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Quiz: Can you identify food under an electron microscope?
Science, Maths & Technology

Quiz: Can you identify food under an electron microscope?

...learn more about food...This content is associated with The Open University's Health and Wellbeing courses and qualifications. Start the quiz now. [Screenshot of the launch image from the interactive.] Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari....
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Activity 5 mins
Everyday maths: understanding risk
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths: understanding risk

...information about risk in everyday life – in the news, at work, or when talking about sports or hobbies. In this short activity you will learn to use diagrams, understand risk, and find out how to compare risk using percentages. [Banner image for the interactive activity. Everyday maths: understanding and comparing risk.] Everyday maths: understanding and comparing risk...
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Activity 15 mins
Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?
Education & Development

Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?

...learning. In this short course, you will review the idea of openness in networked practice and the links from this into wider areas and broader behaviour. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course H818 The networked practitioner...Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Introduction to the trauma-informed investigation of rape and serious sexual offences article series
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to the trauma-informed investigation of rape and serious sexual offences article series

...Learning (CPRL) for the Home Office. The work was part of a multi-university project, known as ‘Operation Soteria Bluestone’, exploring a number of different aspects of rape and serious sexual offences (RASSO) investigation. The focus of the work for the CPRL was officer learning, development and wellbeing. Essentially the team explored the way in which the officers...
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Article 5 mins
Charting new reading research directions
Education & Development

Charting new reading research directions

...learn with edible books. Annie Brookman-Byrne: Many adults wonder whether print or digital books are better for children. What does the research say? Natalia Kucirkova: Numerous studies have compared print and digital books, but what really matters is why, how, and what children read. It is now widely acknowledged that comparing print books with digital books is akin to...
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Article 5 mins
OpenLearn Champions Hub | Hafan Hyrwyddwyr OpenLearn old
Education & Development

OpenLearn Champions Hub | Hafan Hyrwyddwyr OpenLearn old

...learning and widen access to higher education and higher-level skills. Our OpenLearn Champions help to inspire a love of learning and support adults across Wales to develop skills, raise their confidence and explore what OpenLearn and OpenLearn Wales has to offer...well over 1,000 free courses! On OpenLearn you can find a range of courses aimed at improving employability...
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Article 10 mins
Young children and the climate crisis
Education & Development

Young children and the climate crisis

...learning potential. Anxiety, injustice and rights Climate anxiety is growing in young people, according to a global survey, and young children are not immune from older children’s worries. They are feelings shared by adults too. These are not abstract fears but result from seeing the lived experience, particularly of people who are and will be disproportionately...
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Article 10 mins
The trouble with teaching physics
Health, Sports & Psychology

The trouble with teaching physics

...learn. Often students develop a mental block about physics. They sometimes assume that it is ‘too hard’ or there is ‘too much maths’ and so they give up, particularly if they are not intending to go on to study physics further at A Level. Teachers spend considerable time trying to make physics more enjoyable for the students by doing experiments, demonstrations...
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