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Using Turnitin effectively: building integrity into your writing
Education & Development

Using Turnitin effectively: building integrity into your writing

...Introduction - Welcome to this short course on using Turnitin formatively. This course is designed for students, particularly those who are new to university study or returning to academic work after a break. It will also be useful for anyone in higher education who wishes to understand how Turnitin can be used to develop good academic practice, strengthen writing skills,...
Understanding society: families
Education & Development

Understanding society: families

...Introduction - Family life is continuously changing in many ways. This course looks at the change, or lack of change, in the role of women and men in the home. The discussion of this topic will focus on the connectedness between women’s work in the paid labour force and their work in the home. In addition, underlying this will be our recognition that family life today...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
What is the genome made of?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is the genome made of?

...Introduction - Genomes are composed of DNA, and a knowledge of the structure of DNA is essential to understand how it can function as hereditary material. DNA is remarkable, breathtakingly simple in its structure yet capable of directing all the living processes in a cell, the production of new cells and the development of a fertilized egg to an individual adult. DNA has...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Play, learning and the brain
Education & Development

Play, learning and the brain

...Introduction - This course examines the subject of brain-based learning, with a particular focus on the development of the young child's brain and is of particular relevance to those who work with young children. We begin by looking at the structure and functions of the brain, and the impact that sensory deprivation can have on these. We consider the implications of...
Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
David Allen - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

David Allen - Earth in Vision

...Project I am David Allen, I’m a producer, I have a small company called Passion Planet, which is within a larger company called Passion Pictures and we make stories, mostly environment… no, I make natural history films, science, so landmark television, and we have a theatrical release arm that makes bigger theatrical release documentaries. Natural history: How I got...
Lawrence Breen - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Lawrence Breen - Earth in Vision

...Project Lawrence Breen and I’m an archive footage researcher based in Bristol, mainly working with natural history. How I got started… Well, my kind of start off was when I was doing work in museum work, mainly Manpower Service Commission (it shows you how long ago it was) and voluntary work in museums and elsewhere including CSV, which was local radio Bristol, and I...
Aquatic mammals
Nature & Environment

Aquatic mammals

...Introduction - [Described image] Figure 1 Bottlenose dolphins Mammals come in a bewildering variety of shapes and sizes and yet all of the 4700 or so species have some characteristics in common. Indeed, it’s the existence of these common features that justifies the inclusion of all such diverse types within the single taxonomic group (or class) called the Mammalia....
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
The science of nutrition and healthy eating Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of nutrition and healthy eating

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation - which also displays your Open University badge. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional start-of-course...