1,804 search results
Can comedy change your life?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can comedy change your life?

...types of comedy – including sophisticated satire, which is growing in popularity – perform a potent social function, from breaking taboos to holding those in power to account. Avner Ziv, who has written numerous books about humour, explores this theme extensively. As he writes in Personality and Sense of Humor, “comedy and satire possess a common denominator in that...
View article Can comedy change your life?
Article 10 mins
Empowering communities
Money & Business

Empowering communities

...type of involvement they have with the community...Empowering communities: 1.1 The principles and rights of community empowerment - In addition to defining what community empowerment is, it is also worth reflecting on the key principles underpinning its practical application. Ersing (2003) argues that the practice of community empowerment can be summarised by three key...
View course Empowering communities
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Introducing engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing engineering

...type of approach is essentially the same as that taken by professional engineers; that is why we would consider shelf assembly to be engineering. However, professional engineers have to be able to handle projects of greater scale and complexity. To do this efficiently and effectively requires a wider range of skills, developed through education, training and experience....
View course Introducing engineering
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities
Digital & Computing

Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities

...TYPE OF DIAGRAMMING … WHEN I WANT TO: EXAMPLES OF USE Brainstorm ideas using imagery and other visual means Convey my personal impressions or understanding without being constrained by conventional forms of expression (or lack of language skills) Before the analysis stage in an intervention to: Bring out stakeholders’ general impressions of a situation; and Build...
View course Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities
Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach
Education & Development

Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach

...type of learning as is initiation into a particular school context. Developing student teaching Where skills are learned through emulation of experts. Students as teachers and learners A more holistic, questioning approach, where students are encouraged to think critically about theory and practise in order to develop their own learning. (Taylor, 2008) Activity 2: Compare...
View course Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach
Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Working in teams Badge icon
Money & Business

Working in teams

...types of team you might belong to. You’ll consider the advantages and challenges of working in a team and look at ways to enhance your teamwork skills and experience. Now watch the following video in which Lynne Johnson introduces Week 1. Lynne has worked in adult career guidance for over 20 years, including for the Careers Service at The Open University. LYNNE: If...
View course Working in teams
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Building confidence in using online forums
Education & Development

Building confidence in using online forums

...typing everything onto the forum. I sometimes have problems in articulating my words, which makes me nervous when talking with others as some people have greater skills in writing. This is an interesting example of a student who found clear, tangible benefits from getting involved in their online learning forum. But they were also a little nervous about actually...
View course Building confidence in using online forums
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Sustainable innovations in enterprises
Money & Business

Sustainable innovations in enterprises

...types’ of enterprise, innovation and sustainability. You will learn about these key terms, and some working definitions, as you study this course. In Activity 1, you will examine your existing ideas about sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship and compare your views with those of existing organisations. The terms sustainable and sustainably are used in a...
View course Sustainable innovations in enterprises
Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs