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Environment: LA River
Nature & Environment

Environment: LA River

...for Los Angeles's underprivileged communities. LA: Developers versus River Activists Industrial park or natural habitat? Two conflicting visions for the Los Angeles river –assessing sustainability in the 21st century. Bringing the LA River to Life Victory for the river activists. How a hard fought case for environmental justice won back Los Angeles's lost river habitat....
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Audio 30 mins
Empowering communities
Money & Business

Empowering communities

...communities, discusses the most common forms of community empowerment, and explores the barriers to community empowerment and ways that these can be overcome. It will conclude by looking at crime and criminality: a particular challenge that can arise if communities are not sufficiently empowered and supported...This free course, Empowering communities, discusses ......
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Reading communities
Education & Development

Reading communities

...communities? These videos explore...The TaRs research project found that RfP is strongly influenced by relationships between children, teachers, families and communities. Where shared understandings were established about the changing nature of reading and the value of everyday reading practices, these supported children’s RfP. These reading communities generated new...
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Video 30 mins
Volunteering in the community
Education & Development

Volunteering in the community

...community can have a big impact. Read stories from OU staff on why they volunteer, what it means and how others can get involved...[Group of people joining hands] There are a range of ways to be active in your community, from formal volunteering with an organisation or public body to doing things by yourself or with neighbours to make the place you live a little better...
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Article 5 mins
Digital communications
Digital & Computing

Digital communications

...communications became commercially viable in the 1970s and innovation continues today. This free course, Digital communications, will illustrate how very high data rates can be transmitted over long distances through optical fibres. You will learn how these fibres are linked, examine the technology used and assess the future direction of this continually developing area...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Effective communication in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Effective communication in the workplace

...oral) and written. This week you will be introduced to non-verbal communication, often referred to as body language, but not limited to this. The Collins English Dictionary defines non-verbal communication as: … those aspects of communication such as gestures and facial expressions that do not involve verbal communication but may include non-verbal aspects of ......
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs