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Hafan: What do you know about Welsh language and culture?
Languages

Hafan: What do you know about Welsh language and culture?

...be interested in finding out more about Wales and Welsh by doing our short online course ‘Discovering Wales and Welsh’. For more information go to on the course select here. A free taster is available on OpenLearn in our free course Discovering Wales and Welsh: First Steps. We're proud that The OU in Wales took Hafan to the Senedd - you can read the full story ......
Hidden Maths
Science, Maths & Technology

Hidden Maths

...FREE online courses and interactive games to find out more about the history of Maths; and whether you’re currently studying or not, you’ll find our free resources useful in working out everything from VAT to how much grass seed to order to re-do the lawn this summer. If you’re interested in studying Maths and Stats specifically, or taking a course that involves an...
Article 5 mins
Fundamentals of accounting
Money & Business

Fundamentals of accounting

...free course, Fundamentals of accounting, will explain the fundamental purpose and role of accounting as well as the double-entry rules that are the foundation of all financial records and reports in any modern business...This free course, Fundamentals of accounting, will introduce you to the essential concepts and skills of bookkeeping and accounting in four weeks. To...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Think like a scientist
Science, Maths & Technology

Think like a scientist

...free courses Basic Science: Understanding Experiments and Basic Science: Understanding Numbers available from OpenLearn. http://www.open.edu/openlearn/free-courses... How to present your results A graph is a great way of telling a story with numbers but the same data can be presented using different ways. So how do you choose the right type of graph to use? Making it all...
Understanding language and learning
Languages

Understanding language and learning

...free course, Understanding language and learning, explains and illustrates the different relationships between language and learning, and these are illustrated through videos, activities and other examples...Learning is understood broadly as any kind of activity, whether in a formal or informal context, that enhances an individual’s knowledge or skills in one way or...
People-centred designing
Science, Maths & Technology

People-centred designing

...free course, People-centred designing, focuses firmly on usability and the increasingly important phenomenon of people-centred design. It aims to inform consumers of design (i.e., all of us) about this crucial characteristic of design. In addition to stimulating interest in areas of concern for producers of design, the course might also provide an introduction to...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Children’s perspectives on play
Education & Development

Children’s perspectives on play

...free course, Children's perspectives on play, you are asked to put yourself in the place of young children and to think about their view of play and their reasons for playing. When children have personal freedom to choose and make decisions about what and who they want to play with, as well as where they want to play, they are highly self-motivated and active in their...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Exploring critical social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring critical social work practice

...free course, Exploring critical social work practice will support you to question assumptions and navigate complexity as a critical social worker. Through practice scenarios and reflective activities, you will be supported to think critically, balance professional judgment and respond ethically to uncertainty – skills that are essential across all areas of social...