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Three Irish Poets – Ellen O'Leary
OpenLearn Ireland

Three Irish Poets – Ellen O'Leary

...open-eyed, then the eyes gently close, As petals fold into the heart of a rose, But ope soon again in awe, love, but no fear, And fondly they murmur, "Our mammie is here." She lays them down softly, she wraps them around; They lie in sweet slumbers, she starts at a sound, The cock loudly crows, and the spirit's away-- The drunkard steals in at the dawning of day. Again...
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Article 5 mins
Building Science and Technology Diplomacy Skills through CARE–KNOW–DO
Education & Development

Building Science and Technology Diplomacy Skills through CARE–KNOW–DO

...open schooling projects focused on the UN Sustainable Development Goals—such as ‘Microplastics’ (SDG 14) or ‘Carbon Neutral’ (SDG 13)—students collect data, evaluate evidence, and propose solutions with peers from other countries. Technology diplomacy focuses on the governance, ethics, and societal impacts of emerging technologies. Students can develop these...
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Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching
Education & Development

Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching

...openness of mind and heart that allows us to face reality even as we collectively imagine ways to move beyond boundaries, to transgress. This is education as the practice of freedom.” (p. 207) Possible projects that a critical pedagogy approach might look at could include: Can school councils support articulate pupils who will engage as better citizens? Do they provide...
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Article 10 mins
Heroes and Villains: The Outlaw in Early American Folk Music
Health, Sports & Psychology

Heroes and Villains: The Outlaw in Early American Folk Music

...Open University's Languages, cultures and communication courses. Folk music is music that is rarely written for profit, music that has endured, often passed down by oral tradition, investing a sense of identity in artist and listener alike. Folk music has imitation at its core. Its narratives and characters are usually already known to listeners, and they often refer to...
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The working-class garden
Society, Politics & Law

The working-class garden

...Open University's Open degree Laurie Taylor: Sometime in the early ‘70s I found myself in the back room of a very large estate pub chairing a meeting of local council tenants. Well as I remember, the meeting had been organised by a couple of tenants who felt particularly aggrieved by a recent rent rise, and by a university lecturer who thought that this grievance might,...
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Article 15 mins
Who are Europeans?
Society, Politics & Law

Who are Europeans?

...open to controversy, due to the lack of agreement as to what is meant by ‘European identity’ and hence the difficulty of its measurement. The problem of the issue of European identity partly stems from the assumption that the EU is, for both partisans and foes, a proto-nation state and hence the comparison between national and European identities is appropriate. If,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Voice-leading analysis of music 1: the foreground
History & The Arts

Voice-leading analysis of music 1: the foreground

...sources may be used in preparing an edition, in particular the composer's original manuscript where that is available. Occasions arise where there are two or more possible versions of a passage, and in these cases Schenker thought that by analysing each of them, he could prove which was more logical and musical, and therefore identify the one the composer intended to use....
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Sure, I know how to talk to people!
Money & Business

Sure, I know how to talk to people!

...open. How do you explain that? ROB: I'm- I mean, I was pretty kind of flustered at the time. I thought I did try them. But maybe I just kind of assumed that they were still locked from the day before. I don't know. INTERVIEWER: OK, thought you tried them- so did you or did you not try them? ROB: Well, I don't know. I can't remember. I- INTERVIEWER: Can't remember, OK....
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs