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Picturing the family
History & The Arts

Picturing the family

...Audrey Linkman Figure 93 Three Young Men 'horsing about' on the sands', Anon. © National Gallery of Scotland Don't miss 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...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Supporting babies and toddlers
Education & Development

Supporting babies and toddlers

...course draws on research and expertise from early childhood academics at The Open University and professionals at Early Years Wales...The first two years of a child’s life are a time of incredible change and development. This free course helps practitioners to understand these changes and explore how they can support babies and toddlers in early childhood settings. This...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Religious diversity: rethinking religion
History & The Arts

Religious diversity: rethinking religion

...course will also give you a taste of the Open University course A227 Exploring religion: places, practices, texts and experiences. This short free course focuses on a selection of religious places and practices in London. However, the full course explores religion in a more global context, with a focus on how religion is actually lived and practiced...Religious ......
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Two concepts of freedom
History & The Arts

Two concepts of freedom

...Open University. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 2 study in Arts and Humanities...Two concepts of freedom: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: distinguish between negative and positive concepts of freedom understand the main points in Isaiah Berlin's article ‘Two Concepts of Liberty’ recognise emotive language, to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Introducing social care and social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social care and social work

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course K123 Foundations for Social Care and Social Work Practice....Introduction: Introduction - This free course, Introducing social care and social work, will introduce you to different social care and social work practitioner roles. It will develop your understanding of the context in which social care and social...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
IT in everyday life
Science, Maths & Technology

IT in everyday life

...courses available with The Open University...IT in everyday life: 2.3 IT and you - Sometimes it's useful to stop and think a bit about your own experiences and focus on your own views. This can help you understand issues in more depth. For example, when studying the impact of IT on everyday life, your own experiences are a useful resource. Activity 4 Think of ways in...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Scales in space and time
Science, Maths & Technology

Scales in space and time

...badged open course, Mathematics for science and technology...Scales in space and time: 1.2 Units - When exploring different scales, you will inevitably encounter a number of different units. There is an International System of Units that gives a preferred unit (known as an SI unit) for each type of measurement. For time, this is seconds (abbreviated to s) and for distance...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Living without oil
Science, Maths & Technology

Living without oil

...course was written by John Baxter This free course is adapted from a former Open University course Living without oil (S176). Course image: Febe Patty in Flickr made available under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary, used under Licence and not subject to Creative Commons Licence. See ......
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs