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Mental health in society
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mental health in society

...Introduction - [Described image] This course will explore the different perspectives of mental health and the way in which they are understood. As well as traditionally being related to biology, neurology and psychology, experiences of mental health are also linked to social factors such as housing, employment, poverty or isolation. In addition, other aspects of...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Ratio, proportion and percentages
Science, Maths & Technology

Ratio, proportion and percentages

...Introduction - The topics in this free course, Ratio, proportion and percentages, are concerned with dividing something into parts. For example, if there are 200 people living in a small village, and 50 of these are children, this could be expressed as a percentage: 25% of the village population are children; or as a ratio: one in every four people is a child or there is...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis
Languages

A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis

...introduction to the history of writing, and the key role it plays in human communication. It tracks this history from the invention of writing around 5500 years ago to the mass popularity of emojis today...This free course, A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis, is an introduction to the history of writing, and the key role it plays in human...
Getting started with German 3
Languages

Getting started with German 3

...Introduction - You’ll start this course by focusing on shopping, both online and in store. You’ll learn useful language for shopping, such as items of clothing, colours, and how to ask for help. You’ll also learn how to express preferences, ways of asking for and giving permission, and how to apologise. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
How places affect well-being
Health, Sports & Psychology

How places affect well-being

...Introduction - Welcome to this short course looking at the relationship between places and well-being. Before you get stuck into the research in this area, start with the first activity. Activity 1: Emotion mapping Timing: 20 minutes Emotion mapping is a technique used in both therapy and research to understand how people relate to the places they live in. Have a go at...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
History of reading tutorial 3: Famous writers and their reading - Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon Lee
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 3: Famous writers and their reading - Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon Lee

...Introduction - The purpose of this course is to demonstrate how the UK Reading Experience Database (RED) can be used in a study of the reading habits of a writer, and how this information can be used in a literary study of that writer’s own writing. To this end we will be focussing on the reading experiences of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon Lee. This course...
Yellow Fever: An OpenLearn reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Yellow Fever: An OpenLearn reading list

...management in areas where transmission persists. Migrant workers and travellers in affected regions should also be vaccinated to prevent spread of the virus. Countries and areas with strong travel links to affected countries and with a local vector, such as China, should implement outbreak preparedness by improving surveillance and stockpiling emergency vaccinations. Read...
Everyone Can Learn to Coach! Coaching with the OSCAR Model
Health, Sports & Psychology

Everyone Can Learn to Coach! Coaching with the OSCAR Model

...project team leader). The desired goal may have originated in a review meeting or feedback session, but coaching has been shown to be most effective if run as separate sessions, at times when both coach and coachee can be present in both mind and body. Using the OSCAR Model The coach and the coachee start by discussing the issue/situation/goal, as well as establishing a...