
The Somme: The German perspective
History & The Arts

The Somme: The German perspective

...Learning the lessons of 1 July, they would generally employ more methodical methods in an effort to achieve more limited results for the remainder of the battle. Rather than attempting to achieve a decisive breakthrough of the German lines, the British army instead aimed at capturing pieces of terrain – woods, hills, villages, etc. – that were key to the successive...
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Article 10 mins