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Open education
Education & Development

Open education

...concepts and to get you thinking about some of the issues involved. We will then explore these in more detail in the coming weeks. The materials presented in this week are largely drawn from Week 7 of the Open University H817 course Openness and innovation in elearning...Open education: 1.2 Week 1 Learning outcomes - After studying this week, you should: understand the...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective

...concept involves consideration of the way in which the production of music is tailored to suit the consumer, which involves asking questions such as: Does this music have an audience (a person or group of people present and attentive, regarded as distinct from the performers)? If so, is the presence of the audience a necessary condition for the performance? Are the...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Introduction to business agility
Money & Business

Introduction to business agility

...concept to cash process for anything. So whether it's buying a pencil, making a cup of tea, building software, or creating a new university course, value stream mapping is following the process from, I have an idea, to this is now generating value. The way we run value stream mapping is typically get everybody into a room or a virtual room and invite, and everybody means...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Diagramming for development 2: exploring interrelationships
Digital & Computing

Diagramming for development 2: exploring interrelationships

...concepts associated with complex situations analyse relationships and links between variables in development intervention diagnose strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with development intervention...Diagramming for development 2: Exploring interrelationships: 1 Case study: the Working for Water Programme - Before we look at the diagrams, take a...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Speeches and speech-making
History & The Arts

Speeches and speech-making

...concepts like ‘voice’ and ‘text’ is through engaging in activities where you can see the terms being used, and this is what we are about to do. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 1 study in Arts and Humanities...Speeches and speech-making: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate an understanding of some...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view
Society, Politics & Law

Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view

...concept of equilibrium and explain how it can occur at low levels of output begin to understand the Keynesian model of aggregate demand and how it explains why economies can get stuck in a low output equilibrium critically evaluate the role of fiscal policy in changing the economy...Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view: 1 Keynes in context - Before we start to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 28 hrs
What can philosophy tell us about race?
History & The Arts

What can philosophy tell us about race?

...conception of the relationship between the individual and the state?’). Philosophers of race are also interested in metaphysical questions. Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy concerned with the basic structure and reality of the world, and metaphysical questions come up across philosophy. Philosophers studying the metaphysics of race are interested in understanding...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Introducing consciousness
History & The Arts

Introducing consciousness

...concept further and avoid potential confusion. What follows draws in part on distinctions and terminology introduced by the philosopher David Rosenthal (Rosenthal, 1993). The first distinction I want to make has already been introduced. When I described your experience at the dentist's I spoke both of you being conscious and of your experiences being conscious. These are...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs