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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
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
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics – Welcome to the risk takers and the fearless
Health, Sports & Psychology

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics – Welcome to the risk takers and the fearless

...becoming the first city to host both the summer and winter versions of the Olympic Games. The Games will run until 20th February and there will be 109 events in 15 disciplines covering 7 sports. These Winter Olympics are not without controversary. When the games were awarded to Beijing the former IOC President Jacques Rogge stated that staging the winter Games in China...
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Article 5 mins
Ramadan Mubarak!
History & The Arts

Ramadan Mubarak!

...students to study a film of a group of Muslim friends discussing Ramadan as they eat together. A significant focus of their conversation is the foods that they associate with Ramadan from their upbringing in different countries (Pakistan, Turkey, Iraq and India) and from their adaptation to living, working and studying in Britain. In various ways, they make the point that...
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Article 10 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
Free online courses for refugees
Society, Politics & Law

Free online courses for refugees

...Student Finance guidance for refugees and asylum seekers. If you're a refugee or asylum seeker applying to higher education, there may be support available to help you with finance and your studies. Distance learning resources collated by Migrant Help. STAR (Student Action for Refugees) is the national network of students building a more understanding and just society...
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Article 5 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
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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