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Dr Jean-Francois Soussana - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Dr Jean-Francois Soussana - Stories of Change

...Adaptation and Vulnerability. He was Lead Author for the Third, Fourth and Fifth Assessment Reports in the field of agriculture, forests and ecosystems and shared the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2007. He has contributed to international research programs (GCTE, Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems; GCP, Global Carbon Project) and to scientific expertise for FAO. He has...
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Learning Design resources to support embedding sustainability competencies and learning outcomes in course materials
Education & Development

Learning Design resources to support embedding sustainability competencies and learning outcomes in course materials

...adaptation under a creative commons licence. They can be found and downloaded from the Learning Design Blog. There are also crib sheets which provide guidance on possible ways to use several of the resources. Connecting with the HE community Another way to gather and adapt existing sustainability practices is by connecting with the wider HE community. Learning from and...
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Science, Maths & Technology

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in STEM

...et al. (1997) developed an evaluation framework that has six guiding principles or ‘yardsticks of excellence’ or criteria: clear goals, adequate preparation, appropriate methods, outstanding results, effective communication and a reflective critique. As you have seen earlier in the course, sharing the results of a SoTL inquiry is the distinguishing characteristic...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring the psychological aspects of sport injury

...et al., 2015). Whilst Lydia is not qualified to deliver sport and exercise psychology support to Travis she can still deliver what Heaney (2006) terms ‘frontline’ psychological support, which could involve social support e.g. listening to Travis talk about how the injury is making him feel. Here’s what Lois’s coach Wilma had to say: Case study: The perspective of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Marketing in the 21st Century
Money & Business

Marketing in the 21st Century

...et al., 2012, p. 632) This free course is an adapted extract from an Open University course BB844 Marketing in the 21st century...Marketing in the 21st century: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: articulate whether marketing is a process or philosophy think analytically, creatively and in an integrated manner about marketing ethics...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
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Education & Development

Teaching and learning tricky topics

...et al., 2011, Lucas and Mladenovic, 2007). Threshold concepts focus on the cognitive (thinking) domain of learning rather than the affective (feelings, moods and emotions) or behavioural (physical/kinaesthetic) domains of learning (see Bloom’s (1956) characterisation of learning)...Week 1 Tricky topics and threshold concepts: 1.1 Why do misunderstandings occur in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
What do we mean by digital health and social care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do we mean by digital health and social care?

...adapted extract from the Open University course K102 Introducing health and social care....What do we mean by digital health and social care?: Introduction - This free course, What do we mean by digital health and social care?, will focus on digital health and social care technologies. Digital health technologies encompass a range of innovations and interventions. During...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
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Education & Development

Young children, the outdoors and nature

...et al. (2014) remind us that there can often be much higher concentrations of bacteria within an Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) setting than outside and of course world events such as the pandemic caused by COVID-19 has led to a renewed interest in using the outdoors as a protective factor against spreading disease. Research offers evidence in several areas...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs