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Volunteering in the education sector
Education & Development

Volunteering in the education sector

...OU staff on why they volunteer, what it means and how others can get involved...[Coloured pencils arranged into a circle] It may surprise you to learn that you can be involved in education even if you’re not a teacher. There are a range of ways that you can do that without being employed in a school, college or university, including as a school governor or getting...
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Week 1 Civilisations: The debate
History & The Arts

Week 1 Civilisations: The debate

...OU's academic consultants on the series and for close to two years now we have been watching this hugely amibtious series develop. Tonight's episode was the first of nine that are going to take you chronologically all the way from cave paintings up to the present day, in a sweeping series looking at gorgeous works of art, filmed in a mind-boggling range of locations, in...
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Professor Sara Haslam on the Brontë sisters’ work
History & The Arts

Professor Sara Haslam on the Brontë sisters’ work

...OU/BBC drama ‘To Walk Invisible’. Here she discusses what makes the Brontës’ work so fantastic...[Bronte sisters on the moors (BBC programme use only)] I’ve always loved the Brontës’ work (and enjoyed some of the spin-offs too, especially Kate Bush’s!), so it has been a real pleasure to work on this original drama with the BBC. The first module I designed...
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About the Design Hub
Science, Maths & Technology

About the Design Hub

...OU we see design as a catalyst for change. Our work and teaching recognise social, ecological, and technological challenges, and build the capability, knowledge and skills needed to deliver creative and critical responses to these challenges using design thinking, practices, and processes. The design hub provides an overview of the wide-ranging themes and issues that...
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STiP@50 Celebrations
Society, Politics & Law

STiP@50 Celebrations

...OU since 1969, with tertiary level teaching of systems thinking in the UK and beyond. 2021 marked the 50th anniversary of the founding of a new academic department – the Systems Department. Under the leadership of a newly appointed first Professor of Systems, John Beishon (1930-2001), a group of Systems thinking practitioners (STPs) collaborated to design and then...
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Teaching and learning tricky topics Badge icon
Education & Development

Teaching and learning tricky topics

...become a stumbling block for a different set of students and similarly a stumbling block may become a tricky topic, depending on the level required...Week 2 Identifying tricky topics: 3.3 Identifying stumbling blocks - Now watch this video of trainee teachers talking about the problems that students have with the tricky topic of optics and ray diagrams. They are...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Am I ready to be a distance learner?
Education & Development

Am I ready to be a distance learner?

...becoming a confident distance student. It will guide you through five simple interactive steps to refresh your approach to learning. You will explore useful study skills, time management, assessment, becoming digitally ready, and effective engagement with course materials. You will complete the course with an exercise to enable you to reflect on your readiness to be a...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Martin Holt On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Martin Holt On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...OU. He started work on systems education courses in 1991 having first come across the concepts as part of his postgraduate OU studies in Manufacturing. Martin describes his approach to STIP as: “A Curious person. I try to follow the adage of learning something new every day though these days it’s more about trying to remember something I’ve forgotten. What...
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