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Young people and religion: creative learning with history
History & The Arts

Young people and religion: creative learning with history

...simple questionnaire and discussion both to inform yourself further on the views of the young people you work with, and to stimulate them to begin to think more about the issues for themselves. You should consider in your context whether, in view of potential sensitivities, you should make participation voluntary, and in any case avoid forcing contributions from...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
A Europe of the Regions?
Society, Politics & Law

A Europe of the Regions?

...simple or necessary correspondence between types of region and types of regionalism. But clearly-demarcated and long-established regions are a more likely basis for strong regionalist or nationalist movements, while top-down regionalisation often results in regions with little popular identity or awareness of the region by its own inhabitants. Pre-existing regional...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Introduction to making political and social change
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to making political and social change

...simple as signing a petition, or writing about it on social media, or it could involve a bigger time commitment). One of the ways you may want to make change if you are based in the UK is through the UK Parliament. Read on to see how you can do this...Introduction to making political and social change: 2 Making change via the UK Parliament - [Described image] Figure 4:...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Inclusive Leadership: Collaborating for professional development
Education & Development

Inclusive Leadership: Collaborating for professional development

...simple as it might appear however, since people generally have different understandings of what social justice means (Thomas et al, 2019). It also puts considerable pressure on those school leaders, because to be effective in supporting individuals in their learning and development as professionals, school leaders need to be well connected (Jones, 2017b). To support...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn
Education & Development

The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn

...code (Moodle) with a series of modifications to meet the needs of independent learners and OU branding. It functions as both a learning management system (LMS) as well as a content management system. Moodle is an open source LMS with over 100 languages that can be deployed through so-called ‘language packs’, to enable the publication of content using a variety of...
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Article 10 mins
Diversity in religion: Islam
History & The Arts

Diversity in religion: Islam

...codes which prescribed much more lenient penalties...Diversity in religion: Islam: 2 Internal diversity in contemporary Islam - Lesbianism has rarely been illegal in Muslim-majority countries. But things have changed for men since the early nineteenth century. There are two main reasons for this. Firstly, during the European ‘Age of Empire’, in many colonised...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Cell signalling
Science, Maths & Technology

Cell signalling

...Introduction - The fundamental principles of signalling can be illustrated by a simple example in the yeast S. cerevisiae (Figure 1). In order to sexually reproduce, a yeast cell needs to be able to make physical contact with another yeast cell. First, it has to ‘call’ to yeast cells of the opposite mating type. It does this by secreting a ‘mating factor’ peptide, an extracellular signal, which can also be called an ‘......
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Primary science: supporting children’s learning
Education & Development

Primary science: supporting children’s learning

...simple terms. 9. The smallest portion of a substance that is capable of existing independently and retaining the properties of the original substance. True, but not useful because it is too complicated. 10. Group of two or more atoms bonded together. A molecule of an element consists of one or more like atoms; a molecule of a compound consists of two or more different...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs