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Innovation in health and social care: social and historical
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care: social and historical

...Open University course K102 Introducing health and social care....Innovation in health and social care: social and historical: Introduction - In this free course on digital technologies and innovations in health and social care you will explore the types of innovations that are available and the impact this has on the individuals using them. This will provide you with...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
An appreciative approach to inquiry
Education & Development

An appreciative approach to inquiry

...open up a more appreciative space full of positive possibility. Underpinning our course is the literature around appreciative inquiry (see Cooperrider, Whitney and Stavros, 2008), which has gained significant attention in the last decade across a range of fields. We have adapted the appreciative inquiry model to provide an approach to educational practitioner inquiry or...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Exploring books for children: words and pictures
History & The Arts

Exploring books for children: words and pictures

...Open University course EA300 Children’s literature ...Exploring books for children: words and pictures: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand how images communicate meanings to the readers of children’s books understand the role of cultural knowledge in making sense of images understand how words and pictures can reinforce...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course

...Open University’s 30-credit course L108 Beginners’ Chinese....Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course: Introduction - This free course, Beginners' Chinese: a taster course, is introductory material for absolute beginners in Chinese based on The Open University’s 30-credit module Beginners’ Chinese (L108). This course concentrates on Mandarin Chinese as a tool for...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Dr Jean-Francois Soussana - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Dr Jean-Francois Soussana - Stories of Change

...Open University Transcript Stories of Change Jean Francois Soussana interview Key RH: = Roger Harrabin, interviewer JFS: = Jean Francois Soussana, Scientific Director, INRA, participant RH: Please say your name and what you do. JFS: Jean Francois Soussana. I’m Scientific Director for Environment at INRA which is a French research institution. RH: Tell me, you’ve been...
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Audio 5 mins
Embodied Carbon: Three reasons we should care
Nature & Environment

Embodied Carbon: Three reasons we should care

...source of carbon emissions, especially in the construction industry. But in practise most people aren’t really aware of it and it is rarely measured in construction or renovation projects. This article explores three reasons we should all care about embodied carbon. First though, what is it? Let's take an example: I would like to replace my draughty single glazed wooden...
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Article 10 mins
Astrobiology from the ground up
Science, Maths & Technology

Astrobiology from the ground up

...openness, listening and willingness to understand alternative views, surprising discoveries can be made. A scientist on a fieldwork campaign may not immediately be able to identify a species that lives in that environment, but local people can. In biodiversity studies, new species are discovered on every fieldtrip but this couldn’t be done without local para-taxonomists...
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Article 10 mins
Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor

...source. The arctic fox and the emperor penguin are examples of such animals. To migrate to another habitat for the duration of an inhospitably cold season. This strategy is possible if the animal has sufficient mobility to leave the extreme latitudes as the available food dwindles. Many birds and bats adopt this strategy. To endure the periods of low temperature extremes...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs