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Applying your community engagement skills
Society, Politics & Law

Applying your community engagement skills

...overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses....
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Exploring books for children: words and pictures
History & The Arts

Exploring books for children: words and pictures

...Open University course EA300 Children’s literature ...Exploring books for children: words and pictures: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand how images communicate meanings to the readers of children’s books understand the role of cultural knowledge in making sense of images understand how words and pictures can reinforce...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Rio 2016: A short Paralympics reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: A short Paralympics reading list

...Opening Ceremony in Rio] The 2016 Paralympic opening ceremony Are the Paralympians 'superhuman'? John Head, from the University of Salford, salutes the prosthetics that will be on display at Rio - and, more, the acheivements of the people who sport them: More perhaps than any other visual event, Paralympic sprinting shows what can be achieved by dedication, commitment and...
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Video 5 mins
On-screen graphic design: The early years of television
Science, Maths & Technology

On-screen graphic design: The early years of television

...resources and under investment. It was nearly 20 years after the launch of BBC Television, that its first full-time graphic designer was employed, John Sewell, in 1954. This saw the start of a commitment to the profession, but for a long time Graphic Design remained under the control of Scenic Design, when it really should have been its equal, considering the amount of...
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Article 15 mins
The Enlightenment
History & The Arts

The Enlightenment

...oil on canvas, Cambridge University Library. Photo: by permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Getting started with French 2
Languages

Getting started with French 2

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Week 1: Food – saying what you like: Introduction - Many French people place a great deal of importance on food – as the British often resort to talking about the weather, French people will fill the conversation with what they had for dinner the night before or...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Getting started with French 1
Languages

Getting started with French 1

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Week 1: Say hello: ‘Bonjour!’: Introduction - At the beginning of this week you’ll learn how say hello and goodbye in French, as well as some of the first phrases you might use when meeting a French speaker. You’ll also be introduced to using greetings and...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
What are waves?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are waves?

...Open-source, interactive, educational demonstrations provided by Academo. [Online]. Available at: https://academo.org/ demos/ wave-interference-beat-frequency/ (Accessed 19 June 2019). Wave on a string (2017) PhET Interactive Simulations provided by University of Colorado, Boulder. [Online]. Available at: https://phet.colorado.edu/ en/ simulation/ wave-on-a-string...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs