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Working in groups and teams
Money & Business

Working in groups and teams

...technologies available to the group in question. A typical mistake when moving to virtual working is to believe that only small adjustments to established working practices will be required. This may result in managers failing to think through and plan for working virtually; this can result in reduced performance and heightened stress among team members. Successful...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
More working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

More working with charts, graphs and tables

...Technology (K507) – only available from the Open University. Each module refers to The Sciences Good Study Guide. Module 1, entitled ‘Thinking about measurement’, looks at mathematics in a variety of contexts, e.g. in the kitchen, on the road, in the factory, in the natural world. Module 4, entitled ‘Exploring pattern’, looks at geometrical and numerical...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Mary Colwell - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Mary Colwell - Earth in Vision

...technology, so you could imagine that musicians or comedians or drama students, actors and actresses, teachers, specialist groups like religions, could really take that archive and do something so different with it that we have never thought of and would never think of, because we’re not those kinds of people. So the fact that you could make a rap song and use archive...
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Video 20 mins
Exploring career mentoring and coaching Badge icon
Money & Business

Exploring career mentoring and coaching

...educational activities, who have provided a brain to pick, an ear to listen or a push in the right direction. Did you think of them as mentors at the time? Make a note of them in the box below. b.With those people and experiences in mind, use the box to write a sentence or paragraph that describes your own definition of mentoring. Comment Mentors come in all shapes and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Learning from sport burnout and overtraining Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning from sport burnout and overtraining

...educational well-being of the community. The courses also provide another way of helping you to progress from informal to formal learning. Completing a course will require about 24 hours of study time. However, you can study the course at any time and at a pace to suit you. Badged courses are available on The Open University’s OpenLearn website and do not cost anything...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
A Europe of the Regions?
Society, Politics & Law

A Europe of the Regions?

...technology and telecommunications for altering comparative advantage, it claimed that ‘new location factors’ were opening up economic opportunities for peripheral regions and more ‘even’ development. However, it remained the case that EU integration was mainly a market-led neo-liberal project and the redistributive measures to counter the negative effects of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Managing my money
Money & Business

Managing my money

...education, defence, the transport infrastructure and the police service. Money raised in taxes goes a substantial way towards paying for the physical and social framework within which citizens live and work. This money, raised and spent collectively, reduces the need for private expenditure that would otherwise be required for health, education and so on. State benefits...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy

...technology has transformed our understanding of biology, medicine, and materials, and continues to push the boundaries of what is possible. But what if we wanted to do more than just see? What if we wanted to highlight specific parts of this hidden world, make them glow, move, and tell their own stories? That’s where fluorescence microscopy comes in. Fluorescence...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs