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Understanding musical scores
History & The Arts

Understanding musical scores

...history - A notation capable of representing both pitch and rhythm evolved over a long period of time in Western history from around the tenth century to the middle of the seventeenth century, when it became fully recognisable as the notation in common use today. It is certainly not the only notation in use, but it is the one most Western musicians will rely on as it is...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Scales in space and time
Science, Maths & Technology

Scales in space and time

...history of the Universe, the history of the Earth, it’s a potential source of medicines, it’s a pile of bioreactors, it’s an organism that interacts with its environment. And this amazing tree is perfect for exploring scales in space and time. [MUSIC PLAYING This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course S112 Science: concepts and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Teaching assistants: support in action (Wales)
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action (Wales)

...family and friends performing and reporting clinical observations of a patient’s temperature, pulse, respiration rate, and blood pressure obtaining measurement of a patient’s height and weight. Before the creation of these new roles, a registered nurse carried out such responsibilities. Now, health-care assistants give support to nurses who are released to do other...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
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Money & Business

Exploring career mentoring and coaching

...family and friends – what could you do to facilitate more time with them? If you feel most alive when solving tricky problems with your work colleagues – do you have enough problem solving in your current role? Is this something you could increase? These are techniques and insights that a coach could certainly help you to explore in more detail and you’ll find out...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Assessment in secondary geography
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary geography

...family may be locked into a cycle of underachievement. As you set assessments look for bias that might disadvantage different groups of students. Avoid setting a ceiling in terms of what students can achieve. Reflection point Are tests used fairly?...Assessment in secondary geography: 4.2 Differentiation - Differentiation is planning to ensure that all students in the...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
EPQs: finding and using evidence
Education & Development

EPQs: finding and using evidence

...history have been written by people without history degrees. And more importantly, you’ll be able to discern the difference between ‘I don’t agree with this’ and ‘this is nonsense’. Thomas’ main points Thomas’ main points were: Ask people you trust, such as teachers, what they recommend. Look at the quality of the writing – good sources are well-written...
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Creativity, community and ICT
Education & Development

Creativity, community and ICT

...history, reaching back to Galileo's time and beyond. Interestingly, the way in which the words ‘creation’ and ‘creativity’ have developed across the centuries provides us with an insight into modern views of creativity. What did you and your colleagues consider as your most creative activities? Did you see yourselves as creative? When a group of teachers working...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Managing coastal environments
Nature & Environment

Managing coastal environments

...history of this coastal environment. Watch the video clip and keep in mind that coastal environments are all about change. Imagine you are standing on the shore looking south out across the mouth of the Blackwater estuary (viewpoint in Figure 1). What do you see? Perhaps, at first, you take in the general scene, the setting. In front is the broad sweep of the river, which...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs