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Approaching prose fiction
History & The Arts

Approaching prose fiction

...techniques will vary from character to character. Some characters are central to a story; often there will be one main character, around whom the narrative revolves: Pip in Great Expectations, for example, or, we may reasonably surmise from the opening paragraph we looked at earlier, Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey. We expect that such characters, and others close...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Introduction to music theory 1: form
History & The Arts

Introduction to music theory 1: form

...technique involving the presentation of musical material that has not been heard before. * elision The overlapping of one section of music (e.g. the end of a melody) with another. * embedding The nesting of a smaller form or forms within a larger one. * form (adj. formal) The organisation of music in time. * genre A style or kind of music. * harmonium A keyboard...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Retail marketing
Money & Business

Retail marketing

...techniques to interact with their customers...Retail marketing: 1 A definition of retailing - Figure 1 As a consumer we all have our own experiences of buying the goods and services we need for our everyday consumption. Additionally, we have our own opinions of the different types of retailers we encounter while shopping. Activity 1 asks you to draw on your own shopping...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Accessibility of eLearning
Education & Development

Accessibility of eLearning

...techniques used by disabled students, the adjustments to teaching methods that might be reasonable, design decisions which affect the accessibility of eLearning tools and strategies for evaluation...It is part of a teaching professional's skills to understand the needs of a diverse population of students. This free course, Accessibility of eLearning, introduces the...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings

...techniques. However, mindfulness is now recognised as something that can be of benefit, regardless of whether or not you have spiritual or religious beliefs. One way in which we can practise mindfulness is by setting aside time to sit silently and pay attention to the sensations of our breathing. Two: Mindfulness can help you manage pain. The human condition includes...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO)
Money & Business

Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO)

...techniques. The responsibilities of a PMO can range from providing project management support functions to actually being responsible for the direct management of one or more projects. (PMI, 2013, p. 10) The role of the PMO is a difficult one to define accurately due to the variations in approach by organisations and individuals. This section gives generic classifications...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world

...techniques to help you to present yourself well online and improve your digital profile. You can now go to Week 3...Week 2: Getting up and running: Acknowledgements - This free course was written by Katharine Reedy, Natasha Huckle and Wendy Mears and first published in 2016. It was partly updated in 2020 by Sue Lowe. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The Seasons in Art
History & The Arts

The Seasons in Art

...technique to show us both the figures warming themselves indoors and those working in the cold outside. Increasingly, however, winter landscapes were depicted as places not of work but of enjoyment – the skaters who appear in the background of Bruegel’s painting move centre stage in the work of the seventeenth century Dutch painter Hendrick Avercamp, who made a...
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Video 15 mins