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Assessment in secondary music
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary music

...work, including making decisions about what is assessed and how it is assessed. Most of all, however, the course will have at its heart considerations of how music assessment can be musical. The course identifies and explores some of the key issues and debates around assessment and music in secondary schools. Through coming to understand these issues and debates you will...
Martin Holt On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Martin Holt On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...work on systems education courses in 1991 having first come across the concepts as part of his postgraduate OU studies in Manufacturing. Martin describes his approach to STIP as: “A Curious person. I try to follow the adage of learning something new every day though these days it’s more about trying to remember something I’ve forgotten. What approaches and sectors...
World Bipolar Day
Health, Sports & Psychology

World Bipolar Day

...work life and enjoying weeks, months or sometimes years of stable mood. As long as someone gets the right treatment and support, it really is possible to live well with bipolar. [A mood scale from bipolar UK]Bipolar uk mood scale. Download PDF here.Show description Supporting people with bipolar While much of the work we do at Bipolar UK is to encourage wider...
Co-designing professional learning to address evolving challenges
Education & Development

Co-designing professional learning to address evolving challenges

...working. Furthermore, we introduced our most recent development, a cross-Nation eTwinning initiative, a practitioner-led intervention that brings participants and their pupils together in their language learning journeys. We explored what success means in the design and delivery of collaborative PL opportunities as ‘knowing to have helped others; being able to...
Welcome to the OpenLearn Resources for Educators hub
Education & Development

Welcome to the OpenLearn Resources for Educators hub

...working across the secondary, primary and early years sectors, including those involved in home education, special schools and pupil referral units...The resources cover a range of topics including ones aimed at specific subject knowledge development and those targeted at pedagogy, whole school topics or specific initiatives. The resources are offered at different...
Astronomy
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy

...work. Is Our Sun Normal? Astronomers compare events on other stars to helps us better understand our sun. Mapping the Milky Way The discovery of radio emissions from the Milky Way, and the theory of dark-matter. The Shape of Our Galaxy Infra-red satellites. The DIRBE experiment on NASA's Cosmic Explorer opened a new window into the Milky Way. The Scale of Our Galaxy A...
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The Open University Worldwide
OpenLearn Ireland

The Open University Worldwide

...works in partnership with education organisations around the world, in countries such as Africa, China and Russia. Supported open learning enables universities to offer a high quality education to a large number of students, who have the option to work alongside part-time study. OU Futures How might The Open University evolve with new technology, new trends within the...
Introducing Health Sciences: Visual Impairment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Health Sciences: Visual Impairment

...Work A demonstration of the software and technology Derek uses in his office Retaining Independence How Derek found the motivation to do training and remain employed. Inequalities of Opportunity Derek highlights the issues that affect the daily lives of people with visual impairment How Contact Lenses Work An ophthalmologist outlines the differences between hard and soft...