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Open education
Education & Development

Open education

...work ahead sometimes or need to catch up, this is fine – there is a lot of flexibility built into the structure of the course. The course is aimed at a postgraduate, Masters level, with the expectation of approximately 16 hours of study each week. Martin Weller, on whose materials much of this course is based, says that The Open University struck it lucky with its name....
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
An introduction to computers and computer systems
Digital & Computing

An introduction to computers and computer systems

...work of art that, at heart, is a computer. You will also explore how computers are connected together to achieve even more than when working alone...This free course, An introduction to computers and computer systems, challenges how we view computers through the examples of processors in kitchen scales and digital cameras, as well as examining the work of art that, at...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Exploring the psychological aspects of sport injury Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring the psychological aspects of sport injury

...worked so hard and then I had nothing to show for it. I missed training, I missed my training group, and most importantly I missed being an athlete. I felt empty. (Lois, sprinter) I was under a lot stress at work before I got injured and I’m sure that was a contributing factor to the injury happening. I also found being injured and not being able to go to the gym so...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Supporting climate action through digital education
Education & Development

Supporting climate action through digital education

...work in the UK: nature and biodiversity climate change and decarbonisation waste and pollution reduction. [Described image] Figure 1 Nature and biodiversity is identified as a key area of work for ‘green skills’ Deloitte (2022) suggests that education has a key part to play in enabling green skills through: careers advice about green skills apprenticeships with a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Approaching poetry
History & The Arts

Approaching poetry

...work just as well as far as the rhythm or music of the line is concerned, but ‘ash’ has extra connotations of greyness, of something burnt out, dead, finished (‘ashes to ashes’, too, perhaps?), all of which contribute to the mood that Hardy conveys in a way that ‘oak’ or ‘elm’ wouldn't. To return to my original question then, ‘what is the point of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
How to be a critical reader
Languages

How to be a critical reader

...work. You might want to record useful words. The accounting cycle: students then and now January 2009 – Compared with the students in the 1970s, today’s accounting students are uneducated and unfit for a college education. [1] I have been teaching full time for over thirty years. During that span of time, one sees many, many students, and it amazes me how different...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Jim Skea - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Jim Skea - Stories of Change

...Working Group III for the 6th assessment cycle. He was awarded a CBE for services to sustainable energy in 2013 and an OBE for services to sustainable transport in 2004. © ​ The Open University Transcript Stories of Change Project Jim Skea's interview Key RH: = Roger Harrabin, interviewer JS: = Jim Skea, Research Councils UK Energy Strategy Fellow RH: Jim Skea thanks...
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Audio 5 mins
Exploring philosophy: faking nature
History & The Arts

Exploring philosophy: faking nature

...work through the course at your own pace, so if you have more time one week there is no problem with pushing on to complete another week's study. You can also take as long as you want to complete it....Week 1: Originals and copies: Introduction - In this free course, Exploring philosophy: faking nature, you will examine the restoration thesis. But what is the restoration...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs