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First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship
Money & Business

First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship

...course provides you with a short introduction to innovation and entrepreneurship, clarifying some key themes and terminology and helping you to examine your own views about these important subjects...This free course provides you with a short introduction to innovation and entrepreneurship, clarifying some key themes and terminology and helping you to examine your own...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
A question of ethics: right or wrong?
Health, Sports & Psychology

A question of ethics: right or wrong?

...course. Learn about professional principles, managing relationships, and the responsibilities of coaches and instructors in fostering trust, integrity, and character development...This free course, A question of ethics: right or wrong?, discusses ethical and professional principles in sport and fitness environments. Working closely with individuals and developing...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Exploring educational leadership
Education & Development

Exploring educational leadership

...course, Exploring 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...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
An introduction to data and information in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to data and information in health and social care

...course, An introduction to data and information in health and social care, will help you to understand the ways computers and technology work with health data to produce information, and how exactly this impacts patient care...Have you ever wondered about how information and technology have impacted healthcare? What influence does all this have on how a day-to-day...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy with an online telescope

...course shows you how to navigate the night sky, and introduces the wide variety of objects it contains. You will develop a hands-on understanding of telescopic observations using the Open University’s own robotic telescope facility COAST sited on the island of Tenerife. Supported by your own measurements we illustrate how stars evolve, and study variable stars. For...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Speeches and speech-making
History & The Arts

Speeches and speech-making

...course, Speeches and speech-making, explores an aspect of language use where 'voices' and 'texts' converge: the art of speech-making...This free course, Speeches and speech-making, explores an aspect of language use where 'voices' and 'texts' converge: the art of speech-making....Speeches and speech-making: Introduction - The terms ‘voice’ and ‘text’ are...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Digital communications
Digital & Computing

Digital communications

...course, Digital communications, will illustrate how very high data rates can be transmitted over long distances through optical fibres. You will learn how these fibres are linked, examine the technology used and assess the future direction of this continually developing area of communication...Optical-fibre communications became commercially viable in the 1970s and...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role

...course, Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role, is designed to give an insight into the demands, both physically and mentally, of the caring role and look at how taking part in physical activity can offer benefits to the health and wellbeing of carers. Given the demands of the caring role, the course also looks at possible ways to start...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs