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Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice
Education & Development

Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice

...course, Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice, explores some of the tensions and debates linked to the aim of achieving literacy for all, using specific examples. It focuses on current significant debates related to the teaching of the technical aspects of literacy to a ‘sufficient standard’ and debates related to becoming a ‘literate person’. In...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Making sense of art history
History & The Arts

Making sense of art history

...course, Making sense of art history, by looking around you. It's likely that wherever you are you'll be able to see some images. It's also likely that many of these will be intended to have some sort of effect on you. In the course itself you will be exploring the power of images via a study of contemporary art from the 1980s onwards. Taking the time to look beyond the...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Music and its media
History & The Arts

Music and its media

...course, Music and its media, examines some of the main ways in which music is transmitted. It considers how the means of communicating a particular piece can change over time; and how the appearance and contents of a source can reflect the circumstances in which it is produced. The course focuses on three examples of musical media that allow us to study music of the past:...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Watching the weather
Nature & Environment

Watching the weather

...course, Watching the weather, describes how meteorological observations are made looking upwards from the surface of the Earth, looking downwards from satellites in space and from aircraft and balloons within the atmosphere. This international network of observations is vital for scientists and forecasters and the results impact on everyones daily activities...This free...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...course, Technology, innovation and management, will provide you with an overview and introduction to a range of related concepts, ideas and debates. It adopts a broad definition of innovation and subscribes to the view that a fundamental feature of any innovation process is that it results in gaining value...Develop a critical understanding of technological innovation and...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Systems diagramming
Digital & Computing

Systems diagramming

...course contains a Flash activity which is no longer playable. It is being updated. This course can still be studied, but you may like to postpone your study for now if you would rather have the full experience...Pictures speak louder than words. But how can you use diagrams to help you? This free course, Systems diagramming, looks at how diagrams can be used to represent...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Retail marketing
Money & Business

Retail marketing

...course, Retail marketing, explores how retailers use marketing to communicate with their customers, considering definitions of retailing and consumers, the basics of communications, before moving on to look at different forms of marketing communications and advertising used by retailers...This free course, Retail marketing, explores how retailers use marketing to...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
How places affect well-being
Health, Sports & Psychology

How places affect well-being

...course looks at how where people live affects their well-being. This includes the kind of neighbourhood people live in, how places are organised and run, as well as the detail of the layout of buildings. You will learn about some of the ways that psychologists explain the links between places and well-being. This includes some of the ways places might make it easier or...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs