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Distance education: Do students believe it should be fun?
Education & Development

Distance education: Do students believe it should be fun?

...study experience. Various universities in Europe, South America and Africa have highlighted that many students are not prepared for the replacement of their full face-to-face learning with distance education.Consequently, understanding factors that influence learners’ engagement and enjoyment with online studies has been foregrounded for many educators, and their...
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Article 20 mins
Accredited CPD Courses for Career Growth
Education & Development

Accredited CPD Courses for Career Growth

...skills, earn verified CPD points and showcase your achievements to employers or professional networks...Benefits of Our Free CPD Courses: Earn CPD-accredited certificates and badges – Each course equals 24 CPD points. Download a Statement of Participation – Free and printable evidence of CPD learning. Share your achievements – Display badges on LinkedIn,...
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Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept

...skills develops at the early age of 6 years (McGeown et al., 2015) and that children can be both intrinsically and extrinsically motivated at the same time (McGeown et al., 2012). The positive connotation of the word ‘pleasure’ also deserves nuancing when examining young people’s volitional engagement in reading. The experience itself may evoke a wide range of...
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An education in Religion and Worldviews
History & The Arts

An education in Religion and Worldviews

...study law, I believe the main essential skill would be to debate. And I don't think I would have learned how to do that if I hadn't studied RE. MO I know there are people alive today that wouldn't be if it wasn't for the work of all my colleagues within the brigade. SENA I am really happy that I studied RE in school, because RE was the main subject that pushed me towards...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Open Pathways
Education & Development

Open Pathways

...study tips, and pathways from informal into formal learning. Learners in Scotland can also request a paper version, contact: Scotland-engagement@open.ac.uk Getting Started: 1) Explore To help you get started on OpenLearn, we’ve suggested a few short resources (less than 1 hour), such as videos, quizzes and animations. They are all at introductory level so should be...
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Activity 1 hr
Sibling rivalry: An important ingredient in sporting success?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sibling rivalry: An important ingredient in sporting success?

...skill level. In an earlier study on the physical performance of pre-school children, those children with older brothers or sisters performed better than only or first born children. So why is this the case? The competiveness for attention demonstrated by Rebecca Adlington and Victoria Pendleton may be one answer. Evidence suggests that later born children are more...
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Article 10 mins
Opening up history: teaching transatlantic slavery in British schools
History & The Arts

Opening up history: teaching transatlantic slavery in British schools

...study it at university, but she became profoundly deaf when she was a teenager and then the Second World War intervened. She would tell me stories about Tudors and Stuarts, and she also visited local schools to recount her memories of the Blitz in London. Her love of history was infectious, and she inspired my interest in the past. 2. What is your specialist area and how...
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Succeed in the workplace Badge icon
Education & Development

Succeed in the workplace

...study, work or personal life which demonstrate key skills – and memorise a few. Update your research on the employer, if it has been awhile since your application was made. Plan the questions you want to ask in the interview. Once you’ve done this basic preparation put yourself in the position of the interviewer and review your application or CV. The following...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs