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Writing family history
History & The Arts

Writing family history

...Working with childhood Childhood is a crucial aspect of the biographer’s art, but context, bias and interpretation can often hinder the writer. These interviews discuss ways of avoiding common problems. Approaching the writing process What is the best way to start writing a family history? This discussion highlights working methods and practices, offering advice on...
An introduction to artificial intelligence
Education & Development

An introduction to artificial intelligence

...working conditions, and political and economic freedoms. Figure 1 In this short course, you will spend time on both the positive and negative aspects of AI, aiming to navigate a meaningful path between them, in order to gain greater awareness of the risks of such technology, as well as an appreciation of possible responses to such risks, while also being able to identify...
Professionals negotiating different ways of knowing
Education & Development

Professionals negotiating different ways of knowing

...work alongside professional learning to resolve workplace challenges. ...This content is associated with The Open University's Professional Doctorates (EdD/DHSC) When undertaking a Professional Doctorate, such as the EdD or the DHSC, successful candidates write a thesis which makes an original contribution to knowledge. These degrees are usually undertaken part-time by...
Contemporary issues in managing
Money & Business

Contemporary issues in managing

...work, and how traditional ideas about work wear have evolved. Have you seen the television show Mad Men? The suits and ties, and the smart dresses worn in the show are indicative of a certain era (in this instance, America in the 1950s and ’60s). Culturally, they signify things such as societal expectations and power relations. Mad Men represents the sort of traditional...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Mistaken identity? Sharing experiences as a South Asian woman
Education & Development

Mistaken identity? Sharing experiences as a South Asian woman

...worked with previously. They apologised and we moved on. However, this incident had a lasting impact on me which the person won’t ever realise and probably wouldn’t have thought of. A simple case of mistaken identity, no harm done, and I laughed it off, so they didn’t feel uncomfortable. I couldn’t help but wonder whether they had mixed me up with someone else...
Introducing Black leadership Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing Black leadership

...work through the course at your own pace, so if you have more time one week, there is no problem with pushing on to complete another week’s study. You can also take as long as you want to complete it. There are lots of opportunities to check your learning, including short quizzes at the end of each week. The quizzes at the end of Week 4 and Week 8 are a bit longer and...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Creating open educational resources
Education & Development

Creating open educational resources

...work as both creator and user. Find out more about studying with The Open University by visiting our online prospectus...Creating open educational resources: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: state personal motivation for producing and using OERs evaluate some examples of educational resources for active open learning plan a structured...
Studying Darwin
Nature & Environment

Studying Darwin

...work has gone on to influence other work around this theory...Please note that this is not a course containing teaching materials. It collates links to a variety of courses and other resources about natural selection, its relevance to different environments and animal species, and the theory's influence on future scientists, psychologists and philosophers. It will be of...
Level 1: Introductory 1 hr