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The age of offence
Society, Politics & Law

The age of offence

...become an integral part of modern life. The news media regularly spark moral panics about the rise of a new McCarthyism, we’re told that universities are suffering from a crisis of academic freedom, politics has become an all-out struggle over competing claims of victimhood, and everywhere people seem to be ever more offended by an ever wider range of issues. So what...
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Video 30 mins
Hybrid working: change management
Money & Business

Hybrid working: change management

...student support network. The OU Students Association has been instrumental in helping us adapt and making sure that we are keeping the things that work, but also quickly addressing things that haven't worked. And we've tried to build them in to as many of our decision-making bodies as possible. The suppliers, again, have also had to adapt. And that's been a bit of a...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Coaching others to coach Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coaching others to coach

...student ideas. Students become so much more invested and engaged when they're working on their own unique, creative ideas. An example of this is when I taught a non-major's introduction to programming course. And there are two student project examples up on the slides. The first was a Jeopardy game. And I still use this in my classes today as a great and fun way to review...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Future Technologies: Designing with vision
Science, Maths & Technology

Future Technologies: Designing with vision

...OU and the University of Leeds is aimed at stimulating and generating ideas for designers, the result could have a global effect on the industries of the future... Future Design Tools This video reveals research into some of the very latest design tools. It shows how eye tracking technology can be combined with shape generation software to create a radically new type of...
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Video 4 mins
Understanding language and learning
Languages

Understanding language and learning

...students to become learners of English or people who can decipher the different varieties that are – that they are engaging with and accommodate those varieties, negotiate those varieties to outsiders so that we are not now thinking of variety X, variety Y etc. But developing in students a language awareness so that they know how varieties work or develop a social...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Fire and Ice
Science, Maths & Technology

Fire and Ice

...student Anne Forbes as they explore exciting lava formations that have never been reported before... Fire and Ice How are volcanoes created? On a field trip to Iceland, Dr Dave McGarvie visits a range of volcanoes. They include Askja, a spectacular and active volcano in the remote interior of the country - whose evolution he is studying with scientists from Iceland and...
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Audio 14 mins
Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?

...become infected through a bite by a rabid wild animal or fellow canine; in turn, a bite from an infected dog is the most common method of human infection. The rabies virus attacks the nervous system and causes humans who are infected to hallucinate, become aggressive and even fear water. When someone is bitten, it’s crucial to wash the wound immediately and vaccinate...
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Article 10 mins
Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health Badge icon
Education & Development

Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health

...students are supported to become successful. [MUSIC PLAYING] CHRIS WILSON: Another aspect of staff development that I think is quite important is the extent to which staff who may not be involved in formally developing, crafting, writing, or producing curriculum design-- writing modules, writing programme specifications, therefore may not need to be actively involved in...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs