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Supporting climate action through digital education
Education & Development

Supporting climate action through digital education

...course will equip you for designing and delivering online, blended and technology-enhanced teaching and learning through a pedagogy of hope and care which supports your learners in understanding the causes and impacts of environmental collapse and in addressing them through global citizenship, individual and collective direct action, and democratic participation. The...
Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime Badge icon
Education & Development

Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime

...course will introduce you to the many ways of working with children in trouble with the law. You will learn about the emergence of the youth justice system in England and Wales and how it has changed over the years. A comparative approach provides opportunities to learn about the approaches taken in Northern Ireland and Scotland. You will explore topical issues...
Supporting physical development in early childhood
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting physical development in early childhood

...course, Supporting physical development in early childhood, you will learn how to ensure young children do enough physical activity and how it improves child mental and physical health development. As you explore the holistic health and developmental benefits of physical activity, you’ll learn low cost, effective ways of ensuring babies and young children meet the 180...
Algorithmic Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Algorithmic Design

...course explores the creative potential of designing with algorithms. This is part of the new BDes Design qualification at The Open University. Learn to think algorithmically and tweak code to create your own wallpaper patterns and be part of contemporary design practices. Through hands-on graphical experimentation using p5.js JavaScript, you'll get to experience concepts...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Young children, the outdoors and nature Badge icon
Education & Development

Young children, the outdoors and nature

...course, Young children, the outdoors and nature, looks at the importance of babies and toddlers having opportunities to engage with rich outdoor environments...Do you have a professional or personal interest in learning opportunities for young children? Are you working with children or are you a parent or carer? This free course, Young children, the outdoors and nature,...
Enacting European Citizenship (ENACT)
Money & Business

Enacting European Citizenship (ENACT)

...course, Enacting European Citizenship (ENACT), develops another way of thinking about European citizenship whereby European citizenship need not be granted by the state, limited to the territory within the EU borders or acted out by people who are already citizens...The term 'European citizenship' triggers an immediate association with the European Union, its member...
Introducing music research
History & The Arts

Introducing music research

...course you will explore diverse musical topics through four themes: inclusions and exclusions, practice, technology, and community. You will encounter music from different times, places and genres while being introduced a range of scholarly perspectives on music...Introducing music research provides you with insights into the wide variety of possibilities for studying...
Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Voice-leading analysis of music 1: the foreground
History & The Arts

Voice-leading analysis of music 1: the foreground

...course, Voice-leading analysis of music 1: the foreground, introduces 'voice-leading' or 'Schenkerian' analysis, perhaps the most widely used and discussed method of analysing tonal music. In this course, this method is explained through the analysis of piano sonatas by Mozart. The course is the first in the AA314 series of three courses on this form of harmonic analysis,...