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Listening to young children: supporting transition
Education & Development

Listening to young children: supporting transition

...free course, Listening to young children: supporting transition, you will explore ways of listening to children in order to support their experiences of changes or transitions. Such transitions can involve many dimensions, including familiarisation with new cultural practices, the development of new relationships and potentially a shift in identity, for example, from...
Introduction to Arabic
Education & Development

Introduction to Arabic

...free course you will learn the Arabic alphabet, vowels, and also a little bit about the history of the Arabic language...This free OpenLearn course is a two week pre-course for the Open University short course Introduction to Arabic Language and Culture by the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures. Completing this course will take ......
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Collective leadership
Money & Business

Collective leadership

...free course, Collective leadership, will give you an insight into the importance of how to be a more effective leader, and how to better engage and work with ‘followers’ in an organisational setting...This free course, Collective leadership, will give you an insight into the importance of how to be a more effective leader, and how to better engage and work with...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Studying mammals: The opportunists
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The opportunists

...free course, Studying mammals: The opportunists, examines the physiology, diet and strategies of some of these opportunistic feeders. It is the sixth course in the Studying mammals series...Many mammals are food specialists, with complex adaptations that gear them toward a particular food source. So how do the omnivores survive and prosper without these fancy evolutionary...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
School business manager: Developing the role
Education & Development

School business manager: Developing the role

...free course, School business manager: Developing the role, will look at how you, an existing or aspiring business manager, can work effectively to support school activities and stakeholders, and in particular how you can support and manage aspects of the change agenda in your school to improve teaching and learning outcomes...There is an ongoing revolution in the running...
Stakeholders in marketing and finance
Money & Business

Stakeholders in marketing and finance

...free course, Stakeholders in marketing and finance, comprises two sections introducing the idea of customers and stakeholders for financial information. It also contains two activities in which learners are asked to relate the ideas discussed to their own work practice...This free course, Stakeholders in marketing and finance, comprises two sections introducing the idea...
An appreciative approach to inquiry
Education & Development

An appreciative approach to inquiry

...free course, An appreciative approach to inquiry, is designed to support groups of practitioners or individuals adopt an appreciative inquiry approach to reflecting, questioning, and developing their collective or individual practices. It is particularly aimed at those working in education at any level and any context to engage in teacher inquiry, practitioner research or...
Climate change and the importance of COP26
Nature & Environment

Climate change and the importance of COP26

...free courses on the subject. And you can find even more free content from across the wider subject area of Nature & the Environment on OpenLearn. Previous articles... More free courses... Acknowledgements The development of this page has involved many people across the university: Production team: Derek Goldman Andy Lane Jennifer McKeeman Tom Munday Kate Munday Alison...