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Open Hip Hop
History & The Arts

Open Hip Hop

...OU departments, staff and student networks, external artists, institutions and organisations. WHEN: We aim to create a network that allows for ongoing work and structured events. Ongoing work Inviting the global community to collaborate on, join, interact and network through online events (and where geographically possible invite students, staff, and members of the public...
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About Jumpstart University
Education & Development

About Jumpstart University

...students get off to a great start at their new university or college. Whether you’re about to move on to university, or if you’re supporting someone who is – perhaps as a parent, teacher, carer or adviser, this hub can help you. You can search by topic – like study skills, wellbeing and mental health, or student life – and by subject area to get access to the...
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The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn
Education & Development

The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn

...OU students formally engaged in a programme of study, illuminates that connected learning can still take place. Students (OU and non-OU) use non-formal learning on OpenLearn as a required adjunct to their formal studies, to support confidence building, preparation for exams, and decisions around pathways through qualifications (Law, 2019; Law and Jelfs, 2016). Free......
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Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach
Education & Development

Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach

...Becoming a reflective practitioner). Proactive learners – Student teachers have to be proactive in taking charge of their own learning. This involves the student teacher being aware of their own learning process (metacognitive awareness) including their assumptions, values and beliefs, which may impact on their reactions to situations. It involves them recognising the...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Machine translation – using online tools to improve your language teaching
Education & Development

Machine translation – using online tools to improve your language teaching

...students at the OU – and indeed 100% of language teachers! – are familiar with online machine translation tools. Many students like these tools for enabling them to quickly look up words and phrases. But language teachers often worry about their potential hindrance for students’ learning, and particularly about issues of academic conduct. [A girl sitting looking at...
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Nanotechnology: Good things come in small packages
Science, Maths & Technology

Nanotechnology: Good things come in small packages

...OU PhD student, Konstantina Nadia Tzelepi, discusses nanotechnology, the study of very small things at a nanoscale...Applications of nanotechnology in cancer Nanotechnology is used in a range of science disciplines, from biology, chemistry to engineering, physics and material sciences. Its application in medicine constitute an emerging field of research with great focus...
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Start writing essays
History & The Arts

Start writing essays

...OU student Beth Lewis. Early stages of essay writing John Humphrys stresses how important it is to know your subject and know your position in the argument. What is good writing? There is a fine line between good and pretentious writing, John Pilger knows that getting your grammar right is essential. Getting the tone right Professor Richard Dawkins describes his tone as...
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History and hope: Education for girls in South Sudan
Education & Development

History and hope: Education for girls in South Sudan

...OU) has degree students in South Sudan and also a number of OU staff supporting Friends of Ibba Girls School, an NGO which established Ibba Girls Boarding School – an innovative girls residential school in Ibba, South Sudan. So, step into this article to learn more about how hope is overcoming various structural challenges for all who want education in South Sudan, but...
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