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Download our Chinese characters learning apps
Languages

Download our Chinese characters learning apps

...interactive activities to help you write, recognise visually and aurally, and memorise some of the most frequently used characters in a systematic, friendly and fun way. Most importantly it helps you to form phrases and sentences with the limited characters learnt. For information on how to download the app, click here or on the image below. [A picture of a dragon.] This...
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Earth Day on OpenLearn
Nature & Environment

Earth Day on OpenLearn

...interactive (Interactive) Vegans: why they inspire fear and loathing among meat eaters (Article) ‘Good’ food destroying biodiversity? (Article) Reduce, reuse and recycle The golden rule to follow is reduce, reuse and recycle. Reduce your consumption by asking yourself if you really need something before you purchase it. Try to think of the longevity of that item and...
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Drivers and hand-held mobile phones: extending the ban won’t solve the problem – here’s why
Health, Sports & Psychology

Drivers and hand-held mobile phones: extending the ban won’t solve the problem – here’s why

...interactive communicative function’ such as calling or texting. The change in the law closes this loophole, and makes it easier for distracted drivers to be prosecuted, fined £200, and given six points on their licence. According to the UK government, 81% of people who responded to its consultation supported the move. This aligns with findings from roadside breakdown...
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Article 5 mins
52 things you never knew about OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

52 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...interactive on Welsh language and culture and a free course, Discovering Wales and Welsh: First Steps; a timeline on the history of Ireland taken from our OU/BBC co-production Ireland with Simon Reeve, and a free course on Gaelic in Modern Scotland as well as articl collections on Red Cydeside. Transcripts STUDENTS Open University students who use OpenLearn are 5-10% more...
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Childhood in the Digital Age
OpenLearn Ireland

Childhood in the Digital Age

...social media changing the way that children form relationships? How is technology changing the way that children think, and how will it shape the classroom of the future? The amount of technology available to children today is greater than in any previous generation, and it is more specifically designed to capture their imaginations. There is heated debate as to how the...
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Video 15 mins
Continuity and learning
Education & Development

Continuity and learning

...social interaction within a ‘culture’ – this could be a country’s culture, the culture of a family, or a workplace culture – and created the term ‘socio-constructionism’. He believed that an individual’s learning and development depend on interaction with others, and that a culture provides individuals with ‘tools of the mind’ – ways of thinking –...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Why did millions march against Trump?
Society, Politics & Law

Why did millions march against Trump?

...social movements, we know there are many possible answers to this seemingly simple question. As a team of sociologists we have developed a multi-method, multi-site research project, Mobilizing Millions: Engendering Protest Across the Globe. We want to understand why people participate in a march of this scale, at a critical historical juncture in our political landscape....
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Care before profit: working as a cleaner in a care home during the Covid-19 pandemic
Society, Politics & Law

Care before profit: working as a cleaner in a care home during the Covid-19 pandemic

...Social Sciences courses Background[GMB scotland banner stating fair pay for covid heroes]Working in already incredibly difficult circumstances, the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated existing issues around chronic low pay, poor terms and conditions, cost-cutting, and increasing privatisation in the care sector. This has been well documented by the Scottish Trade Union Congress...
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