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Am I ready to be a distance learner?
Education & Development

Am I ready to be a distance learner?

...as this can help with your studies, but do try to prioritise your learning. (For example, arrange to meet a friend an hour later than usual knowing that you have used that extra hour for study.) Studying at a distance often means using personal technology, such as your computer or mobile device. Try not to be distracted by text messages, emails or social media...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Scoring the Shoreline
History & The Arts

Scoring the Shoreline

...work, a giver and taker of lives and livelihoods. At the same time, it is a zone of leisure and pleasure, innocent pastimes, robust healthy exercise, over-indulgence and covert assignations. In each of these ways and more the sounds of the seaside are deeply engrained in our cultural consciousness. Music plays a fundamental role energising these imaginings. From the...
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Article 15 mins
Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials
Languages

Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials

...worked in China. A perfect introduction to doing business with China. This OpenLearn course is an extract from the beginning of the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course, LG002 Chinese business culture essentials. After completing this free course, you may wish to register for the full course to continue your learning!...Getting started with Chinese business...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Learning, thinking and doing
Science, Maths & Technology

Learning, thinking and doing

...working. This course deals with the strategies for coping with the demands of learning, but does not cover the tactics required for successful learning. It does not cover specific study skills such as note taking, effective writing or preparing for assignments. If you believe that you need to learn, or brush up on, these types of skills then you are strongly advised to...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Katherine Johnson: NASA mathematician and much-needed role model
Science, Maths & Technology

Katherine Johnson: NASA mathematician and much-needed role model

...worked for NASA. But on paper neither of those facts would make her stand out from the crowd. Add a few more facts – she was a woman, she was black and working in the US in the 1950s to early 1960s – and the scale of her success becomes more apparent. The film [Hidden Figures] shed slight on the status of black people in society and the role of women in the...
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Article 10 mins
Feeling Stuck in your Job or Career? The ACT Matrix may be the Tool you Need
Health, Sports & Psychology

Feeling Stuck in your Job or Career? The ACT Matrix may be the Tool you Need

...work goals but are still unfulfilled. You are stuck: the normal way of doing your job isn’t working anymore, or you cannot get that next promotion. These situations then often lead to feelings of worry, stress and anxiety, and even hopelessness and frustration, leaving us unable to move forward. These difficult feelings can then start to drive behaviour, including...
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Article 10 mins
An introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)
Education & Development

An introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)

...social learning tools that allow learners to share content and experiences. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of postgraduate level study in Online and Distance Education...An introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER): Learning outcomes - After studying this course you should be able to: understand and have a better knowledge of some of the choices that...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Assessment in secondary science
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary science

...worked for many years in science education both as a teacher in secondary schools and as a teacher/educator in university. Assessment is a challenging aspect of a science teacher’s work. Science is not simply a fixed collection of facts but a complex discipline. Consequently assessment in secondary science should not be concerned only with what facts students can...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs