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Do challenges make learning more fulfilling - or off-putting?
Education & Development

Do challenges make learning more fulfilling - or off-putting?

...educational achievement - but what is motivation? If we understand motivation a little better, we might get better at helping students to succeed...[Giving up - an image by Dee Ashley] give.up by DeeAshley Did you get where you intended to in life? Are you as healthy, wealthy and wise as you want to be? If not, perhaps the problem is a lack of motivation. Some studies...
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Industrial Revolution: changing landscapes
History & The Arts

Industrial Revolution: changing landscapes

Explore the effects of the Industrial Revolution an agrarian nation slowly became a mechanised one...Take it further Find out What The Industrial Revolution Did For Us Explore industrial heritage near you Discover more about studying history with the Open University
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Protest Banners: Oddfellows and Chartism
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Oddfellows and Chartism

...Open University. The OU has long promoted learning from one another and recognised that change for individuals and communities happens when people speak out and work together. That idea about change existed long before the Open University. But how was it transmitted? This banner, recently found in the village hall in Fringford, Oxfordshire, can be used to help us find...
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DIY: Experiments with Natural Dyes
Science, Maths & Technology

DIY: Experiments with Natural Dyes

...Open University Dean J., Wild Colour, Mitchell Beazley Edmonds J., The History and Practice of 18th-Century Dyeing Fibrecrafts catalogue, available from 1 Old Portsmouth Road, Peasmarsh, Guildford, Surrey Ingamells W., Colour for Textiles: A user’s handbook, Society of Dyers and Colourists Barrow J. D., The Artful Universe, Oxford University Press A quite remarkable...
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Sustainable innovations in enterprises
Money & Business

Sustainable innovations in enterprises

...Open University course B327 Creating futures: sustainable enterprise and innovation. The full course teaches you how to create and manage sustainable forms of innovative and entrepreneurial ventures within a range of specialist areas. It gives the learner the opportunity to apply core theories, concepts and frameworks of innovation and entrepreneurship to understand the...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Getting started with Spanish 3
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 3

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Week 1: How to say hello and goodbye: Introduction - ¡Bienvenido/a a semana 1! Welcome to Week 1! [Described image] This week, you will find out how to describe a variety of different social events. You will then learn about accepting and declining invitations (and...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Assessing contemporary science
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing contemporary science

...Open University course S350 Evaluating contemporary science. It was produced for OpenLearn by Richard Holliman (Sections 1–5), Phil Wheeler (Section 6) and Simon Collinson (Sections 7–9)...Assessing contemporary science: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: critically evaluate statements, different viewpoints and data to reach...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
World-Changing Women: The Trung Sisters
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: The Trung Sisters

...educated and single-minded woman. According to local traditional accounts, together with her sister, Trung Nhi, she successfully repelled the Chinese from their village. Then, with the assistance of neighbours they put together a large army, made up largely of women, which drove the Chinese out of Vietnam. This event is still celebrated today. The following year, in 40...
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