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Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration

...family or friends should not be used in a work context. Apart from permission issues, there are also online safety concerns to consider, especially in respect to keeping children safe online. This is the image I use professionally; you can clearly identify me, I am leaning forwards as if in a conversation with someone, which hopefully reflects that I am approachable and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
An introduction to software development
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to software development

...family of iterative and incremental processes emerged at the start of this century, covered by the umbrella term of Agile development (Cockburn and Highsmith, 2001; Fowler and Highsmith, 2001). These processes encourage continual realignment of development goals with the needs and expectations of the customer, and provide ‘lighter-weight’, faster and ‘nimbler’...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Introducing multidisciplinary study at The Open University
Education & Development

Introducing multidisciplinary study at The Open University

...history of the Open qualifications by visiting the Open digital exhibition. Activity 2 Choose two sections of the digital archive to read. Which sections did you choose and why? Discussion We hope you enjoyed finding out a little more about the Open qualifications, innovative curriculum design, the value of multidisciplinary study or being a brave learner. Open...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Engineering: The nature of problems
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The nature of problems

...history of problems caused by drought or contaminated water is well documented. It is currently estimated that 2.4 billion people worldwide lack access to basic sanitation, and over a billion are drinking unsafe water. The engineering challenges posed in these countries (mainly in Eastern and Southern Africa, and South Asia) are different from those met in most of Europe...
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Level 2: Intermediate 40 hrs
Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...history. Step 2 People. Who did (or would) this involve? Keep it anonymous or use fictitious names. If you were writing a story about what happened, what characters would need to be on the cast list? Not just the central characters, but all those who would directly or indirectly play a significant part in the story. Step 3 Notions you drew on. You may well find this the...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
Judicial decision making
Society, Politics & Law

Judicial decision making

...family have rented land from the Duchy of Cornwall for generations. The James family have suffered a series of unexpected misfortunes and have very little money. While ploughing, Emmanuel James strikes a hard object, which turns out to be a valuable hoard of hundreds of silver Roman coins. The statute (the Treasure Act 1996Footnote 2) says that treasure includes coins...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Exploring Homer’s Odyssey
History & The Arts

Exploring Homer’s Odyssey

...families are angry, too. But they'll get over it with Athena's help. Odysseus is in the clear and ready for life with Penelope, or another adventure. [MUSIC PLAYING] Watch the whole animation once without taking notes. Then replay it and fill in the table below with a few notes summarising the role of each of the characters listed. Aim to write a sentence or two, or a...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Learning, thinking and doing
Science, Maths & Technology

Learning, thinking and doing

...history is just boring facts'. I'm sure you can supply your own version of this closing down of the issue. When we avoid trying to find out why we have failed to learn something there are implications for the long term as well as the short term. In the short term, we abandon a goal to succeed in learning some subject or skill which might have been important to us. In the...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs