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...change my name and email details? 1. Name change in your OpenLearn profile 'My OpenLearn' is your user profile. To amend your profile name, click on 'My OpenLearn', which is displayed near the top of each page, and select ‘Edit my profile and display settings’. You can control what information you share with other people - allowing you to choose if you want to learn...
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Teaching secondary mathematics
Education & Development

Teaching secondary mathematics

...change teaching so that students are happy to be lifelong learners and users of mathematics understand how can mathematics be creative...Teaching secondary mathematics: 1 Key issue 1: Why do people learn mathematics and how can it be taught effectively? - As a teacher, you will have to deal with attitudes towards mathematics and explain the mathematics that you expect...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
What can Chinese students in Southampton teach us about going green?
Nature & Environment

What can Chinese students in Southampton teach us about going green?

...change people's behaviour...Much academic literature has been written about behaviour change. The traditional, ‘common-sense’ view is that attitudes precede behaviours, as stated in Azjen’s Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). This model has influenced policy-makers to seek to change citizens’ behaviour by simply providing information or providing feedback about the...
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Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor

...changing climate, so that the ground is still covered with snow when the marmots arouse from hibernation (earlier than used to be the case), making food hard to find. Summary of Section 1 Hibernation is a physiological and behavioural adaptation whose function is to maximize energy efficiency in animals remaining in the same area the whole year round. It is an alternative...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Innovation in health and social care practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care practice

...changes the expectations and job roles for health and social care practitioners. You will learn about what these expectations might be on practitioners and also about common responses and criticisms that may arise from transforming practice through technology...This free course, Innovation in health and social care practice, focuses on how digital technology and...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Dr Eric Addae Kyeremeh on his experience at The Open University
Education & Development

Dr Eric Addae Kyeremeh on his experience at The Open University

...changes he has noticed over the past ten years, working at the OU, and his highlights...Key moments: In the first video Eric describes his experience of working at the OU for the past ten years, and the success he has had in that time. Eric explains his key moments and highlights. Transcript Staffing changes: When Eric started working at the OU, he noticed he did not...
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The Jewish Ghetto of Renaissance Venice
History & The Arts

The Jewish Ghetto of Renaissance Venice

...providing credit to high risk groups Jews could help boost consumer spending. But did this relative tolerance last? Later in the 16th century life became much more difficult for Venetian Jews. Depending on the economic and cultural climate of the day, the Jewish community was either fostered or hounded. Venice, amongst the cities in Europe, was not unique in this regard....
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Sands of time
Science, Maths & Technology

Sands of time

...climate. Other rocks may have much coarser grains that resemble sand or even pebbles. These may have formed along ancient coastlines, on beaches, sand dunes and in rivers, in much the same way as they are today. If they are red in colour, such as along the Devon coastline, they may have been deposited in an ancient desert. The red colour is due to the presence of iron...
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