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The Open University at 45: What can we learn from Britain's distance education pioneer?
Society, Politics & Law

The Open University at 45: What can we learn from Britain's distance education pioneer?

...working adults – lived at home. It provided great flexibility, dividing degree programs into smaller modules, which students could complete sequentially or simultaneously, and by stopping and starting according to their needs. It made heavy use of computers, not initially for teaching but to grade multiple-choice tests and schedule course mailings. Instructors lacked...
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Article 15 mins
Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction
Education & Development

Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction

...worked through in order, but they do usually have a topic guide. This is a list of areas that you want to find out about that helps you structure the interview. To begin creating a topic guide, make a list of the areas you’d like to cover. When your list is complete, think about what order would mimic a natural conversation and create the best flow. You may find it...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
What can Earth tell us about Mars?
Science, Maths & Technology

What can Earth tell us about Mars?

...work, what got him started in this area of research and where he hopes it will go with Ann Grand (Lecturer in Astrobiology Education)...Michael Macey is a post-doctoral researcher with the AstrobiologyOU research group at The Open University. His research explores the microbial communities that live in some of the most extreme environments on Earth; environments that...
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Gaelic in modern Scotland
Languages

Gaelic in modern Scotland

...socially and when working.’...Gaelic in modern Scotland: 3.1.2 The big picture - There were 58,652 people in Scotland who spoke Gaelic at the time of the 2001 National Census, while a further 33,700 could understand the language. Of the Gaelic speakers, 33,315 (57 per cent of the total) lived in the historical Gaelic heartland of the Highlands and Islands. The Western...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Difference and challenge in teams
Money & Business

Difference and challenge in teams

...social information’ held by others in the colony. These bees out-compete the directions given by other bees dancing less vigorously. Some more recent studies of bee behaviour suggest that ‘private information’ held by individual bees (e.g. the memory of where they found nectar on a previous foraging trip) is also at play. Guidance given by different team members is...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Simone de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution
History & The Arts

Simone de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution

...work and learn about the existential view of the human being as free and responsible for his or her actions. You will discover that Beauvoir argues that women are generally conceived of as ‘Other’, that is different from a supposed neutral human being...In this free course you will study the ideas of philosopher Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986). In doing so you will...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Engineering: The nature of problems
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The nature of problems

...working within certain social, safety and ethical boundaries. Particularly given the increasing trend in the Western world towards litigation, it is in our own best interest to uphold this responsibility. In considering the responsibilities of engineers, this section also provides an opportunity for putting the whole course in context...Engineering: The nature of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 40 hrs
Travelling for culture: the Grand Tour
History & The Arts

Travelling for culture: the Grand Tour

...social advancement and entertainment, on what was known as the Grand Tour. A central objective was to gain exposure to the cultures of classical antiquity, particularly in Italy. In this free course, you’ll explore some of the different kinds of cultural encounters that fed into the Grand Tour, and will explore the role that they play in our study of Art History,...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs