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Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change
Education & Development

Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change

...social justice can change leadership relationships and interactions. Students will be encouraged to reflect on personal and institutional opportunities to lead inclusively, including in challenging circumstances. They will examine the potential of working with leaders beyond their organisation to effect change and build collaborative networks that support inclusive...
One belief, big impact: could your view of learning improve inclusive practice?
Education & Development

One belief, big impact: could your view of learning improve inclusive practice?

...social interactions and collaboration), and the intrapersonal (centred on personal meaning-making, reflection and growth). [The game 'cat's cradle'] Imagine a mentorship programme designed to support young women entering traditionally male-dominated fields. On an institutional level, this might involve creating policies that encourage representation and funding...
Can I take a feed of OpenLearn content?
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Can I take a feed of OpenLearn content?

...interactive learning content... Choose the 'Explore' RSS feed. If you want the 25 most recently published courses... Choose the RSS most recent feed. And, if you find a piece of OpenLearn content that is in an area you're particularly interested in, clicking the 'feeds' tab at the foot of that page offers a range of feeds of similar content - from the same subject area,...
Systems explained by Peter Checkland
Money & Business

Systems explained by Peter Checkland

...interactions between peoples have increased, traditional ways of operating have no longer sufficed. Through no clearly discernible reasons, projects overran budgets, communications systems between people broke down, and it became increasingly obvious that the human factor was playing a large role in these problems. Many of the early systems thinking methodologies did not...
Opening the Boundaries of Citizenship
Society, Politics & Law

Opening the Boundaries of Citizenship

...social engineering as a means of deciding who could be a citizen. Gurus and Citizens Dr Aya Ikegame argues that religious gurus who act as providers of social care and justice represent a form of ‘citizenship’ as they successfully administer support to the community where the state is inadequate. Sexual Citizens and Orientalism Dr Leticia Sabsay’s research focuses...
The Funny Thing About...
Society, Politics & Law

The Funny Thing About...

...social work... The Funny Thing About…Politicians The Open University's Richard Heffernan discusses civil servants, spin doctors and politics, using clips from "Yes, Minister" and "The Thick of It". The Funny Thing About…Scientists Are scientists all geeky, bearded men in white lab coats? Featuring clips from "The Fast Show" and "A Bit of Fry and Laurie", The Open...
Achieving public dialogue
Science, Maths & Technology

Achieving public dialogue

...interactions between 'science' and 'the public'. Examples range from visiting a museum, or indulging in a science-related hobby, to reading a newspaper article about a breakthrough in the techniques of therapeutic cloning. Many of these interactions could be said to be 'passive'. This free course, Achieving public dialogue, explores the practicalities of the public...
Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
Accessibility of eLearning
Education & Development

Accessibility of eLearning

...social circumstances can participate successfully. These are the ideas that we are talking about when we use the term ‘accessibility’. Experience has shown us that it is better to consider accessibility at the beginning as well as throughout a process. It is often much more difficult to incorporate accessibility after a complex product has been completed (often termed...
Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs