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Messaging apps – staying connected and in control with mobile messaging
Languages

Messaging apps – staying connected and in control with mobile messaging

...working lives. Technological strategies include: turning off notifications, so that people can check messages when they choose to do so. This is done most often for large group chats. In this way, people treat messaging apps as a sort of ‘noticeboard’ they can come back to when it suits them keeping phones on silent, or putting phones on silent at certain times, such...
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Your journey of learning and discovery with us
Education & Development

Your journey of learning and discovery with us

...works for your busy life. This short article contains some useful introductory information to help get you started. What is OpenLearn? The video below tells you a little bit more about what OpenLearn has to offer you. Transcript What will OpenLearn do for me? Courses can be completed at your own pace and are available 24/7, to fit in with the time you have available. The...
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Campaigning for refugee and migrant women
Society, Politics & Law

Campaigning for refugee and migrant women

...work law module includes interviews with practitioners and organisations working with migrants, refugees and people with insecure immigration status. Women face particular issues and their difficulties are often overlooked. They experience gender-based violence in addition to other difficulties and can find themselves without access to support or protection. Immigration...
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Assessment in secondary modern foreign languages
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary modern foreign languages

...work through the activities you will be encouraged to record your thoughts on an idea, an issue or a reading, and how it relates to your practice. Hopefully you will have opportunities to discuss your ideas with colleagues. We therefore suggest that you use a notebook – either physical or electronic – to record your thoughts in a way in which they can easily be...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Using visualisation in maths teaching
Education & Development

Using visualisation in maths teaching

...working with images? Does mental imagery lend itself more easily to shape and space topics? How can we use it in number work? Can this work have a place within the School Curriculum? Do pupils improve their mental imagery as they are given more opportunities to use it? Is mental imagery part of the problem-solving process? How do you think it improves concepts and skills?...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations

...work within voluntary organisations, as paid employees or staff, to develop energetic, practical and thoughtful leadership practice...Welcome to the free course Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations. This course provides an opportunity for people who work within voluntary organisations, as paid employees or staff, to develop energetic, practical and...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
The story of a female postal worker
Society, Politics & Law

The story of a female postal worker

...work, vote, and have our own opinions. So, what’s it like to be working within a workplace, Royal Mail, that is still male dominant, with women postal workers comprising just under 20% of the workforce?...Find out more about The Open University's Open degree qualification. Setting the scene I am an active trade unionist in the Communication Workers Union (CWU) based in...
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The making of Industrial Britain: A gradual revolution?
History & The Arts

The making of Industrial Britain: A gradual revolution?

...working in rural communities, in harmony with the seasons. Move forward to 2000, and the image changes profoundly. You might picture towns and cities full of people, with a myriad of new technologies coming before your eyes. How this transformation happened is one of the great questions of historical study, and not just for academics; whether you’re interested in the...
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