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Reading and child development: The Our Story app: Introduction
Education & Development

Reading and child development: The Our Story app: Introduction

...learning to read such as linking sounds to letters, but also the way learning becomes motivated and enjoyable when occurring in a familiar social context. But first, here's a brief description of what the app is and does - and why. Transcript We're sorry, but for the moment this app is only available for Apple devices. Our Story is an app designed so that you and your...
Tomorrow's World
Science, Maths & Technology

Tomorrow's World

...learning resources - from articles on whether robots should have rights, to explainers on how gene editing could improve our health in future, to OU research that's landed us on a comet - we've got it covered. We're also co-producing a number of programmes with the BBC for Tomorrow's World, including Britain's Greatest Invention and Horizon: 10 Things You Need to Know...
Skills for work
Education & Development

Skills for work

...learning (3 hours per week for 8 weeks). The courses are designed for unconfident learners coming back into education. They align to national levels 4/5 - (1st year undergraduate study). Each course is digitally badged, allowing the learner to earn and achieve recognition for their skills. Learners report a high level of satisfaction (95%) with the courses and over 85% of...
About the Design Hub
Science, Maths & Technology

About the Design Hub

...experiences. In addition, the Design Hub draws in content relevant to design from different subject areas in OpenLearn as well as linking to learning support materials, such as general study skills and course information. Interested in the background graphic on this page? Learn more about the mathematical pattern behind this kind of design here. Come in and take a look....
Are we taking the fun out of reading?
Education & Development

Are we taking the fun out of reading?

...learning from a very young age. But what will children actually learn from practices such as those described here? That reading is a matter of duty but also something dirty? My – admittedly unsystematic – observations are not unique to Australian libraries, as a recent study in a public library in a small town in the UK demonstrates (Smith, 2017). There, the...
How can I cope with exam stress?
Education & Development

How can I cope with exam stress?

...learn techniques to help you manage how you are feeling and to relax or calm down. If you can do this, then the second branch of the automatic nervous system, the parasympathetic branch, can switch on. This branch works in opposition to the sympathetic branch and releases neurochemicals into the body that can support and maintain a sense of calm – facilitating a relaxed...
Artists and authorship: the case of Raphael
History & The Arts

Artists and authorship: the case of Raphael

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand how both primary and secondary sources need to be read critically to identify and evaluate arguments and approaches understand and evaluate biography as a form of writing with its own traditions and conventions demonstrate a critical awareness of differing approaches to art history...
A polyglot life
Languages

A polyglot life

...learning was frankly a little bit weird for most people. It was tough for most of my classmates to understand how or why I would like French class, let alone why I would want to study even more languages that I didn’t have to study at school. Fortunately, I did have some tolerant friends during my school years, and they thought my quirky love of language was something...