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Exploring educational leadership
Education & Development

Exploring educational leadership

...educational leadership, provides an overview of the field of educational leadership and management. You will explore: the relationships between management and leadership; the scope of the field; different world views that underpin educational leadership research and practice; and some key concepts such as agency, power and authority and context. You will consider some...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Volunteering in the education sector
Education & Development

Volunteering in the education sector

...education? Read stories from OU staff on why they volunteer, what it means and how others can get involved...[Coloured pencils arranged into a circle] It may surprise you to learn that you can be involved in education even if you’re not a teacher. There are a range of ways that you can do that without being employed in a school, college or university, including as a...
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ThrustWSH education hub
Science, Maths & Technology

ThrustWSH education hub

In this hub you will find free learning resources related to the ThrustWSH water speed record project
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Assistive technologies and online learning
Education & Development

Assistive technologies and online learning

...education the kinds of assistive technology they may need to use include: technology that facilitates access to a standard PC, technology that facilitates access to the Internet, technology that facilitates access to and manipulation of written word[s], technology that facilitates access to and manipulation of spoken word[s], ......
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Introducing technology and innovation management
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing technology and innovation management

...technology and innovation management and is relevant to managers and students of technological innovation. You will learn about innovation types and processes, how innovation can add or create value, and about the management activities that underpin the innovation and value creation process. You do not need to have worked in a technology and innovation field, or have any...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Information technology: A new era?
Society, Politics & Law

Information technology: A new era?

...technology equate to a new industrial revolution? The advances made by IBM, Dell and many other manufacturers have resulted in massive changes to our working lives. This free course, Information technology: A new era?, looks at whether it is possible to predict the future of this industry by comparing it to the development of the automobile industry in the USA...Do the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Technology, networks and international order
Society, Politics & Law

Technology, networks and international order

...technological change and the rise in organised networks affected international order? William Brown, Senior Lecturer in Government and Politics, is joined by fellow Open University lecturers Dr Simon Bromley and Dr Helen Yanacopulos to investigate the key issues through recent events such as the 'Jubilee 2000 debt campaign’ and the financial crisis of 2008, along with a...
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Technology in sport since 1969
Health, Sports & Psychology

Technology in sport since 1969

...technology has had on the sporting World in the past 50 years. From drug cheats to how we watch sport - it's all covered...Back in 1966, three years prior to the charter date of The Open University (23 April 1969), the spaghetti Western - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly was released. The film grossed over $25million at the box office in North America alone. The relevance...
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