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DNA, RNA and protein formation
Science, Maths & Technology

DNA, RNA and protein formation

...writing the message A more detailed look at transcription, showing how messenger RNA is formed. Translation: reading the message The role of transfer RNA in building protein chains from the information in messenger-RNA. Creating three dimensional structures How protein chains form into three dimensional structures, and the role of ribosomes in protein synthesis....
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Audio 21 mins
Effective communication in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Effective communication in the workplace

...writing will keep you focused, even if you never need to refer to the notes after the event. If there are just too many distractions, tell the speaker at the earliest opportunity and suggest you move to a different place or delay the conversation until it is quieter. Finally, make sure that you are not the cause of the distraction. Playing with your pen, or looking at...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Approaching poetry
History & The Arts

Approaching poetry

...writing, music, painting that we are interested in, and why they produced it. But it may also mean understanding why one particular form was chosen rather than another: why, for example, did the poet choose to write a sonnet rather than an ode, a ballad, or a villanelle? To appreciate the appropriateness of one form, we need to be aware of a range of options available to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Week 5 Civilisations: The debate
History & The Arts

Week 5 Civilisations: The debate

...creativity, and new inventions inspired by the revival of Europe's classical past. Recently, however, the Renaissance has become 'globalised', as alternative readings of the art of the period take into account of the interdependencies that bound Europe to the rest of the world. In this episode Simon Schama looks at a wide range of art, architecture, and material culture,...
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Article 5 mins
Connecting unseen dots
Education & Development

Connecting unseen dots

...creativity, communication and collaboration, which are all underpinned by a more democratic view of who and how we generate new thinking (including children and young people). In response to the final question, Mathew shared some initial findings from his research showing that what young people and students bring into the educational space is often underreported, and...
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Video 25 mins
Appreciative Inquiry
Education & Development

Appreciative Inquiry

...creative methodologies to disrupt existing narratives, and the importance of storytelling about a ‘different’ future to create collaborations to ‘doing differently’. [A digital brainstorming session on Appreciative Inquiry using virtual sticky notes.]Padlet board of a digital brainstorming session on Appreciative Inquiry using virtual sticky notes. As a group, we...
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Video 15 mins
Stories from our Black students
Money & Business

Stories from our Black students

...creative commons licence which allows all our content to be re-used for educational purposes if The Open University is credited. More details are available here. Acknowledgements Catherine Comfort would like to thank the students who contributed to the research and who talked about their lives. Their names have been changed and they contributed anonymously to the PhD...
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Audio 15 mins
Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems
Nature & Environment

Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems

...writing to use words in a precise and careful way. So it is important to be able to recognise and understand important terms when you come across them. Note any terms in the definition that you feel are especially important to its meaning. Discussion I noted four terms that seemed to be particularly important: ‘scientific’, ‘organisms’, ‘interrelationships’...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs