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Introduction to computational thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to computational thinking

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course M269 Algorithms, data structures and computability...Introduction to computational thinking: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe the skills that are involved in computational thinking define and use the concepts of abstraction as modelling and abstraction as...
Talk the talk
Education & Development

Talk the talk

...course. An Open University Associate Lecturer and occasional stand-up comedian, Marshal has years of experience presenting himself both online and offline. He’ll introduce each week, reminding you of what you’ve learned and mentioning the highlights of the week ahead. Each week’s work is designed to take about three hours. This includes engaging with the course...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course T848 Managing technological innovation...Technology, innovation and management: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the issues around defining ‘technology’, ‘innovation’ and ‘innovation management’ recognise the diversity of types of innovation,...
Groups and teamwork
Science, Maths & Technology

Groups and teamwork

...Open University course team. The team has eight members who will work closely together for a period of at least three years on the development of a new course. A lot of the business of meetings involves commenting on each other's drafts of course units, but there is also pressure for the team to meet publishing deadlines. (b) The manager of an 'instant' print shop which...
Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Systems thinking and practice
Digital & Computing

Systems thinking and practice

...course Mastering systems thinking in practice. This course offers a digital badge as evidence of your participation...Systems thinking and practice: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: display confidence in using systems concepts and language describe accurately the set of key systems concepts understand what is distinctive about systems...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Introduction to operations management
Money & Business

Introduction to operations management

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course B207 Shaping business opportunities. The full course explores how organisations work by looking at their internal functions (operations management, human relations, finance and marketing). You will also learn about the external environment for businesses and how the economic and political context helps shape how...
Social marketing
Money & Business

Social marketing

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course B324 Marketing and society...Social marketing: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe and explain the meaning and nature of social marketing analyse social marketing problems and suggest ways of solving these recognise the range of stakeholders involved in social...
Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Hybrid working: organisational development
Money & Business

Hybrid working: organisational development

...open countryside. We also, of course, have a cultural distinction that in large parts of northern and western Wales, the Welsh language is significant, which is less so in, say, parts of Monmouthshire or Powys. And that builds another dimension, I think, into the character of life in those areas, how people think about their place, the importance they put on that, and...