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Assistive technologies and online learning
Education & Development

Assistive technologies and online learning

...students, currently studying with The Open University – http://www.open.ac.uk/ choose/ ou/ open-content 2. Enjoyed this? Find out more about this topic or browse all our free course materials on OpenLearn – http://www.open.edu/ openlearn/ 3. Outside the UK? We have students in over a hundred countries studying online qualifications – http://www.openuniversity.edu/...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
What is a Professional Doctorate?
Education & Development

What is a Professional Doctorate?

...become champions of change within their professional areas. The programmes promote the creation and interpretation of new professional knowledge and practice, thus contributing to the development of new ideas, methods or approaches. Your professional identity as a doctoral student involves being a person who conducts research, produces a thesis and participates in other...
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Dangoor Education
Science, Maths & Technology

Dangoor Education

...OU) has a mission to be open to people, places, methods and ideas. We promote educational opportunity and social justice by providing high-quality education to all who wish to realise their ambitions and fulfil their potential. The provision of accessible education for all is something that David Dangoor and his family, through Dangoor Education, have passionately...
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Machine translation – how teachers can deal with online translation tools in language studies assessments
Education & Development

Machine translation – how teachers can deal with online translation tools in language studies assessments

...become nearly impossible for teachers to identify texts submitted for assessment that students have produced with the help of online translation tools. And if they do, they usually cannot prove it. Teachers consider the use of translation tools by students unfair on those learners who make the effort to submit their own work. Students who use online translation tools miss...
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What is the haka and why is it performed at rugby matches?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is the haka and why is it performed at rugby matches?

...students to become successful leaders at school, and in their community. The physical, social and academic attributes associated with learning the songs and actions within a group were very different to the learning they experienced in other areas of the curriculum that were more often didactic by nature. Many students said that performing kapa haka was a way to protect...
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Why this hub was created
Education & Development

Why this hub was created

...OU staff and students on topics that might affect their wellbeing and mental health. [This is a poster from a Black Lives Matter protest of 2020] A poster from a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020 We were also inspired by others who were making a stand against systemic racism. [A photograph of footballer Marcus Rashford kneeling on a football pitch] Marcus Rashford is...
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Britain's Great War: The war machine - guide & clips
History & The Arts

Britain's Great War: The war machine - guide & clips

...becomes clear it is fatally unprepared to fight a modern industrial war. Now the whole population is enlisted to turn the country into a war machine: women fill the factories to make bombs and bullets, men are forced to fight at the Front, conscientious objectors are threatened with the firing squad, and striking shipbuilders with jail. Even the beer is watered down on...
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Download our Chinese characters learning apps
Languages

Download our Chinese characters learning apps

...OU app, which is ready to download. She explains below why it is important to learn Chinese..._Find out more about The Open University's Languages courses and qualifications._ Chinese@OU app has been updated This free Chinese character learning app is developed by the Chinese language team, led by Dr Qian Kan, at The Open University (UK) with interactive activities to...
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