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Discovering development management
Money & Business

Discovering development management

...Open University course T878 Capacities for managing development...Discovering development management: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: write a working definition of development management apply the complexity, emergence, difference (CoDE) framework to selected cases of development management develop some initial judgements of...
Exploring family health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring family health

...Open Learn course, it is a good idea to pause and reflect on the experience...Exploring family health: References - Alzheimer’s Society (2012) What is Alzheimer’s Disease? [Online]. Available at https:/ www.alzheimers.org.uk/ site/ scripts/ documents_info.php?documentID=100 (Accessed 09 January 2013). BBC News (2012) Case studies: Life in the system...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Numbers, units and arithmetic
Science, Maths & Technology

Numbers, units and arithmetic

...course originated at The Open University. Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don’t miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Achieving public dialogue
Science, Maths & Technology

Achieving public dialogue

...Day and Jane Smith who, in their role as associate lecturers with the Open University, co-authored this material. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
Developing good academic practice
Education & Development

Developing good academic practice

...Open University Course Team Chair As far as we’re concerned, writing in your own words is your opportunity to demonstrate your understanding of the concepts involved. It used to be said that lectures were a process by which the notes of the professor became the notes of the student without ever passing through the mind of either. Therefore we use in your own words as a...
Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Innovation in health and social care practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care practice

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course K102 Introducing health and social care....Innovation in health and social care practice: Introduction - This free course, Innovation in health and social care, focuses on how digital technology and innovation changes the expectations and jobs roles for health and social care practitioners. During the ......
Reading visual images
Society, Politics & Law

Reading visual images

...Open University courses. What is the status of photographs as evidence? Is there any real difference between news and advertising pictures, for instance? How, as social scientists, should we approach the ‘reading’ or analysis of documentary photographs? Can we use photographs to inform us about key dimensions of modern society such as gender, ethnicity, class and...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Recovery strategies in sport and exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Recovery strategies in sport and exercise

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course E314 Exploring contemporary issues in sport and exercise...Recovery strategies in sport and exercise: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: recognise the importance of recovery in an exercise programme evaluate the role of recovery strategies in sport and exercise identify the...