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Groups and teamwork
Science, Maths & Technology

Groups and teamwork

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe the main features of work groups and teams discuss the main group processes that affect work group or team effectiveness describe the main features of projects, project teams and project management discuss some types of theories about effective leadership...Groups and teamwork: 1 course...
Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
The oceans
Science, Maths & Technology

The oceans

...learn about the depths of the oceans and the properties of the water that fills them, what drives the ocean circulation and how the oceans influence our climate...The oceans cover more than 70 per cent of our planet. In this free course, The oceans, you will learn about the depths of the oceans and the properties of the water that fills them, what drives the ocean...
Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Marketing in the 21st Century
Money & Business

Marketing in the 21st Century

...learning techniques, including case studies, videos, activities and group discussions. Supporting this learning, students are encouraged to become critical thinkers about both how they undertake their own decisions, as well as how marketing influences our society...This free course, Marketing in the 21st century, offers a managerial perspective on how to deliver more...
Ratting out disease: How animals are detecting disease - and other threats to life
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ratting out disease: How animals are detecting disease - and other threats to life

...learned that they smell very well, but I was not occupied with that. I was simply breeding these animals to give offspring to the pet shops. It was a way to get pocket money. I gave up all rat breeding in my bedroom when I was 14.” After graduating and starting work as a product designer, Weetjens found himself increasingly preoccupied with the problem of landmines....
Can we get to a world without suicide?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can we get to a world without suicide?

...learned fearlessness”; Covington calls it an “acquired capability”). “[The book] gave an architecture to what was going on that we had not seen before,” Covington says. “It was like a crack through the entire field.” Then came the bridge – or The Bridge, the 2006 documentary about suicides at the Golden Gate Bridge. A swirl of outrage greeted its release,...
Speeches and speech-making
History & The Arts

Speeches and speech-making

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate an understanding of some fundamental aspects of rhetoric demonstrate skills of textual analysis appreciate the importance of audience in relation to speech-making...Speeches and speech-making: 1 Voice - Having said that the word ‘voice’ is multifaceted, it might be helpful now to...
Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
What is poetry?
History & The Arts

What is poetry?

...learn how you can use your own experiences to develop ideas and how to harness your imagination...Have you always wanted to try to write poetry but never quite managed to start? This free course, What is poetry?, is designed to illustrate the techniques behind both the traditional forms of poetry and free verse. You will learn how you can use your own experiences to...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Starting with psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Starting with psychology

...learning offering through OpenLearn by filling out this short survey...Starting with psychology: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: analyse a range of factors within and outside individuals which influence mind and behaviour consider multiple influences in case studies describe the way that influences are interlinked in complex ways...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs