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Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world

...free course designed to help you thrive in the digital world. Explore key skills such as managing your digital identity, staying safe, finding reliable information, and maintaining digital well-being — all while developing a critical, reflective approach to life online... [Microsoft and Open University logos.] This course is part of the OpenLearn AI Hub: a collaboration...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Young people and religion: creative learning with history
History & The Arts

Young people and religion: creative learning with history

...free course, Young people and religion: creative learning with history, will train teachers and others working with young people on how to engage them in learning about religious diversity past and present through the creative process of making short, creative films (Docutubes). It is based on the RETOPEA (Religious Toleration and Peace) project, which has worked...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Heritage case studies: Scotland
History & The Arts

Heritage case studies: Scotland

...free course, Heritage case studies: Scotland, uses two case studies to demonstrate how heritage sites have helped to forge the Scottish national identity and history...The heritage traditions of Scotland are unique in comparison to the rest of Britain. This free course, Heritage case studies: Scotland, uses two case studies to demonstrate how heritage sites have helped to...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
An education in Religion and Worldviews
History & The Arts

An education in Religion and Worldviews

...free course was written by Suzanne Newcombe with important input from Carrie Alderton, Amy Ark, Phil Champain, Sarah Harvey, Anna Lockley-Scott and Kathryn Wright. This OpenLearn course was sponsored by Culham St Gabriel’s Trust as part of collaborative partnership grant between the Faith and Belief Forum, The Open University’s Religious Studies Department and Inform...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research
Education & Development

Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research

...free course, An introduction to classroom research, provides a basic introduction to research design and illustrates two methodologies, case study and action research, by drawing on examples from the classroom. The activities in the course provide an opportunity for you to design and develop your own project...This is the fourth of four courses which comprise the ......
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Diagrams, charts and graphs
Science, Maths & Technology

Diagrams, charts and graphs

...free course will teach you how to interpret these tools and how to use them yourself to convey information more effectively...Diagrams, charts and graphs are used by all sorts of people to express information in a visual way, whether it's in a report by a colleague or a plan from your interior designer. This free course will teach you how to interpret these tools and how...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?
Society, Politics & Law

Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?

...free course, Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm? you will investigate why nonhuman animals tend to be overlooked as victims of violence. The course explores some of the social processes and structures that victimise other animals, such as ‘livestock’ farming. The course also highlights some of the environmental harms related to ‘livestock’ farming. You will...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
The metagenomics revolution: an introduction
Science, Maths & Technology

The metagenomics revolution: an introduction

...free course will help you to learn how metagenomics works and how it can be used in a wide range of applications such as studying microbes, diagnosing disease, and contributing to biodiversity conservation...Metagenomics, the study of genetic material directly recovered from biological and environmental samples, is revolutionising biomedicine and environmental science....
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs