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Exploring innovative assessment methods
Education & Development

Exploring innovative assessment methods

...free course provides information about how innovative assessment can be used to help learners achieve learning outcomes. The course explores the purpose and usefulness of a constructively aligned curriculum and a competency aligned curriculum and the benefits of both. As the course progresses, you will also explore the barriers and enablers to innovative assessment. This...
Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials
Languages

Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials

...course, LG002 Chinese business culture essentials. After completing this free course, you may wish to register for the full course to continue your learning!...Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials: Introduction - China is the world’s most populated country, with a continuous culture stretching back 5000 years. The country’s name, Zhōngguó (中国)...
Engendering citizenship
Society, Politics & Law

Engendering citizenship

...free course, Engendering citizenship, examines social citizenship. With particular reference to women and disabled people, you will look at the rights and obligations that develop within society to link people together...How do you create citizenship? How do you feel you belong? This free course, Engendering citizenship, examines social citizenship. With particular...
Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Gene testing
Science, Maths & Technology

Gene testing

...free course, Gene testing, looks at three different uses of genetic testing: pre-natal diagnosis, childhood testing and adult testing. Such tests provide genetic information in the form of a predictive diagnosis, and as such are described as predictive tests. Pre-natal diagnosis uses techniques such as amniocentesis to test fetuses in the womb. For example, it is commonly...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Presenting information
Digital & Computing

Presenting information

...free course, Presenting information, explains how to use the Windows calculator to carry out basic operations and calculate percentages. You will then learn how to use charts and tables to represent and interpret information...Tables and charts are a great way to present numerical information in a clear and concise form. This free course, Presenting information, explains...
Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Supporting babies and toddlers
Education & Development

Supporting babies and toddlers

...free course helps practitioners to understand these changes and explore how they can support babies and toddlers in early childhood settings. This course draws on research and expertise from early childhood academics at The Open University and professionals at Early Years Wales...The first two years of a child’s life are a time of incredible change and development. This...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Using a scientific calculator
Science, Maths & Technology

Using a scientific calculator

...free course, Using a scientific calculator, will help you to understand how to use the different facilities and functions and discover what a powerful tool this calculator can be!...Do you have a Casio fx-83 ES scientific calculator (or a compatible model) and want to learn how to use it? This free course, Using a scientific calculator, will help you to understand how to...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
A spiritual revolution? Wicca and religious change in the 1960s
History & The Arts

A spiritual revolution? Wicca and religious change in the 1960s

...free course, A spiritual revolution? Wicca and religious change in the 1960s looks at the ‘crisis’ of traditional religion in the Sixties in the Western world. It explores the process of religious renewal, looking at the development of Wicca, the prototypical form of modern Paganism. Originally presented as a Goddess religion of great antiquity, which had survived the...