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Teaching secondary geography
Education & Development

Teaching secondary geography

...Introduction - This free course, Teaching secondary geography, is designed for people who are learning to be a teacher, are in their first few years of teaching, or who are working in an educational setting. It identifies and explores some of the key issues around teaching geography in secondary schools. Engaging with these issues and debates will help you to reflect upon...
Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Im Gespräch mit Jannis Androutsopoulos
Languages

Im Gespräch mit Jannis Androutsopoulos

...and German at Hamburg University talks about his research projects and focus, including multilingual networks in social media, how written communication is changing in the younger generation and the field of digital journalism, in particular how journalists nowadays interact with media users. This recording is in German, suitable for learners at CEFR Level B2 or above....
Solon upsets the wealthy Croesus
History & The Arts

Solon upsets the wealthy Croesus

...project partners' resources' for guidance on using the HestiaVis map and texts. Now use the ORBIS platform at Stanford to explore the time and cost of a journey from Athens to Egypt (Aegyptus), stopping in Cyprus, and on to Sardis. Although this project provides a model of the Roman world, the results are compatible with the earlier period. Compare your results with a...
A global dimension to science education in schools
Education & Development

A global dimension to science education in schools

...Introduction - There are many compelling reasons for introducing a global dimension in science education. This unit, aimed at teachers in secondary schools explores why the global dimension in science education is so important and how you might incorporate it in your lessons. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 2 study in Education, Childhood & Youth...A...
Asset allocation in investment
Money & Business

Asset allocation in investment

...Introduction - This free course is on asset allocation in investment. To start with, you will learn how to assess investor objectives and constraints and how to turn them into an expected return appropriate for the investor, with an amount of risk suitable for the investor. In this course, you will also be introduced to how portfolios can be put together which meet...
Supporting climate action through digital education
Education & Development

Supporting climate action through digital education

...Introduction - Session 1 gives you an indication of the issues that educators need to think about when preparing to teach about the climate emergency. You’ll begin by exploring which skills learners need. You’ll then consider the important issue of climate anxiety and how learners can be supported. You’ll also question what role individual actions play in addressing...
Kimberly Nicholas - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Kimberly Nicholas - Stories of Change

...Project Kimberly Nicholas Interview Key RH: = Roger Harrabin, interviewer KN: = Kim Nicholas, Associate Professor, Lund University, Sweden. Researcher into climate change, sustainable food and ecosystem services, participant. RH: So I’m standing on a street corner in Paris. It’s a damp evening, looks like its just about to start to rain, and I’m waiting for my...
Methods in Motion: A collection
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: A collection

...project aims to understand how methods enact discriminations and violence, as well as create possibilities for open and inclusive social change. It is a cross-disciplinary research focus of the Open University’s Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG)...The following blogs are by active researchers from across the OU, in which they take a moment to...