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Getting started with Spanish 2
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 2

...work with audio and interactive activities to practise the skills you need to talk about everyday activities you do, including how to tell the time. You will also learn the present tense form of some common verbs and how to pronounce the ‘r’ sound. This OpenLearn course is an extract from the beginning of the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Motivation and factors affecting motivation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Motivation and factors affecting motivation

...working in sport and fitness environments are used to help understand the theories presented...This free course explores the term 'motivation' and factors affecting motivation. This includes looking at the most influential theories of motivation that contribute to understanding the causes of motivation. The motivation of sports people and people working in sport and...
Health and wellbeing in the ancient world
History & The Arts

Health and wellbeing in the ancient world

...Social Care. Welcome. MATHIJS LUCASSEN Thank you. HELEN KING It's really good to have you here, because what we want to talk about today is health. What do we mean by health? How has that changed over time? And also we want to have a little look at a particular disease, which was known in the ancient world and which I don't think is known today-- lovesickness. So that's...
Introducing multidisciplinary study at The Open University
Education & Development

Introducing multidisciplinary study at The Open University

...Social Sciences, Arts and Sciences curriculum areas. However, for this course, we’re focusing on the Open qualifications which are the OU’s most flexible qualifications. The Open qualifications include: BA/BSc (Hons) Open degree BSc (Hons) Combined STEM degree MA/MSc Open Activity 1 Watch our short animation introducing our qualifications. What are your first...
Shakespeare: For All Time?
History & The Arts

Shakespeare: For All Time?

...works to remain in our public consciousness even 400 years after Shakespeare’s death. They retain their ability to shock and provoke us. Writing in 1623, Shakespeare’s playwright colleague Ben Jonson described him as “not of an age but for all time,” and the subsequent performance histories of his plays seem to confirm Jonson’s prediction. In 2016, The Open...
60 second adventures in economics: The Invisible Hand
Society, Politics & Law

60 second adventures in economics: The Invisible Hand

...Hayek, argued that this ʻhands offʼ approach actually works better than any kind of central plan. But the problem is, economies can take a long time to reach their ʻequilibriumʼ, and may even stall along the way. And in the meantime people can get a little frustrated, which is why governments usually end up taking things into their own more visible hands instead....
Mo Vernon On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Mo Vernon On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...work across a range of large and small organisations in the Public and Private sectors. She has used creative management and systems thinking ideas and approaches in a range of organisations to improve and develop their performance. She currently teaches on the OU STiP modules. Mo enjoys walking (her three dogs), is keen gardener (okay she potters in the garden ….. okay...
The solar system and the night sky
Education & Development

The solar system and the night sky

...works. Which planets have moons and what the differences between them are. How the universe was formed and whether there could be planets beyond our solar system. Are there other lifeforms out there?! What can I see when I look into the sky at night? What energy we might be able to harness from the solar system on Earth and why this is important for the future of our...