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A question of ethics: right or wrong?
Health, Sports & Psychology

A question of ethics: right or wrong?

...managing relationships, and the responsibilities of coaches and instructors in fostering trust, integrity, and character development...This free course, A question of ethics: right or wrong?, discusses ethical and professional principles in sport and fitness environments. Working closely with individuals and developing relationships is an inherent and often satisfying...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems
Nature & Environment

Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems

...manageable parts. We can then study these smaller chunks at a scale and level of detail that suits our purposes. This approach to complexity is called reductionism, because it involves reducing complex things to a collection of simpler parts. We can then take what we learn about how things work in the smaller parts and use it to try to understand the system as a whole. An...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Understanding autism Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding autism

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation – which also displays your Open University badge. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course in this start-of-course survey. We welcome your...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The gut microbiome: balancing the body
Science, Maths & Technology

The gut microbiome: balancing the body

...Project (HMP) in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are investigating the diversity and function of the human gut microbiome (much like the Human Genome Project), to identify its impact on health human and IVDR (HMPDACC, n.d.)...The gut microbiome – balancing the body: 2.4 Structural integrity of the gut wall - The human gut wall is made up of...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Babylonian mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Babylonian mathematics

...manage to notice that it was partly the effect of the editorially informed semi-coIons, and Neugebauer's reconstructions in square brackets, of course.) Otherwise, the numbers look fairly random, and there is little to tell that this is not a Babylonian supermarket till receipt. (Until Neugebauer studied the tablet, it was, in fact, catalogued as a ‘commercial...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Health and wellbeing in the ancient world
History & The Arts

Health and wellbeing in the ancient world

...managing infections and acute health issues, because of vaccines and modern medication. But it's the chronic issues now that people are facing. Things like cancer, cardiac issues, diabetes, dementia. It's those things are the real difficulties that people are facing. HELEN KING So in terms of what's going to kill you, but also in terms of how you're going to live, these...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Assistive technologies and online learning
Education & Development

Assistive technologies and online learning

...project, which created useful resources on assistive technologies that are drawn upon here. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated in the acknowledgements section, this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Creative writing and critical reading
History & The Arts

Creative writing and critical reading

...projects. So for instance, I'm reviewing Michael Chabon's new book for the TLS. So I'm kind of reading that with a kind of a critic's eye. And then I'm also reading or rereading some Salman Rushdie for some planned nonfiction projects. And then, as all writers I'm sure do, I've got kind of a pile of to read, with no kind of motivation attached to it. But I've got Zadie...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs