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The power of infographics in research dissemination
Education & Development

The power of infographics in research dissemination

...Introduction - [Described image] Figure 1 The conversation prism by Brian Solis and JESS3, The Conversation Prism 2.0. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Licence https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/deed.en Infographics are becoming an essential tool in data representation, sense-making and research communication. In this free course,...
Studying mammals: The insect hunters
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The insect hunters

...Introduction - Sixty-five million years ago, animal and plant life were very different from nowadays, but there were rat-sized placental mammals living successfully on the ground. They were insect eaters, i.e. insectivores, feeding on the vast numbers of insects and other invertebrates living in soil, leaf litter and low-lying vegetation. Insectivore means 'insect eater',...
Supporting university students with a mental health condition
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting university students with a mental health condition

...Introduction - There is an increasing prevalence of university students who need mental health support and university staff benefit from training on this topic. This course explores this phenomenon, drawing on an Open University study on how university staff (tutors) can support students with a mental health condition, and considers both what staff and institutions can do...
Biological, psychological and social complexities in childhood development
Health, Sports & Psychology

Biological, psychological and social complexities in childhood development

...Introduction - Welcome to this free course on child and adolescent biological, psychological and social health. This course is primarily aimed at people working in health and social care but may be useful to others with an interest in child health and wellbeing, such as those who work in early years or education. In this course you will explore childhood development and...
Understanding Classical terms
History & The Arts

Understanding Classical terms

...project is to create maps out of Herodotus’ text and use them to rethink our conceptions of geographic space. Years At the OU, course teams have opted for BCE (‘Before the Common Era’) and CE (‘Common Era’) to refer to dates (using them in the same way as the more traditional BC and AD, meaning Before Christ and Anno Domini or ‘in the year of our Lord’)....
Writing from the heart
Education & Development

Writing from the heart

...project) the teachers were given space and time to let their thoughts and emotions surface and to commit these to paper without fear of evaluation or an expectation they would be shared. (For more detail on Just Write see Debra Myhill’s recent blog). As they did so it appeared they brought to mind a sense of themselves, past and present; they regularly chose to write...
Do boys need male role models?
Education & Development

Do boys need male role models?

...project, a partnership between the Open University and national charities Action for Children and Working With Men. The research team carried out interviews in various locations across the UK with vulnerable young men and women and male and female staff in services for young offenders, care leavers, young carers, and disabled young people. In the interviews, some young...
Paul Williams - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Paul Williams - Earth in Vision

...Project Wildscreen, 20th – 23rd October 2014 I’m Paul Williams and I’m a Producer/Director at the Natural History Unit. How I got started… When I was young I lived in the northern town of Rotherham and that’s where I grew up. And to be honest I didn’t really engage with wildlife that much at an early age because there just wasn’t much wildlife around me, but...