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Flipping the flipped: The Flipping German project at the OU
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Flipping the flipped: The Flipping German project at the OU

...Open University (OU). Distance learning at the OU already has much in common with the ‘Flipped Classroom’ methodology. The learning resources provided, for example, include a variety of materials supporting independent learning strategies. Students receive materials, prepare independently, and then attend tutorials to discuss. The ‘Flipped Classrooms’ methodology...
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Understanding Statements of participation
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Understanding Statements of participation

...Open University’ Tick ‘This certification does not expire’ Go back to OpenLearn Profile tab, right click on Download and copy the link In LinkedIn paste in ‘Certification URL’ Leave others blank and click 'Save' On LinkedIn your badge then appears in Accomplishments. If you click on ‘See certificate’ it takes you to the badge details page on OpenLearn. How...
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Dominic Ball testimonial
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Dominic Ball testimonial

...Open University. He explains why it’s important other current players start planning for the future, plus how the support of the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) helped...Dominic recalls his upbringing and how his parents influenced him: "Mum and dad trained as teachers, so I was always pushed in school. Even when football opportunities came, I was always...
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Ceramic mould casting
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Ceramic mould casting

...Open University's Science courses and qualifications [Diagram to demonstrate ceramic mould casting] [Diagram to demonstrate ceramic mould casting] [Diagram explaining ceramic mould casting] Manufacture: An alternative to expendable pattern investment casting (“lost wax process”), and shell moulding. Permanent patterns of metal, wood, resin, plaster or rubber eliminate...
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Darwin crosses the Sierra de la Ventana
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Darwin crosses the Sierra de la Ventana

...open ocean. I was, on the whole, disappointed with this ascent. Even the view was insignificant;—a plain like the sea, but without its beautiful colour and defined outline. The scene, however, was novel, and a little danger, like salt to meat, gave it a relish. That the danger was very little was certain, for my two companions made a good fire—a thing which is never...
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Virtual murder: Just a game?
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Virtual murder: Just a game?

...open letter claiming that the study was flawed. This repeats a pattern; with violent video games, as with pornography before them, it is difficult to show that there is any systematic link between consumption and subsequent behaviour. However, having bad consequences is not the only way something might be bad. Even if it does not lead to bad behaviour, is it a Good Thing...
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The Belfast linen industry
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The Belfast linen industry

...1994) Belfast: The Making of a City J C Beckett. Weblinks Irish Linen Guild Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum Interested in finding more out? Social sciences with The Open University. With thanks to: Richard Gibson – Smyth and Gibson, Retailers [Richard Gibson] Bill Crawford – Local Historian [Bill Crawford] Brian Mackay – Irish Linen Centre [Brian Mackay]...
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Peter Tuddenham On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
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Peter Tuddenham On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...Open University in 1978-1980. After completing his Army service, he moved to the USA in 1980. He obtained a BS degree in Business from Regis University in Denver, Colorado in 1982. He went on to study Systems Design at Saybrook University in California with Bela Banathy. As an executive in residence at Arizona State University Center for Ethics he studied the deregulation...
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