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Introducing global development
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing global development

...Introduction - Development is about change that is a result of human activity, and such change has happened throughout human existence. In this course, you will first examine a particular framing of change processes − that associated with industrialisation and the concept of a ‘modern’ society. The view of development as modernisation emerged clearly in the 1950s...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Interviews - Writing For Radio
History & The Arts

Interviews - Writing For Radio

...project is set up in a specific way to be a piece that’s workshopped and improvised and then maybe a budget would be allocated for just that, but that isn’t a standard process in radio. It’s you and the producer. And obviously you can, I could always send a scene to the producer and say oh this is, this is what I’m doing what do you think? So you can have a...
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Audio 45 mins
Looking globally: the future of education Badge icon
Education & Development

Looking globally: the future of education

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation - which also displays your Open University badge. Completing this course and gaining the badge will count towards part of the first assessment of the Open University Masters module EE830 Educating the next generation. The Open University...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Young children, the outdoors and nature Badge icon
Education & Development

Young children, the outdoors and nature

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation – which also displays your Open University badge. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our start-of-course survey. Once...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Studying mammals: Plant predators
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Plant predators

...manage to flourish on a salad diet? In this free course, Studying mammals: Plant predators, we will examine the special features that allow them to extract their nutrients from leaves, and see how some plants protect themselves from these predators. This is the fourth course in the Studying mammals series...From the mouse-deer to the elephant, plant eaters come in all...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Employee-owned firms: More engaged and productive employees?
Money & Business

Employee-owned firms: More engaged and productive employees?

...Managers in both firms explained these results as stemming from higher expectations held by co-owners. So, to what extent do these firms offer encouragement that co-ownership might provide a viable alternative to conventional firms? Co-ownership does not provide a simple, direct read-across to high commitment and high reward. But, they do offer the potential for shared...
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Article 5 mins
Finding creativity in orbit?
Science, Maths & Technology

Finding creativity in orbit?

...manage: What arrant (utter, complete) arrogance to suggest that scientists and engineers are not “creative” – which is the implication of the statement “…..what happens this time when you send creative people?”. The scientists and engineers who conceive and design, for example, the Large Hadron Collider, the Mars Curiosity Rover, the Rosetta mission to land on...
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Article 5 mins
Co-designing professional learning to address evolving challenges
Education & Development

Co-designing professional learning to address evolving challenges

...manageable PL interventions that: are practitioner-driven are fully integrated into classroom practice inspire significant changes in approaches to teaching practice and inspire creative pedagogies enable practitioners to develop new perspectives and opportunities have an interdisciplinary outlook build on the strengths of the stakeholders involved. Learning opportunities...
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Video 5 mins