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Collaborative problem solving for community safety
Money & Business

Collaborative problem solving for community safety

...community safety, offers a range of techniques for community police officers, other community-based public service professionals and members of community groups working to solve problems collaboratively and creatively. It examines some of the ways which OU specialists in creative problem solving recommend to tackle difficult problems, and how to implement them in a...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Fancy a mission? Join the Weather-It community
Science, Maths & Technology

Fancy a mission? Join the Weather-It community

...community open for weather experts, people passionate with weather, and people having an interest in weather. You can sign up with the online Weather-it community, create and join weather missions (investigations), collaborate with weather experts or help non-experts, meet and discuss with the other community members, and you can also win prizes every month (top...
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Article 5 mins
Applying your community engagement skills
Society, Politics & Law

Applying your community engagement skills

...community engagement and leadership. In the previous 9 courses there has been the opportunity to build a wide range of skills in leadership, communication, working with others and decision-making, in the context of policing within a community. We advise strongly that you do not start this course until you have completed the other 9 courses. This last course is to be used...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Public health communication during a pandemic
Languages

Public health communication during a pandemic

...communication has a vital role in any national government’s response to a pandemic and that is to get the ‘right’ message to the ‘right’ people, at the ‘right’ time. But what are the ingredients of the ‘right message’ in an emergency crisis communication like the one we are currently experiencing? And what are the conditions under which the ‘right...
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Article 10 mins
A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis
Languages

A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis

...communication: hieroglyphics to emojis, is an introduction to the history of writing, and the key role it plays in human communication. It tracks this history from the invention of writing around 5500 years ago to the mass popularity of emojis today...This free course, A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis, is an introduction to the history of writing,...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Reading communities: why, what and how?
Education & Development

Reading communities: why, what and how?

...community of readers in your classroom and/or school? If so, how will you know when you’ve achieved your goal? What are the key characteristics of such communities? Can these be seen, heard, felt, experienced? What strategies and practices will help you succeed? Is there a fail-safe route? A motorway between research and practice? Whilst this article responds to these...
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Article 10 mins
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness

...Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness, explores the personal skills that underpin so much work in sport and gyms. We often hear employers refer to the importance of these interpersonal relationships or ‘soft skills’ in sport and fitness, and in this unique course you’ll build valuable insights into understanding workplace communication,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration

...and digital collaboration skills are now essential for new ways of working and thriving in a digital world. As more organisations move to permanent hybrid working, being able to connect with others, manage your digital persona and use the digital tools and understand expectations is becoming more important...Communication and digital collaboration skills are now...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs