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Describing language Badge icon
Languages

Describing language

...technology we use to communicate. These days this often means computers and smartphones, but writing itself is a technology. So is paper, ink and all sorts of other things. Every new technology that comes along alters the way we communicate. Some people take a very prescriptive view of how language should be used, but in reality it’s changing all the time. It doesn’t...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Understanding science: what we cannot know Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding science: what we cannot know

...educational well-being of the community. The courses also provide another way of helping you to progress from informal to formal learning. Completing a course will require about 24 hours of study time. However, you can study the course at any time and at a pace to suit you. Badged courses are available on The Open University’s OpenLearn website and do not cost anything...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Exploring the psychological aspects of sport injury Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring the psychological aspects of sport injury

...education programs’, Journal of Physical Therapy Education, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 48–56. Heaney, C. A., Walker, N. C., Green, A. and Rostron, C. L. (2015) ‘Sport psychology education for sport injury rehabilitation professionals: A systematic review.’, Physical Therapy in Sport, vol. 16, pp. 72–9. Walker, N. and Heaney, C. (2013) ‘Psychological responses to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Moons of our Solar System Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Moons of our Solar System

...educated guess, and whether right or wrong you’ll get some feedback that we hope will help you to understand things a little better. Activity 1 What do you already know about moons? Timing: Allow approximately 15 minutes. Select the answer for Question 1a here The scale of the Solar System. How far is the Moon from the Earth? 400 thousand kmCorrect. The Moon is on...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Understanding mental capacity Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding mental capacity

...education and more-- an information campaign about the pros of the capacity act and how to comply with it. There's likely to be big changes in the next 10 years to mental health and mental capacity legislation. This is being driven by two main forces. The first is the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability. This requires law to pay far more...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus
History & The Arts

Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus

...technology of printing, which allowed for the rapid dissemination of new ideas and discoveries; and the development of a humanist educational programme, based on the study of ancient Greek and Latin authors, and dedicated to the restoration of classical ideals of civic virtue and public service. When Faustus fantasises that ‘All things that move between the quiet poles...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Teaching Spanish pronunciation
Languages

Teaching Spanish pronunciation

...education. The course is divided into 5 weeks...Welcome to this free course on Teaching Spanish pronunciation. This short course is aimed at teachers of Spanish working in the United Kingdom who wish to extend their theoretical knowledge on teaching Spanish pronunciation. It offers ideas and practical skills that can be used in the classroom, be that virtual or...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Bun-chùrsa mu bhith a’ dèanamh atharrachadh poilitigeach is sòisealta
Society, Politics & Law

Bun-chùrsa mu bhith a’ dèanamh atharrachadh poilitigeach is sòisealta

...Education for action: Preparing youth for participatory democracy’, ann an R. Hayduk, & K. Mattson (Eds.), Democracy’s moment: Reforming the American political system for the 21st Century. New York, NY: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers: pp. 91–107. Westheimer, J., & Kahne, J. (2004) ‘What kind of citizen?: the politics of educating for democracy’, American...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs