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The Who Are We? project
Society, Politics & Law

The Who Are We? project

...social media following. The event has explored aspects of belonging, migration, citizenship and participation under the big question ‘Who are We?’ Artists, activists and academics from countries including England, Scotland, Poland, Finland, Iraq, Italy, Germany, Bosnia, Serbia, Kosovo, Slovenia, Romania, Greece, Spain, Israel, USA and South Africa were part of a...
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Children’s experiences with digital technologies
Education & Development

Children’s experiences with digital technologies

...social ones, as well as choosing the content children interact with on a screen. The role of adults will be explained further in the next sections...Children’s experiences with digital technologies: 6 Effects on learning and development - In this section, you will learn about the effects of mobile devices and applications, digital games, computers and the internet on...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Co-creating and mushing up identity with visitors to the New Union Flag project
Society, Politics & Law

Co-creating and mushing up identity with visitors to the New Union Flag project

...interacting with New Union Flag project] Artist Gil Mualem-Doron, and Dr Giota Alevizou, from The Open University – the lead author of this unit – run The DIY Diversity Flag. The aim of the workshop was for primary school pupils to map out diversity that exists in their daily life, culture and community. This mapping was explored and represented through creating a...
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How can your accent put your life at risk?
Languages

How can your accent put your life at risk?

...interactions such as these have broad social consequences. Far from interacting on a level playing field, NESB speakers have unequal opportunities to access employment, education, health care or community participation. While we have become increasingly vigilant with regard to discrimination based on race, gender, sexuality or disability, linguistic disadvantage is far...
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Developing leadership in the voluntary sector
Education & Development

Developing leadership in the voluntary sector

...interactions that get things done...Find out about The Open University's Social Sciences courses To stay informed about the work of the CVSL, please sign up to our quarterly newsletter. Click on this link to sign-up. [CVSL logo] On this page you'll find information about CVSL’s free courses, plus links to other courses and resources from The Open University, to help you...
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What is OpenLearn Scotland?
Society, Politics & Law

What is OpenLearn Scotland?

...social care and social sciences. The collection of FREE courses, academic insights via articles, interactive videos and audio, and broadcast material as a whole demonstrates The Open University's commitment to delivering a curriculum that is appropriate for the differing requirements of each of the countries within the United Kingdom. These open educational resources have...
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Discovering development management
Money & Business

Discovering development management

...interaction and discovery. What they are suggesting here is that development management cannot be confined within the boundaries of a particular defined intervention, such as a development project or programme. Much of development is designed and delivered in the form of projects and programmes, so Copestake and Williams are presenting a significant challenge to the...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Messaging apps – paying attention and timing it right
Languages

Messaging apps – paying attention and timing it right

...interactions, too. In a world of messaging apps and social media sites, many of us are constantly engaged in multi-tasking – shifting our attention between multiple encounters and activities, both online and offline. Importantly, how we distribute our attention has a social dimension – we have to secure other people’s attention, show that we are paying attention to...
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