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Emotions and emotional disorders
Health, Sports & Psychology

Emotions and emotional disorders

...Introduction - This course is about stress, emotional disorders and the brain. You will learn about some of the disorders related to the feelings of stress, sadness and anxiety including how these disorders are diagnosed, their biological correlates, and evidence of their possible causes. To start, the course looks at some definitions of mood, emotions and emotional...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Sure, I know how to talk to people!
Money & Business

Sure, I know how to talk to people!

...Introduction - Good communication skills are vital in both your work life and your social life. Because talking to other people is part of everyday life, you may feel that you naturally possess these skills. In this course you will discover that a little psychological knowledge about interactions will help you to be able to plan and prepare for conversations in a way that...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?

...Introduction - Are factors influencing our health and wellbeing biological, or can they be more or less exclusively attributed to individual differences in terms of lifestyle? For instance, in high-income countries many ‘lifestyles’ are physically inactive, and this can have a negative impact on a person’s health. In this free course, Exploring health: is your...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Supporting children’s learning in primary education today
Education & Development

Supporting children’s learning in primary education today

...Introduction - Welcome to this free course, Supporting children’s learning in primary education today. [Described image] Figure 1 Supporting learners in primary teaching today. Each section of the course invites you to explore a different aspect of learning and teaching in primary education. You will have opportunities to engage with different types of activities that...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Diagrams, charts and graphs
Science, Maths & Technology

Diagrams, charts and graphs

...Introduction - This free course has two aims: firstly, to help you read and interpret information in the form of diagrams, charts and graphs, and secondly, to give you practice in producing such diagrams yourself. To start you will deal with interpreting and drawing diagrams to a particular scale. You will then learn to extract information from tables and charts. Finally...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?
Society, Politics & Law

Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?

...Introduction - We live in a culture that is deeply confused about other animals. Collectively, we may profess to be ‘animal lovers’ but in practice that love is reserved for a lucky few, including those we usually call ‘pets’, or is conditionally reserved for animals who perform for us on racetracks, in films or on TV. ‘Pets’ and nonhuman sporting or media...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Voice-leading analysis of music 3: the background
History & The Arts

Voice-leading analysis of music 3: the background

...Introduction - This course analyses the ‘voice leading’ of the harmony. The method of going about this kind of analysis is applicable to any piece of tonal music. Just as Mozart's piano sonatas are an excellent source of examples for studying the voice leading at the foreground and middleground of the harmony, so Beethoven's Eighth Symphony is also an ideal work in...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Systems diagramming
Digital & Computing

Systems diagramming

...Introduction - Pictures speak louder than words. But how can you use diagrams to help you? This course, Systems diagramming, looks at how diagrams can be used to represent information and ideas about complex situations. You will learn how to read, draw and present diagrams to help illustrate how ideas or processes are connected. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs