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Teaching and learning tricky topics Badge icon
Education & Development

Teaching and learning tricky topics

...architecture. There was also a feedback mechanism which informed the game player when there was an increase in rapport (i.e. the green bar went up). This rapport bar increased if the player chose appropriate responses which would increase the rapport with the child. The game-based training (see video below) was provided as part of a randomized control trial across three...
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Money & Business

Personal branding for career success

...architectural models’, ‘I’m in accounts’. Now watch this second Simon Sinek clip, in which he focuses his ‘start with why’ approach on himself. Video 3 Start with why: answering the question ‘What do you do?’ Taking into account Simon’s advice, how could you change your answer to that question? Write your new answer in the box below. Discussion In the...
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Education & Development

Taking your first steps into higher education

...architecture and environmental arts (for example, interior and landscape design) and non-traditional art made from materials such as ceramics, wood, glass and everyday objects. In the following film, John Butcher introduces the study of visual art: John Butcher – author Hi again, it’s Week 3 and it’s art history, and here at the Open University campus we have a...
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Digital & Computing

Digital thinking tools for better decision making

...architectural achievement would not have been possible without tools and mechanisation. But, what tools? And what mechanisation? Some tools are physical, such as the diggers, concrete mixers and cranes that are used to do the heavy lifting. But some tools are mental such as ideas about the design, based on engineering knowledge about these structures. However, there are...
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Society, Politics & Law

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

...architecture of the Palace of Westminster is instantly recognisable. Figure 5 The trial of Charles I Figure 6 The Palace of Westminster, home of the UK Parliament The UK Parliament has gone through several transitions; following union with Wales and then union with Scotland, it became the Parliament of Great Britain, and following union with Ireland it became the UK...
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Society, Politics & Law

Introducing Black leadership

...architecture in the Black community. Self-published...Week 8: Leadership as purpose: Introduction - Attaining racial equity and justice has been a driving purpose for people over centuries, and it has shaped the characters and practices of leaders and groups in very different times and places. Purpose is primarily concerned with ethics, and involves acting in an ethically...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing engineering

...architecturally integrated PV-cladding and PV-roofing units can be integrated into the cost of the standard cladding or roofing. Installation costs are high for two reasons. First, installation is a specialist electrical task involving a d.c. power system. Second, the installations are individually tailored to each site. Schemes are available for PV mortgages on better...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
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Money & Business

Working in teams

...Architecture of Innovation. London: Routledge. Bradley, J. (2023) Overcoming self-confidence issues in technology and digital skills. Available at: https://johnbradley1.medium.com/overcoming-self-confidence-issues-in-technology-and-digital-skills-e25605106a1a (Accessed: 14 May 2024). BusinessBalls (no date) Mehrabian’s Communication Theory - verbal, non-verbal, body...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs