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Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy
History & The Arts

Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy

...think of what is absent, unreal or even absurd, and so it appears to grant us almost unlimited conceptual powers. Yet it also seems to inform our perception of what is present and real and everyday, and so permeates the most basic levels of our daily lives. In this course, we will be concerned with some of the different ways in which the imagination is talked of and...
Energy in buildings
Nature & Environment

Energy in buildings

...think of a house being heated solely by some form of heating system, in practice it is likely to be warmed by energy from three sources: the heating system ‘free heat’ gains − from occupants, lights, appliances and from hot water use passive solar gains from solar energy penetrating the windows. In a really low-energy house design, free heat and solar gains may...
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
The Z Files: Chi Onwurah
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Z Files: Chi Onwurah

...think at the time? Chi Onwurah Let’s remember we were the only black family on a large working class white council estate. I was bizarre anyway. So the fact that I liked engines and science and maths, the friends that I had, you know, took me for what I was, they had to. Benjamin Zephaniah And as a kid did you think in the future I want to go into engineering or did you...
Exploring teaching and learning in real and virtual worlds
Education & Development

Exploring teaching and learning in real and virtual worlds

...think and learn? This album introduces two elements of The Open University's presence in the virtual world Second Life™ and explores the way in which virtual worlds can offer new opportunities for teaching and learning. The album also explores some of the ways that the theories of Lev Vygotsky have influenced the use of dialogue and language in the classroom and the...
What You Need to Know About Psychometrics
Health, Sports & Psychology

What You Need to Know About Psychometrics

...thinking. Psychologists use different psychological theories to inform the content of each psychometric test plus statistical techniques to demonstrate the test’s validity (measures what it intends to measure) and reliability (produces consistent results over time, individuals and situations), and so these can take years to develop. Employers should then choose relevant...
Exploring innovative assessment methods
Education & Development

Exploring innovative assessment methods

...think of it this way: formative assessment is for learning summative assessment is assessment of learning...Week 1: What is innovative assessment and why is it useful?: 1.3 Competency-based curriculum - Figure 2 portrays some of the key aspects of a competency-based curriculum. The focus is upon the learning process and should include input measures that encompass quality...
Accessibility of eLearning
Education & Development

Accessibility of eLearning

...think about the subject to the same extent as a student who can see it? And in the context of the course, is this important? As the use of information technology and web-based applications in distance teaching has increased, response to the needs of disabled students can no longer be seen as something that can be fixed bit by bit when individual students request it. In...
Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Why do England fail in international football competitions?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why do England fail in international football competitions?

...think the key point here is to not blame the FA in an individualised way, blaming their secretaries, and the emergence of the Football League in ’88 was a key point, why? Because it demonstrated the power of the professional football clubs at that point under the Football League and essentially created decentralised fragmentary structure and process for English football...