Nucleophilic substitution reactions
The course will cover different nucleophilic substitution mechanisms viz SN1,SN2,NGP,SNi and SNAr.The resources used are PPTs, Notes and videos
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Organic Chemistry of Food
The course will explore the chemistry in the kitchen wth respect to food
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12 hrs
Level 1 Introductory
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Does Technology Enhance Learning or Impact it Negatively?
Today, technology is everywhere; intertwined in your daily lives, as it affects how you live, play, work, and learn. You can’t overlook the significant effects that technology has made in the recent years. Today, tech gadgets, like phones and computers, have become an essential part of business. With smartphones and other tech devices becoming essential across every industry, many educational institutes are deploying the latest technology in their schools, as an effective strategy to improve learning.
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Recording, Analysing and Using Human Resources Information - Unit 3RAI
Understand what data needs to be collected to support HR practices Know how HR data should be recorded, managed and stored Be able to analyse HR information and present findings to inform decision-making
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3 hrs
Level 2 Intermediate
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Playwriting for children: A participative and creative approach
When students willing to participate in a play and interested teachers and parents come together to construct a play this course will come into play. Teacher or an interested parent acts as a director and a writer. Everyone contributes to with his own experiences and views. The course is for discussing and practicing the creative ideas of playwriting, particularly plays for children. Here is an attempt to explore methods to create your own scripts and do a quality theatre of your own ideas. The discussion sessions will help teachers to know more about theatre and staging a play.
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24+ hrs
Level 0 Beginner
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Bringing Learning to Life – Marketing Resource Toolkit
A collection of documents, videos, imagery and source files for materials to support the Everyday Skills in Maths and English programme.
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1 hr
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Marketing Management
In this module, you will learn about insurance industry, marketing and sales skills, insurance products, competition analysis, opening dialogue with a client, and closing deals.
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24+ hrs
Level 1 Introductory
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Demo Learning Designs
Various pages demonstrating educational resources which can be embedded in an LMS
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1 hr
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Promoting sustainability in business: a values-based toolkit
This course is primarily aimed at small business advisers and practitioners providing a checklist about how to engage with businesses about climate change.
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5 hrs
Level 2 Intermediate
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Taking a pleasure-based approach to Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE)
This course is designed for educators who are running Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) sessions for young people.
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6 hrs
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24+ hrs
Level 2 Intermediate
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The Earth
Short introduction to the knowleague of the Earth: structure, dynamics and abiotic components of our planet. Breve introducción al conocimiento de la Tierra: estructura, dinámica y causas de la componente abiótica de nuestro planeta.
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24+ hrs
Level 2 Intermediate
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The Universe
This course introduces you into the science of the Cosmos, a general idea of physics which makes it works, the elements of the Cosmnos and a wide idea of the Solar System.
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24+ hrs
Level 2 Intermediate
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CURSO DE CONTAMINACIÓN ATMOSFÉRICA, RUIDOS Y RADICIONES
"CURSO DE CONTAMINACIÓN ATMOSFÉRICA, RUIDOS Y RADIACIONES." La problemática de la contaminación atmosférica en las ciudades va en aumento día a día, sumado a la presencia de otro tipo de contaminantes de diferentes orígenes, hace que este problema no pase desapercibido en la actualidad y haya que poner remedio cuanto antes. Con este curso aprenderás todos los conceptos básicos y herramientas actuales que te permitirán tener una visión objetiva de cómo tratar este problema en la actualidad y cómo afrontar sus problemas futuros.Información del curso : - Duración del Curso: 60h.- Material de libre acceso a través de la plataforma http://www.slidewiki.org
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24+ hrs
Level 2 Intermediate
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China in Africa
This free course, built around the findings of a DFID-ESRC funded project led by The Open University, considers the impact of the rise of China on Africa’s development through the lens of oil production.
