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Education & Development

Young children, the outdoors and nature

...working with children or are you a parent or carer? This free course, Young children, the outdoors and nature, looks at the importance of babies and toddlers having opportunities to engage with rich outdoor environments. By completing the activities, you will be introduced to the benefits of outdoor engagement for babies and toddlers as well as a variety of practices and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction
Digital & Computing

Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction

...working draw a systems map, review it, and use it to prompt further questions evaluate your diagramming skills develop, and take responsibility for, your own understanding of complexity appreciate some ethical implications of being a systems practitioner...Managing complexity: a systems approach – introduction: 1 Overview of the unit - [Figure 1] Figure 1 An...
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Level 3: Advanced 75 hrs
Spectres, Monsters, Fairies and Vampires: An introduction to the Irish Gothic
OpenLearn Ireland

Spectres, Monsters, Fairies and Vampires: An introduction to the Irish Gothic

...work of Thomas Leland, Elizabeth Griffiths and Regina Maria Roche are often considered some of the earliest examples from this tradition A. M. Shine’s The Watchers (2022) and Jan Carson’s haunted whodunnit The Raptures (2022) are evidence that the tradition is still very much alive and well in Ireland. Many of Ireland’s most famous Gothic writers over the past 250...
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Article 45 mins
Language in the real world
Languages

Language in the real world

...works (i.e. ‘linguistics’) is helpful – some might say essential – for different aspects of our everyday lives. It provides an introduction to ideas around what language is and to the field of Applied Linguistics, which is dedicated to exploring and addressing situations where language plays a crucial role...This free course, Language in the real world, explains...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Company law in context
Society, Politics & Law

Company law in context

...work, and how company law has developed, it is useful to start off by looking at the different ways in which a business can be run,and how forms of business organisations other than companies work. This will give us a background against which to place the study of company law and is why we will be concentrating on how sole traders and partnerships run their businesses....
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts – a case study of Robinson Crusoe
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts – a case study of Robinson Crusoe

...working through this particular case study, students are learning not only about the reception of Robinson Crusoe, but are learning how to make a similar study of the reception of any literary text or author that they may be interested in. Find out more about studying with The Open University by visiting our online prospectus60...History of reading tutorial 2: The reading...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Understanding different research perspectives
Money & Business

Understanding different research perspectives

...work-based project – namely, identifying a research problem and developing the research question(s) you want to investigate. By the end of this course you should have developed a clear idea of what you want to investigate; in which context you want to do this (e.g. in your organisation, in another organisation, with workers from different organisations); and what are...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Innovation in health and social care: social and historical
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care: social and historical

...work alongside health professionals to ensure people who reside in rural areas can access services. In the health sector, innovation is exemplified by prosthetics designed to replace amputated or missing limbs. The Paralympic Games is not just a major sporting event, it’s also a showcase for sophisticated innovation in this area. Since 1976, athletes at the Games have...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs