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The impact of technology on children's physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

The impact of technology on children's physical activity

...free course, The impact of technology on children's physical activity, explores the impact of technology on children’s physical activity levels. It examines the different types of technology that children have access to and the ways in which they engage with it. As part of this discussion this course looks at information from a range of different sources and evaluates...
53 things you never knew about OpenLearn
Education & Development

53 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...free. Yes, 5% of every OU course is available on our site as a taster. Learning on OpenLearn can give a taster of what OU study is actually like. It would take you at least two and a half years to finish all of our free courses. Or you can complete one course in just one hour like our free course, Does Prison Work, or watch a ......
Encouraging book talk in the school library
Education & Development

Encouraging book talk in the school library

...free course, Encouraging book talk in the school library, offers ideas and activities to engage pupils in discussing books. It is aimed at librarians, teaching assistants and other adults working with pupils in school libraries...As adults we sometimes struggle to justify our feelings about particular books, but children are quite clear about what they like and don't...
Children and young people’s participation
Education & Development

Children and young people’s participation

...free course, Children and young people's participation, emphasises that the adoption of an integrated approach to participation by different sectors of the children's workforce is of crucial importance...Listening to children is a first step in the participation agenda, which is reasonably well established. By contrast, enabling children to share in decision making lags...
Do Something Great
Nature & Environment

Do Something Great

...free courses, podcasts and games to help you get involved with the voluntary sector and helping others. What's more, The Open University also co-producied a TV series with the BBC on the subject of intergenerational volunteering - Old School with the Hairy Bikers. Choose from the points below and get stuck in: Learn more about the voluntary sector with our free course...
Paratoi aseiniadau
Education & Development

Paratoi aseiniadau

...free course as it was originally designed on OpenLearn, the home of free learning from The Open University: www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses. Paratoi aseiniadau (Preparing assignments) www.open.edu/ openlearn/ languages/ welsh/ paratoi-aseiniadau-preparing-assignments/ content-section-0?utm_source=amazon&utm_campaign=ou&utm_medium=ebook Mae cyrsiau...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Why not ‘World Religions’?
History & The Arts

Why not ‘World Religions’?

...free course. You’ll also look at the potential issues with classifying religions like this and why scholars are increasingly moving away from talking about ‘World Religions’...The idea that there are five or six ‘major’ or ‘world’ religions is so common that it seems natural to us today. What makes something a ‘World Religion’? Why do we group some...
Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
OpenLearn Wales take your learning further
Society, Politics & Law

OpenLearn Wales take your learning further

...free, informal learning to formal study with university courses leading to professional qualifications...Studying with The Open University Thinking of studying with The Open University? You’re not alone. Thousands of learners have experienced the quality of our free, informal provision and have gone on to study at The Open University. We are the largest provider of...