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Getting started with Italian 1
Languages

Getting started with Italian 1

...learning Italian, this two-week course gives you a chance to start a new exciting learning experience. You’ll start from the basics to ordering food and drinks at the bar. This OpenLearn course is an extract from the beginning of the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course, LGXI001 Beginners Italian 1: primi passi. After completing this free course, you may...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Do sperm whales speak with local accents?
Science, Maths & Technology

Do sperm whales speak with local accents?

...learn like this. I have spent time with bottlenose dolphins, for instance, in many different locations around the world. One thing that has always struck me is that while these dolphins tend to do the same thing – such as hunt fish or play together – the way they do this can differ quite drastically between populations. In the late 1990s, Andy Whiten best articulated...
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Article 5 mins
Childhood in the digital age
Education & Development

Childhood in the digital age

...learning? The amount of technology available to many children today is greater than in any previous generation, and it is more specifically designed to capture their imaginations. There is heated debate as to how the digital influx is shaping children's development and experience, and whether some children are missing out if their homes don’t have smartphones or access...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
International Day of Peace
Miscellaneous

International Day of Peace

...Learn more about peace and coping after conflict with these learning resources...On 21 September the UN celebrates its International Day of Peace. The General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: It is not enough to teach children how to read,...
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Article 5 mins
Getting your Bearings
Science, Maths & Technology

Getting your Bearings

...how an ordinance survey map is produced before following three ramblers on a field trip in the Peak District. This material makes up part of the course MU120 Open mathematics... Getting your Bearings A short introduction to this album. Ordnance survey maps Learn how ordinance survey maps are accurately produced and quality controlled. Contour lines Three walkers begin a...
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Audio 27 mins
Introduction to Arabic
Education & Development

Introduction to Arabic

...learn the Arabic alphabet, vowels, and also a little bit about the history of the Arabic language...This free OpenLearn course is a two week pre-course for the Open University short course Introduction to Arabic Language and Culture by the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures. Completing this course will take you about four hours. This course focuses on the most basic...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Five tips to make online teaching neuroinclusive
Education & Development

Five tips to make online teaching neuroinclusive

...learning [Student using a tablet while two ther students are talking in the background - emphasising varied participation] Neurodivergent students may have been told for many years that they’re not learning in the ‘right’ way, because their approach to learning doesn’t fit mainstream teaching. So it’s not surprising that many neurodivergent students feel deeply...
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Article 5 mins
TESSA: Listening to Pupils
Education & Development

TESSA: Listening to Pupils

...learning situations. This material is from the TESSA (Teacher Education in Sub Saharan Africa) initiative... TESSA - Be Careful Ibrahim learns the importance of water and oxygen from a story Dawi tells him TESSA - The Eye Witness Kwame doesn't listen to his pupil and wishes he had. TESSA - Catch the Thief Major is not believed but then catches a thief TESSA - Something...
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Audio 17 mins