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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...
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Article 10 mins
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...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Professionals negotiating different ways of knowing
Education & Development

Professionals negotiating different ways of knowing

...study can work alongside professional learning to resolve workplace challenges. ...This content is associated with The Open University's Professional Doctorates (EdD/DHSC) When undertaking a Professional Doctorate, such as the EdD or the DHSC, successful candidates write a thesis which makes an original contribution to knowledge. These degrees are usually undertaken...
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Article 5 mins
Meet the ThrustWSH project team
Science, Maths & Technology

Meet the ThrustWSH project team

...skills do we need to turn our dream into reality? Would you have the skills to work on the ThrustWSH team? In the next video you'll hear from Dick Barton who explains what the RAF taught him and some of the practical skills that are needed to be part of the team. You'll also hear from Leonard Newton as he explains how learning what works is achieved through building and...
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Video 30 mins
The Student Experience
OpenLearn Ireland

The Student Experience

...studied for a long time, doing an OU course can seem a daunting prospect. Find out what’s really involved by listening to these students talking about how they found time for the work; some of the sacrifices involved; whether it had all been worthwhile; and the kind of help they got from their OU tutors. Despite the very real challenges of studying whilst coping with...
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Audio 25 mins
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....
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Digital innovation in social care and social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Digital innovation in social care and social work

...studying this course, you should be able to: identify the ways in which digital technologies are used in social care services evaluate the impact of digital technologies in the home and community on peoples’ wellbeing evaluate how digital technologies in social care can impact on the cost and sustainability of service provision...Digital innovation in social care and...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Opening up history: the intersections of tobacco consumption and modern war
History & The Arts

Opening up history: the intersections of tobacco consumption and modern war

...study it at GCSE or A Level, for instance (choosing geography and sociology instead) – but I sort of grew to love it over time. To hedge my bets a bit, I studied an interdisciplinary joint degree (English and History) and really enjoyed seeing how the two disciplines overlapped. But, when it came to completing my dissertation, I was fascinated by the historical research...
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