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Introducing philosophy
History & The Arts

Introducing philosophy

...Introduction - This course gives you an idea of what it is like to study philosophy, introducing you to the teaching methods employed by the Open University in teaching philosophy. If you are considering studying philosophy, we recommend you start here. Although the course is mainly for people who are new to philosophy, you may find it helpful even if you already have...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Supporting children’s learning in primary education today
Education & Development

Supporting children’s learning in primary education today

...Introduction - Welcome to this free course, Supporting children’s learning in primary education today. [Described image] Figure 1 Supporting learners in primary teaching today. Each section of the course invites you to explore a different aspect of learning and teaching in primary education. You will have opportunities to engage with different types of activities that...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Intermediate French: 14 July
Languages

Intermediate French: 14 July

...Introduction - This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course L120 Ouverture: intermediate French. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in French...Intermediate French: 14 July: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand and give descriptions of events in the past understand and ask...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Virtual reality, 19th Century style: The history of the panorama and balloon view
History & The Arts

Virtual reality, 19th Century style: The history of the panorama and balloon view

...projected and demanded an observer situated at an exterior, elevated point; it was a way of making sense of the large space and depth of a city view. The viewer of the picture needed to occupy this ideal viewpoint, imagine themselves into the landscape, while they read the image. From the late eighteenth century the panorama modulated this scopic regime, by immersing the...
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Article 5 mins
Cognition and gender development
Education & Development

Cognition and gender development

...manage our lives effectively. For children exposed to an endless stream of new information and novel input, such processes of simplification are necessary in order to make sense of the complex world around them. Activity: What’s in your gender schema? Allow about 20 minutes This activity will help you to explore your own use of gender schemas. Do you make any automatic...
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Article 15 mins
Why is Mongolia a good place to die?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is Mongolia a good place to die?

...introduction of palliative care in earnest from 2000 onwards. But first she had to come up with the right words. “[In Mongolia] we didn’t have any terminology for palliative care,” she tells me as she gives me a tour of the country’s first palliative care ward, established in the early 2000s at Mongolia’s National Cancer Center. Pointing out the sign on the...
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Article 15 mins
What is a virus?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is a virus?

...Introduction The intention of this article is to provide some general knowledge about viruses, how they lead to infection and how the body’s immune system responds. Although tiny, viruses are complex, diverse entities that have the capacity to infect hosts, replicate themselves and then spread to additional hosts. In addition, viruses can sometimes transfer between host...
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Article 20 mins
Writing what you know
History & The Arts

Writing what you know

...Introduction - This free course includes reading and writing activities that are geared to developing the use of memory, observation and the senses. The aim is to develop your perceptual abilities, honing your capacity to see detail in the world. You will be encouraged to start seeing the familiar in a new way and to make good use of your own personal history. This...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs