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Podcast Art Gallery: A Peace of Us - The Good Friday Agreement Podcast
OpenLearn Ireland

Podcast Art Gallery: A Peace of Us - The Good Friday Agreement Podcast

...students from Ulster University who entered a competition to design the cover art for our Good Friday Agreement Podcast...Congratulations to our winner, Conor Doran - and to all the artists who participated! Click through the images to see all submissions. Hover over the images for artist credits.
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Article 5 mins
People with dementia and meaning in music
Health, Sports & Psychology

People with dementia and meaning in music

...OU, looks at how people with dementia might find and express meaning in music...Music can be familiar and meaningful for people with dementia even when their everyday world becomes increasingly harder to make sense of. Singing in a group provides a social outlet for women and men living with the condition and their partners (or other family members). Making music can also...
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Article 5 mins
Bus driver, social worker and university lecturer, a personal, professional and political journey
Society, Politics & Law

Bus driver, social worker and university lecturer, a personal, professional and political journey

...students were meeting in a lecture theatre. I walked in and there were about 300 students already seated. The member of staff had already started to speak about the course and as I sat there, I thought to myself that I had made a big mistake. I had given up a secure job and for the next three to four years had no idea what lay ahead. The reason for being late was that...
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Article 5 mins
Using visualisation in maths teaching
Education & Development

Using visualisation in maths teaching

...students, another worthwhile and interesting activity, and some ways to use resources to promote and stimulate visualisation. Conclusion The conclusion points to some recommended books that will be useful if you want to think a little more seriously about visualisation, as well as highlighting where visualisation is incorporated into the framework for mathematics school...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The American Civil Rights Movement
History & The Arts

The American Civil Rights Movement

...become part of the popular memory of the 1960s, helping to characterise the decade as a period of rapid transformation and upheaval. But how successful, ultimately, was this struggle for racial equality? Was it a radical, revolutionary movement, or something more moderate? In this course, you’ll explore these questions and examine the key events which defined this...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Systems Thinking: Diagramming Tutorials
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems Thinking: Diagramming Tutorials

...OU have supported and developed the use of a range of diagramming techniques as the principal tools through which visual modelling and communication can happen. The following diagramming techniques each have videos providing animated tutorials – one video describing What the technique is and at least one other video describing How to draw the diagram. The ‘How to...
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Video 30 mins
Britain's Great War: The darkest hour - guide & clips
History & The Arts

Britain's Great War: The darkest hour - guide & clips

...documentary film of fighting in the trenches breaks all box office records—but will it push a shocked British public into demanding peace at any price? The Great War from the OU & the BBC This episode was first broadcast on Monday February 10, 2014 on BBC One. For more information, and a link to watch again on the iPlayer where available, visit the BBC website....
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Video 10 mins
Dying Matters Awareness Week
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dying Matters Awareness Week

...OU for over twenty years? Find out more on our research page. During this year's Dying Matters Awareness Week (8th-14th May 2022), we have curated a collection of free learning content from OpenLearn to open up the subject that many people still find difficult to talk about. This year, we're continuing our reources on being #InAGoodPlace when you die. Take a look at the...
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Article 15 mins