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Accessibility and inclusion in digital health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Accessibility and inclusion in digital health

...study of a Good Things Foundation project designed to help people who lack skills in digital literacy: A Place of Welcome Disadvantaged in Leeds developing Skills for Tomorrow As you read the case studies, make notes on the following: identify who each project reaches out to help what are some of the issues that each project helps address? Discussion A Place of Welcome...
Opening up history: religion and politics in the Elizabethan era
History & The Arts

Opening up history: religion and politics in the Elizabethan era

...studied the Tudors at A-Level, and loved the period, especially the reign of Elizabeth, though I never did (and in some ways still don’t) find Elizabeth herself exceptionally compelling. Over one summer holidays I read J. E. Neale’s biography of Elizabeth, published in 1934 and which is still arguably the best account of her life. I was fascinated by the political...
Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction
Digital & Computing

Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction

...study. My third purpose is to support you in acquiring the skills of assessing the quality of your own diagrams. The case study you will be engaging with is very complex and it would be possible to draw an enormous range of diagrams of each type, each highlighting different features of the situation and each taking a slightly different perspective. This means that, if you...
Caring for adults
Health, Sports & Psychology

Caring for adults

...skills. There may be many reasons why you have chosen to study Caring for adults. It might be to support your development as you move into a social care role or for your professional development as a paid carer. The skills and knowledge you will develop are relevant if you provide direct care to patients and other cared-for people. Caring for adults is made up of five...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Getting started with Chinese 3
Languages

Getting started with Chinese 3

...skills and provide you with some essential vocabulary and expressions to improve your Mandarin Chinese in everyday situations. You will practice speaking, listening, writing and reading through a variety of online activities that will allow you to enjoy the full experience of immersing into the Chinese language and culture. This OpenLearn course is an extract from the...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The Open University and SWAP Learning Hub
Education & Development

The Open University and SWAP Learning Hub

...studying SWAP courses. SWAP students can find courses that offer new topics to explore, build on their study with SWAP, and help prepare for further study at university. We hope these resources will help you on your educational journey..._Find out more about The Open University's Open degree. _ [The Open University and SWAP logos.] Welcome to The Open University and SWAP...
Promoting the effective management of children’s pain
Health, Sports & Psychology

Promoting the effective management of children’s pain

...study. It is best to tackle them in order, but you can of course, go back and look again over aspects that you would like to revisit for any reason. You will probably want to make notes as you go along, so choose your preferred method for this, either writing in a notebook or on your computer or tablet. There will also be free response box options inside the activities....
Reading: re-asserting the potency of the personal
Education & Development

Reading: re-asserting the potency of the personal

...skills of decoding and comprehension and fostering reading for pleasure.Yet it is possible to build human connections between readers and texts and to make the life-to-text and text-to-life moves which are core to reading in the real world. A balance needs to be wrought between teaching the skills of decoding and comprehension and fostering reading for pleasure. Such...