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Five tips to make online teaching neuroinclusive
Education & Development

Five tips to make online teaching neuroinclusive

...simple validation of different types of learning. Tell your quiet students that it’s ok to learn by listening, reading and reflecting. Let other students know that it’s fine to need frequent repetition of key points, because some learning is iterative. Model different ways of processing and retaining information. Show your students that a neurodiverse learning...
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Understanding musical scores
History & The Arts

Understanding musical scores

...simple melodies to understand more about how to follow single lines of music in a score. Even if you don’t read music, you can get an idea of what rhythm patterns look like by the shape of the notes. As a general rule, the blacker the notes look and the more densely they occupy the space of the bar, the faster the notes in relation to the beat. The more open and white...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Primary education: listening and observing Badge icon
Education & Development

Primary education: listening and observing

...codes...Session 3: Observing learning: 3 Systematic observation - You can make more systematic observations using ‘codes’. Codes are pre-assigned numbers (or letters, or symbols) that represent specific actions, behaviours or words. When you observe using codes, for example, you log a number each time the child shows a specific behaviour. For example, you could use...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
An introduction to interaction design
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to interaction design

...code a simple mock-up of possible sequences; or if you wanted to test whether vibration would be an effective way for a virtual coach to ‘talk’ to the users, you might need to hack together a simple physical prototype using a small vibrating motor. High-fidelity prototypes are where the different functional and aesthetic aspects of an interactive product come...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Embarking on a career in cyber security
Digital & Computing

Embarking on a career in cyber security

...code background] If you studied Introduction to Cyber Security, you are now aware of the range of threats to the security of our online computer systems as well as some of the techniques and technologies that can be used to keep these systems safe from attack. As online systems become an ever important part of our daily lives, they are going to be increasingly attractive...
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Software and the law
Science, Maths & Technology

Software and the law

...codes of conduct. By formulating regulations in the form of technical standards, it is possible to help technology and people to work together more effectively. While these voluntary approaches to counteracting negative effects work in many situations, sometimes we need the full might of the state in order to ensure that harm is not done and that society and the economy...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Attention
Society, Politics & Law

Attention

...simple definition of the term, so I will not attempt to do so until the end of the course. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 3 study in Social Sciences...Attention: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand different cognitive psychological aproaches used to examine such forms of attention as attention to regions of...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Managing complexity: a systems approach
Society, Politics & Law

Managing complexity: a systems approach

...simple definitions for either systems thinking or systems practice. It's difficult to find definitions that capture all the perspectives that the ideas carry for people who think of themselves as systems thinkers and systems practitioners. Most systems practitioners seem to experience the same kind of difficulty in explaining what they do or what it means to be systemic...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs