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Teaching and learning tricky topics Badge icon
Education & Development

Teaching and learning tricky topics

...Writing a trace table Computing/ Technology Polymorphism: Object oriented programming Inheritance, loose coupling and dynamic binding, abstraction, relationships Physics Heat transfer Mathematical formalisation, equations, functions Physics Magnetism Charge distribution Coulomb’s third law Induction Charge and electric field Magnetic field Magnetic force Physics...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Oliver Sacks: "You are in the hands of a master storyteller"
Health, Sports & Psychology

Oliver Sacks: "You are in the hands of a master storyteller"

...write like this: you need to get right to the point. But I like how Oliver Sacks starts in a matter-of-fact way. If you say that you cannot write in an interesting and straightforward way about your technical field, ask yourself how a neurologist writing about the intricacies of the brain became a bestselling author. He did it because he clearly explained the fascinating...
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Article 5 mins
Understanding Classical terms
History & The Arts

Understanding Classical terms

...writing about the Classical world needs to make various choices concerning consistency in defining dates, spelling and use of names. Here’s some guidance from the OU 219 Course Team...Who, where and when: getting to know Classical terms This first introductory article provides a brief overview to help people who may not be familiar with studying the Classical world feel...
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Activity 5 mins
A parasocial Valentine's letter
History & The Arts

A parasocial Valentine's letter

...writing a love letter to Wuthering Heights’ Catherine ‘Cathy’ Earnshaw...Catherine is the passionate, wild and headstrong protagonist from Emily Brontë’s famous novel, Wuthering Heights. And yes, also the song of the same name by Kate Bush. It is a novel (and song come to that) which Graham loves and Catherine is one of his favourite characters... so much so that...
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Article 5 mins
Thinking Outside the Box
Society, Politics & Law

Thinking Outside the Box

...creative practice tend to overlap and sometimes merge and I don’t think this is a particularly rare phenomenon. There is a distinction, however: when wearing the illustrator or visual facilitator hat I work for other people and use my skills to help them communicate complex ideas. When I put the artist hat on, I delve deeper into the issues I personally care about and...
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Article 5 mins
What are Mintzberg’s five components of an organisation? The one-minute guide
Money & Business

What are Mintzberg’s five components of an organisation? The one-minute guide

...in 1979, Henry Mintzberg identified five components to answer the question 'what is an organisation?'...Find out more about Business and Management degrees a The Open University [Some people doing vaguely business-related things] These are clearly stock image people. What would it take to make them an organisation? Henry Mintzberg, writing in The Structure of...
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Article 1 min
International Day of Peace
Miscellaneous

International Day of Peace

...It is not enough to teach children how to read, write and count. Education has to cultivate mutual respect for others and the world in which we live, and help people forge more just, inclusive and peaceful societies.Learn more about the processes of peace, the aftermath of conflict and more with the articles, interactive, free courses and videos below. More about peace...
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Article 5 mins
Get ready for beginners’ French Badge icon
Languages

Get ready for beginners’ French

...Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this free course: Images Course image: Nil Castellví / unsplash Every effort has been made to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs