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Motivation and goal setting - Academic Study Skills
Education & Development

Motivation and goal setting - Academic Study Skills

...Open this tutorial in a new tab. More like this Cardiff University offer a wide range of online tutorials and other study-skills support aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate taught students. These include tips on how to study more effectively, time management, what is meant by critical thinking, as well as specific guidance on writing to a university standard. [Cardiff...
Emotion in motion: Supporting children’s understanding of different emotions through dance
Education & Development

Emotion in motion: Supporting children’s understanding of different emotions through dance

...Open University...Since March, children in the UK (and elsewhere) have been dealing with a range of often strong emotions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether a child is now being taught in school (as some are) or as ‘distance-learners’ based at home, dance has something to offer in terms of their social and emotional learning. As a team embracing the arts,...
Welsh history and its sources
History & The Arts

Welsh history and its sources

...resource is a set of short extracts from the first three BBC/Open University television series Coast, originally broadcast between 2005 and 2007. They explore some of the historical stories that make up the unique character of the Welsh coastline. The second video resource is taken from Open University course AA302 From composition to performance: musicians at work, and...
Level 1: Introductory 25 hrs
Tomorrow's World
Science, Maths & Technology

Tomorrow's World

...Open University, has brought back Tomorrow's World to discover how our lives are changing with advancements in science...[Tomorrow's World Logo] BBC Tomorrow's World has partnered with leading UK science institutions, including The Open University, to discover how our lives will be inspired and changed by science. To celebrate this, we've curated some of our most popular...
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Need inspiration? Start with what’s trending on OpenLearn: our Top 10s showcase the content learners are loving right now..._Find out more about The Open University's Open degree. _ With thousands of free learning resources across OpenLearn – from quick quizzes and interactive games to full-length online courses – it can be hard to know where to begin. That’s where our...
Play, learning and the brain
Education & Development

Play, learning and the brain

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Play, learning and the brain: References - Bruer, J. T. (1999) ‘In search of … brain-based education’, Kappa Professional Journal, Phi Delta Kappa International: http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/kbru9905.htm Chipongian, L. (2004) Brain Based Teaching and Learning....
Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Creativity, community and ICT
Education & Development

Creativity, community and ICT

...Open University's Digital Education Enhancement Project (DEEP) links students in remote and poor communities in South Africa with children in Milton Keynes and London by video conference on a monthly basis. They discuss topics of mutual interest – music, the environment, marriage, etc., in order to learn about each others' experiences, views and cultures. In the case...
Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Meet the OU experts behind 'Hospital'
Health, Sports & Psychology

Meet the OU experts behind 'Hospital'

...Open University's academics Julie Messenger and Dr Rajvinder Samra advised on our co-production 'Hospital'; here's what they think of the series...[hospital staff with a machine] Julie Messenger, academic consultant on the programme and Head of Nursing at The Open University, on what makes Hospital different from other programmes: "Unlike other hospital programmes which...