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Introduction to music theory 1: form
History & The Arts

Introduction to music theory 1: form

...out to existing or potential financial sponsors (it is often necessary to have the support of wealthy patrons in order to make a living as a musician in the DROC) (White, 2008, p. 171). These are spoken or sung by an atalaku, a vocalist who takes over from the lead singer during this part of the song (White, 2008). In addition to the atalaku, the seben typically features...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Intermediate French: Understanding spoken French
Languages

Intermediate French: Understanding spoken French

...out of politeness. Let people know. Get as much exposure to the language as possible. Podcasts, films, music-- there’s plenty of choice out there. Don’t focus on trying to understand everything you hear. Instead, try to enjoy the sound and flow and get comfortable with it. ...Intermediate French: Understanding spoken French: 2 Using knowledge of the topic and context...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Introducing key global development challenges
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing key global development challenges

...out more, explore this OpenLearn article, which includes a video explaining what you can expect to learn....Introducing key global development challenges: Introduction - Development is about change at local, national, international and global levels. Building a new shopping centre, changing national educational policy, creating international defence alliances, or...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Part 1: Understanding concepts of STiP: Introduction - Part 1 Understanding concepts of STiP introduces basic principles of...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
Introduction to business agility
Money & Business

Introduction to business agility

...out on a great, big, long wall or a table or something. This idea happened, then it went to this committee, then it went to this conversation, then it went to that committee, work was done, passed on to another team, more work was done. Eventually, things happen. When you lay out that value end to end and you date stamp it, when did these things happen, because you're...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Developing a research question in International Relations
Society, Politics & Law

Developing a research question in International Relations

...out clear parameters for the research and defining her cases carefully, she provides a stronger evidence base with an important conclusion: UN peacekeeping works. In your own research, you need to begin by thinking about the puzzle you want to examine and the best way of interrogating it. Will you ask a ‘how’ question to understand something, or a hypothesis-testing...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Exploring innovative assessment methods
Education & Development

Exploring innovative assessment methods

...out and buy them. They bring them for a reason. But the students are bringing this technology anyway, so why not get them to use it? [VIDEO PLAYBACK] [CHATTER] [LAUGHTER] [END PLAYBACK] Video 1 Comment An advantage of using pictures to teach language skills in formative assessment with a mobile device is that it allows the learners greater freedom of movement to learn...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Language on the move: Migrating literature and Zachary Richard’s Cajun tales
Languages

Language on the move: Migrating literature and Zachary Richard’s Cajun tales

...out on an uncertain journey during which they are joined by four frogs—Jean, Jacques, Pierre, and Paul—and two grasshoppers—Henri and Madame La Sauterelle. They find themselves in a number of dangerous situations, but are helped by other friendly animals crossing their path, such as the spider l’Araignée Arc-en-ciel and the alligator Monsieur Le Coteau Qui Parle,...
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Article 15 mins