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Making creativity and innovation happen
Money & Business

Making creativity and innovation happen

...Open University course BB842 Sustainable creative management...Making creativity and innovation happen: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand different perspectives on why creativity matters consider cognitive aspects of creativity and how personality and individual differences might contribute explore ways in which individuals...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Introducing mammals
Nature & Environment

Introducing mammals

...sources of heat. For much of this course, you will be concerned with exploring these diagnostic features of mammals in more detail. One issue that comes up a good deal is how we should best use the term ‘successful’ in describing mammals. You may recall images from TV programmes of mammals flourishing in hostile environments. The fact that mammals are very widely...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
An introduction to social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to social work

...Open University course K123 Foundations for social care and social work practice. Tell us what you think! We’d love to hear from you to help us improve our free learning offering through OpenLearn by filling out this short survey...An introduction to social work: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: identify why biography is important...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Introduction to critical criminology
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to critical criminology

...source of crime primarily within the individual and bringing to the fore questions of individual pathology. This approach is termed individual positivism. Other theorists – who regard crime as a consequence of social rather than individual pathology – have, by contrast, argued that more insights can be gained by studying the social context external to individuals....
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role

...Open the article in a new tab or window by holding down Ctrl (or Cmd on a Mac) when you click on the link. Return here when you have finished. Discussion The study found that 5-minute ‘snacking’ of physical activity was as beneficial as completing a 30-minute session for the small sample used. You might have reflected that having this choice of approach to physical...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
The psychology of cybercrime
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of cybercrime

...Open University course DD802 Investigating forensic psychology357357. Explore the collection of Postgraduate study in psychology and criminology....The psychology of cybercrime: Introduction - In this free course, The psychology of cybercrime, you will explore different questions about cybercrime from a psychological angle in an attempt to better understand this...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Project management: the start of the project journey
Money & Business

Project management: the start of the project journey

...Open University, the geographical dispersion of both students and their tutors has to be addressed in order for the tutors to be able to assess their students’ progress on a given course of study. The UK postal service became the key component of the solution that enabled The Open University to deal with large numbers of assignments. At regular intervals during the...
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Level 3: Advanced 35 hrs
An unheard voice from a Chinese teacher
Languages

An unheard voice from a Chinese teacher

...open to changes. It was not an easy task for the Chinese style of teaching to be truly accepted by British schools. When the Head teacher of Bohunt already had his preference on what makes a good lesson and who is to blame if things went wrong, we Chinese teachers had a hard battle to begin with. Discipline and teaching pedagogy: In the conversation between Mr Strowger...
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Article 10 mins