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15 hrs
Level 2 Intermediate
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#defyhatenow Social Media Fact Checking Strategies
#defyhatenow Social Media Hate Speech Mitigation Field Guide offers resources and strategies for peacebuilding to education, civil society, NGO and community organisations raising awareness of dangerous speech online and mitigating incitement to violence. The Field Guide uses self-paced learning with grassroots tools that can be used by anyone wishing to mitigate and combat hate speech and the incitement to violence, online and offline. The Social Media Fact Checking Strategies course enables learners to build awareness & skills through the responsible use of social media. Gain understanding of the differences between fake news, rumour, misinformation and propaganda, along with tools to verify images and stories, how to report false stories and misinformation, and further resources.#defyhatenow Social Media Mitigation Field Guide is a long term product of the #defyhatenow initiative for combating hate speech. The guide contains an overview of selected grassroots projects, initiatives and strategies designed for use in the field with training materials, workshops resources and toolkits for raising awareness, developing counter narratives and mitigating violence related to online hate speech.Course Activities Required for Successful CompletionRead through the articles, guidelines and definitionsWatch all video content Contribute to the online discussion with fellow studentsRead closely and in detail all the lesson informationFinish and submit all exercises, quizzes and testsTo complete the course successfully, plan to spend around 2 hours on each lessonPrerequisite Knowledge & SkillsComputer LiteracyBasic knowledge of Social MediaCommunity engagement, leadership and capacity to moderate discussions#defyhatenowdefyhatenowhttps://www.facebook.com/defyhatenow/https://twitter.com/defyhatenow
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12 hrs
Level 1 Introductory
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#defyhatenow Identify & Report Hate Speech Online
#defyhatenow Identify & Report Hate Speech OnlineThe #defyhatenow Social Media Hate Speech Mitigation course on How to Identify & Report Hate Speech Online is aimed at people who want to have a positive impact on their communities through developing social media skills to become a positive influencer. The #defyhatenow course series supports those working as individuals or in collaboration with youth, civil society, peace-builder and media organizations, international agencies, churches and schools. The course offers practical hands-on information to understand, identify, counter and report hate speech and dangerous speech online.The Field Guide focuses on the following areas to build awareness & skills through the responsible use of social media: Identify & Report Hate Speech Online (Current Course)Social Media Fact Checking StrategiesResponsible Use of Social Media and Positive CampaignsHow to Counter Dangerous SpeechGender Equality: Safety of Women & Girls and mitigation of gender-based violence
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10 hrs
Level 1 Introductory
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Flexible Essential Skills Practitioner Forum / Fforwm Ymarferwyr Sgiliau Hanfodol Hyblyg
Community of Practice Forum for Wales Flexible Essential Skills Project
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1 hr
Level 1 Introductory
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Linux for Beginners
Linux is the most popular server OS. Linux is a clone of UNIX. Knowing one is as good as knowing the other. In this tutorial series, we will be using Linux as it's freely available. The training will require you to execute certain commands. Make sure to practice them! This tutorial is for absolute beginner's guide to Linux. You don't even have to buy a new PC to learn Linux. You can run Linux, right within your existing Windows or Mac OS systems!
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3 hrs
Level 0 Beginner
- Divneet Kapoor under Creative Commons - No Commercial ShareAlike
Arduino for Beginners
Arduino is a prototype platform (open-source) based on an easy-to-use hardware and software. It consists of a circuit board, which can be programed (referred to as a microcontroller) and a ready-made software called Arduino IDE (Integrated Development Environment), which is used to write and upload the computer code to the physical board. Arduino provides a standard form factor that breaks the functions of the micro-controller into a more accessible package. This course is intended for enthusiastic students or hobbyists. With Arduino, one can get to know the basics of micro-controllers and sensors very quickly and can start building prototype with very little investment. This course is intended to make you comfortable in getting started with Arduino and its various functions.
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4 hrs
Level 0 Beginner
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Assets Based Working with Communities
This course consists of five Assets Based Collaborative Open Educational Resources (COERs) that have been developed through a research and design process to share innovative practice and further develop assets based approaches for interprofessional working across international community contexts. The course will provide you with the opportunity to further explore these community assets based interprofessional working resources and how they can be applied to your own working contexts.
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10 hrs
Level 0 Beginner
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Challenge Leader Training
An overview of the Challenge Leader Training Day hosted by MRF
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2 hrs
Level 0 Beginner
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Big Bag Ban
The EU has recently approved tough new measures to slash the use of plastic bags. New targets will force each country to reduce plastic bag use by 80% before 2019. In this activity students examine degradable plastic bags as a possible alternative to ordinary plastic bags. They choose questions to ask experts, and come to a reasoned decision in answer to the dilemma question: will degradable plastic bags solve the problems caused by ordinary plastic bags?
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1 hr
Level 0 Beginner
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Australian Citizenship Test
Information and practice tests to prepare you for the Australian citizenship test
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3 hrs
Level 0 Beginner
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Essential skills for online learning
This resource is designed to fit around your schedule; you can work through it in short bursts of 15 minutes, or longer sessions if you prefer. You can complete it in any order, and you can choose to complete only the topics which are relevant to you. ga('create', 'UA-55064688-3', 'auto', 'umlTracker') ga('umlTracker.send', 'pageview')
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4 hrs
Level 0 Beginner
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Scholarly Career Development Resource Hub
Welcome! This is where you will find resources to support the Open University's Scholarly Career Development programme.
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2 hrs
Level 3 Advanced
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Escrita e Autoria na Era Digital
Esta atividade discute a importância da autoria na era digital e abre um espaço de reflexão sobre o futuro da tecnologia para apoiar e avaliar habilidades de escrita
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1 hr
Level 0 Beginner
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Introdução ao Judaísmo - Módulo 1
O curso tem o objetivo de fornecer aos participantes um panorama sobre os principais aspectos que caracterizam o judaísmo do ponto de vista religioso, cultural, histórico, filosófico e ético.
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24+ hrs
Level 1 Introductory
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Creating an open and accepting elementary education environment
Creating an engaging atmosphere where students feel confident in asking questions and expressing their thoughts and feelings is more conducive to learning, retaining information and academic success in the long run.
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A practical guide to UK human rights and discrimination law
This course has been designed to give a practical introduction to UK human rights and discrimination law.
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5 hrs
Level 1 Introductory
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Arabic For Foreigners (Beginners)
The project will produce a new teaching material and methodology for teaching Arabic for non-Arabic speaker especially with latent language mother tongue.
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14 hrs
Level 0 Beginner
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Making Sense of Open Education
This course is designed as an Introductory-level course for participants to learn more about open education, open educational resources (OER), and open educational practices (OEP) in a post-secondary context. Any interested global participant is invited to join. The course is also part of a doctoral research study by the lead facilitator Jenni Hayman.The first live version of the course will run from June 1 - 15, 2018. Preliminary course content will become available on May 27 and sections of the course will be released on a daily basis from June 1. We can't wait to meet you!
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8 hrs
Level 1 Introductory
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Astronomy for Development
This course is designed to provide a helping hand to anyone who intends to submit an application to the OAD Call for Proposals. It provides a brief introduction to Astronomy for Development and introduces the participant to the OAD project cycle, from needs analysis to monitoring and evaluation.
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2 hrs
Level 1 Introductory
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Como construir um Estado da Arte?
Este curso tem por objetivo apresentar dicas de como construir o seu 1° Estado da Arte.O curso tem duração de 9 horas, distribuídas em 3 módulos:1 - Introdução;2 - Atividade 13 - Atividade 2
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9 hrs
Level 0 Beginner
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Lingo Flamingo tutor training programme- Pilot
Tutor training course for volunteers teaching older people languages in community centres, care homes and other community spaces Teaching Languages with Older People is a free online module developed to complement the Lingo Flamingo tutor training programme for dementia and inclusive practice. This free module aims to provide tutors with an awareness of what dementia is, how it may impact on individual learners and how it can be supported within inclusive Language learning sessions. A specific focus will lie on the planning, delivery and evaluation of suitable Language learning sessions for older people. Current research as well as regional and national dementia initiatives will also feature in this module. The module may also be of interest if you work in the voluntary sector or simply have an interest in teaching Languages with older people. Introduction: Teaching Languages with Older People If you complete the module, you will receive a digital badge
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24+ hrs
Level 1 Introductory
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Translation (Arabic-English)
This course aims at teaching students some techniques for translating texts between Arabic and English. It also provides some translated texts, detecting translation errors, translating some culture-specific idioms, expressions.
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24+ hrs
Level 2 Intermediate
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Listening and Presenting - Assignment submission
This is to allow learners on the FutureLearn course 'Listening and presenting: Learning English for Academic Purposes' submit draft and final assignments.
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1 hr
Level 0 Beginner
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Leadership & Management, Theory and Practice
To develop the student’s knowledge and understanding of the dynamics involved in leading people within an organisational context for the success of a business.
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24+ hrs
Level 3 Advanced
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Grow your own loaf
This course for primary teachers looks at the importance of soil, some things to think about around planting and how easy it is to grow your own grain in school or at home.
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1 hr
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Mentoring Matters
This is an on-line course which is part of the University’s support to the apprentice programme.
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3 hrs
Level 0 Beginner
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Girls' Access to Education (GATE) Sierra Leone
GATE seeks to support marginalized girls and children with disabilities to reach their learning potential and transition from primary to secondary education and beyond. The Open University is helping young women who have dropped out of school pass their secondary exam and become primary school teachers and role models for school girls.
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24+ hrs
Level 1 Introductory
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KGIS Scholarship Programme in Malawi
An 18 month study programme to prepare for Malawi national senior secondary exams (MSCE) in English, Maths, Physical Science and Biology, alongside a formative school experience placement as a Teaching Assistant.
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24+ hrs
Level 0 Beginner
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Learning to (Re)Use Open Educational Resources
This open course will guide participants through the discovery, use and reuse of open educational resources (OER) for teaching purposes in all sectors of education. Together we will explore approaches to selecting and using materials that have been created by others, unpack the process of adaptation and discuss sharing and networking. This course will be highly attractive to both those who want to start using OER in their teaching and those who are already users but who are looking for an opportunity to create and share their own teaching resources for teaching.
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12 hrs
Level 1 Introductory
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Getting ready to study Design and Innovation
This unit is aimed at people who are thinking about studying or enrolled to study Design and Innovation at the Open University.
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1 hr
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How to become an online facilitator
This course is for anybody who would like to become a facilitator on an open online course. You'll be introduced to concepts and ideas as how best to engage with learners, encourage conversation, and identify good practice for responding to learners online.
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5 hrs
Level 0 Beginner