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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
Voices from the Global South: an international field trip
Society, Politics & Law

Voices from the Global South: an international field trip

...Open University level 1 module D113 ‘Global challenges: social science in action’..._Find out more about The Open University's Geography courses and qualifications. _ This is an invitation to: watch a series of six videos from countries across the Global South as part of the International virtual field trip reflect on your learning undertake some independent study....
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Article 5 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
Make a meadow, whatever the scale and the diversity of meadows
Nature & Environment

Make a meadow, whatever the scale and the diversity of meadows

...sourcing (guide here). Before sowing the seed, prepare the ground by removing existing vegetation and creating bare patches, so the seed has space to germinate. Sow the seed when the weather is wet and warm. Autumn (September to November) is the best time of year. For larger areas, you may be able to source a hay crop from a nearby meadow, which contains a good range of...
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Article 10 mins
Continuing classical Latin
History & The Arts

Continuing classical Latin

...source for our knowledge of the chronology of change in this sort of area is the roman novel called the Satyricon written by Petronius, he was one of Nero’s court and committed suicide in 66 AD when the emperor turned against him. In one surviving portion of the novel, Petronius describes a dinner party given by a freedman, a freed slave called Trimalchio, the whole...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
The range of work with young people
Education & Development

The range of work with young people

...Open University student. He is reflecting on how different conceptions of rights and responsibilities influence this work. While studying E131 and E118 over the last few years I have read about and met people who work for a number of projects and organisations who ensure Young People are aware of the rights that they have. These include things like housing and rights to...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Contemporary issues in managing
Money & Business

Contemporary issues in managing

...Open University course B870 Managing in a changing world which looks at the different viewpoints surrounding the concept of management and managing...Contemporary issues in managing: Learning outcomes - By the end of this course, you should be able to: describe the nature of different types of managerial approaches adopted by organisations in contemporary time understand...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Protest Banners: Oddfellows and Chartism
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Oddfellows and Chartism

...Open University. The OU has long promoted learning from one another and recognised that change for individuals and communities happens when people speak out and work together. That idea about change existed long before the Open University. But how was it transmitted? This banner, recently found in the village hall in Fringford, Oxfordshire, can be used to help us find...
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Video 5 mins