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Supporting babies and toddlers
Education & Development

Supporting babies and toddlers

...world around them from the moment they are born. The number and quality of physical, social, emotional encounters and interactions that babies have all contribute to the development of the architecture of the brain. Research confirms that practitioners working with children in the first 1001 days are building foundations for their lifelong learning, health and wellbeing....
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
IT: Information
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: Information

...world of 24-hour news and instant updates, this free course explores how information is gathered, stored and shared through technology. Learn about the evolution of IT in news reporting, compare different media sources, and develop a critical eye for trust and authenticity in the information you consume...BBC News 24, Sky News, CNN. We live in an era where news has become...
Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Emotions and emotional disorders
Health, Sports & Psychology

Emotions and emotional disorders

...heritage. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course SDK228 The science of the mind: investigating mental health...Emotions and emotional disorders: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: recognise the value of an evolutionary perspective in understanding emotions (or moods) and emotional (or mood) disorders...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Internet of everything
Digital & Computing

Internet of everything

...world can connect to the internet how the internet has already changed our lives where we (the people) fit in with the evolving internet where we (the people) fit in with the evolving internet. Before you start, The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations of the course. Your input will help to...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Introduction to Planetary Protection
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to Planetary Protection

...worlds, we want to be sure that what we're detecting there is native to that world. We want to, we don't want to be studying something we've brought with us from the Earth. So that's one key reason, scientific reason for wanting to, to understand what we're bringing with us and take any necessary steps we can to minimize it. And that's quite aside from from other reasons,...
Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities
Digital & Computing

Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities

...world and aim at returning a voice to all citizens. Research on the impact of invasive species on water supply has helped generate interest in today’s integrated invasive plant control effort. More economic studies that illustrate the impacts of invaders and the financial benefits of control are essential to justify the increasingly large-scale funding that the Working...
An introduction to geology
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to geology

...world around us. And, whilst we do that, we are going to find out some amazing things about the Earth. MARCUS BADGER: Everything around us that hasn’t been grown either relies on or contains material that had to be found by a geologist. ANNE JAY: In this course, we’re going to look at ocean floors, volcanoes, and how they’re linked to your mobile phone. MARCUS...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Vaccination
Science, Maths & Technology

Vaccination

...world, with the expectation that they would eventually be destroyed. However, since 2001, the perceived threat of bioterrorism has led to debates about whether they should be retained as a vital resource for research into ways to combat a deliberate release of smallpox virus – assuming that samples have been (or could be) obtained by terrorist groups. Mathematical...
Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs