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    • Open Networking Lab (pilot)

      Open Networking Lab (pilot)

      In this course you will learn about the technologies and techniques that allow computers, tablets, smartphones and other devices to communicate with each other over networks (including the internet).

      Course

      4 hrs

    • Cyflwyniad i arweinyddiaeth i lywodraethwyr

      Cyflwyniad i arweinyddiaeth i lywodraethwyr

      Mae'r cwrs hwn yn gyflwyniad i arweinyddiaeth a rheolaeth addysgol.

      Course

      5 hrs

    • An introduction to leadership for school governors (Wales)

      An introduction to leadership for school governors (Wales)

      This free course, An Introduction to Leadership for Governors, provides a brief introduction to the field of educational leadership. This Badged Open Course is part of a collection of training resources for school governors in Wales.

      Course

      5 hrs

    • Gwaith Tîm: Hyfforddiant i Lywodraethwyr

      Gwaith Tîm: Hyfforddiant i Lywodraethwyr

      Mae llywodraethwyr yn chwarae rôl hanfodol yn y system addysg yng Nghymru fel rhan o waith tîm ehangach tuag at yr un nod: sicrhau bod plant yng Nghymru yn cael addysg ardderchog.

      Course

      5 hrs

    • Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)

      Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)

      This course will introduce you to the importance of teams and partnership in an educational context. This Badged Open Course is part of a collection of training resources for school governors in Wales.

      Course

      5 hrs

    • Addysg gynhwysol: deall yr hyn a olygwn

      Addysg gynhwysol: deall yr hyn a olygwn

      Ni waeth pa ysgol y byddwch yn eich canfod eich hun ynddi, bydd y ffordd y mae'n ymdrin ag addysg gynhwysol yn ffactor bwysig wrth bennu diwylliant ei hamgylchedd dysgu ac addysgu.

      Course

      5 hrs

    • Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)

      Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)

      This course introduces school governors to the contested area of educational inclusion. This Badged Open Course is part of a collection of training resources for school governors in Wales.

      Course

      5 hrs

    • Multi-disciplinary Working - making it effective for Motor Neurone Disease

      Multi-disciplinary Working - making it effective for Motor Neurone Disease

      In this module you will examine multidisciplinary working and consider its benefits and challenges. You will be encouraged to consider multidisciplinary team (MDT) working in your own work environment and to develop responses in your own practice and the wider team to enhance its performance. For care to be effective the patient experience should be positive: you will hear directly from people affected by MND. You will explore your ideas, findings and opinions with a community of students. The course has been accredited by the following organisations: ACPRC – Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Respiratory Care RCSLT – Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy BDA – British Dietetic Association Association of Palliative Care Social Workers

      Course

      8 hrs

    • MND Association's Care Worker's Module

      MND Association's Care Worker's Module

      Welcome to the MND Association's Care Worker's Module, which was jointly developed by the MND Association and The University of Northampton. Please note: The purpose of this module is to introduce you to the issues surrounding the care for people living with MND and discusses equipment and procedures you may encounter in this role. Actual equipment and techniques that you use during formal training will vary. Completing this module does not qualify you to carry out any medical procedures but will help you to understand the environment you will be working in.

      Course

      8 hrs

    • Rethinking Rural Sanitation

      Rethinking Rural Sanitation

      How to make rural sanitation programmes more adaptable, inclusive and sustainable at scale.

      Course

      6 hrs

    • Repenser l’assainissement rural

      Repenser l’assainissement rural

      Comment rendre les programmes d'assainissement rural plus adaptables, inclusifs et durables à grande échelle.

      Course

      6 hrs

    • Identifying common Bumblebee and Butterfly species

      Identifying common Bumblebee and Butterfly species

      How many bumblebee and butterfly species are there in the UK? Learn to tell them apart to impress friends and family using our interactive tools.

      Material

      2 hrs

    • Pollination and Insect Pollinators

      Pollination and Insect Pollinators

      Learn about the pollination process and why it matters. Discover the diverse insect pollinators in the UK and understand the threats they face. 

      Material

      2 hrs

    • Planting for Pollinators

      Planting for Pollinators

      Support pollinating insects. Use our tips to plant for pollinators and make simple changes to your gardening that make a difference.

      Material

      2 hrs

    • Pollinator Citizen Science

      Pollinator Citizen Science

      Learn about the concept of citizen science and how to contribute data about pollinators. Participate in pollinator citizen science projects.

      Material

      1 hr

    • OpenSTEM Africa: Ghana

      OpenSTEM Africa: Ghana

      Interactive online science applications with supporting exemplar lessons, plus resources to support the continuous professional development of teachers and school leaders to create sustainable improvement in schools.

      Material

      24 hrs

    • Teacher educator programme: skills for 21st century teaching and learning

      Teacher educator programme: skills for 21st century teaching and learning

      How teacher educators can model excellent teaching and support teachers to develop new skills

      Course

      20 hrs

    • Tertiary educator programme: take your teaching online

      Tertiary educator programme: take your teaching online

      How educators can develop good-quality online learning, in any subject area

      Course

      26 hrs

    • Digital Decisions

      Digital Decisions

      Understanding the decisions educators need to make to harness the potential of online learning and digital technologies.

      Material

      1 hr

    • Co-designing Resources Around E-assessments for African HE

      Co-designing Resources Around E-assessments for African HE

      These materials explore current e-assessment experiences, challenges, opportunities and potential solutions in Africa and the UK.

      Material

      1 hr

    • What is SKIP?

      What is SKIP?

      Whether you're new to SKIP or just need a refresher, look no further for everything you need to know!

      Course

      1 hr

    • Child Safeguarding in SKIP

      Child Safeguarding in SKIP

      This hour long course will explain why it is important to know about child safeguarding in SKIP, how to recognise a child safeguarding incident and how to report an incident appropriately within the organisation.

      Course

      1 hr

    • Treasury in SKIP

      Treasury in SKIP

      This course will cover all things Treasury related in SKIP. Including; managing bank accounts, making payments, fundraising and much more!

      Course

      1 hr

    • SKIP Polices and Procedures

      SKIP Polices and Procedures

      This course gives SKIP Volunteers and members information on how SKIP govern, their bylaws and other policies and procedures.

      Course

      1 hr

    • Kandyan Dance III

      Kandyan Dance III

      In this course, you will learn about Vannam dances, extensions of Sri Lanka's most traditional dance form, Kandyan. You will explore the history of Vannam dances, its components and learn the Kavi (lyrical poems) of the 18 principle Vannam. 

      Course

      2 hrs

    • Kandyan Dance II

      Kandyan Dance II

      In this course, you will gain an in-depth understanding of Sri Lanka's most traditional dance form, Kandyan. Basic terminologies used in Kandyan dance and it's commonly followed learning structure by dance practitioners will also be thoroughly explored here. 

      Course

      2 hrs

    • Kandyan Dance

      Kandyan Dance

      An introduction to Sri Lanka's most traditional dance form: Kandyan. In this course, you will learn about Kandyan dance, gain a basic understanding to it's rich history and practices as well as terminologies associated with the dance.

      Course

      1 hr

    • Moving your language teaching online - a toolkit

      Moving your language teaching online - a toolkit

      A toolkit produced by the Open University School of Languages and Applied linguistics to support higher education language teachers moving their language teaching online.

      Guide

      2 hrs

    • Active teaching and learning for Africa: Getting started

      Active teaching and learning for Africa: Getting started

      This course is part of an SBCPD programme developed in Zambia in collaboration with the Ministry of General Education, supported by The Open University (UK) and World Vision Zambia, and funded by The Scottish Government.

      Course

      1 hr

    • Active teaching and learning for Africa (1): Classroom management for learner-centred teaching

      Active teaching and learning for Africa (1): Classroom management for learner-centred teaching

      This course explores how to manage classrooms using principles of learner-centred education as part of a school-based continuing professional development programme for Africa.

      Course

      12 hrs

    • Active teaching and learning for Africa (2): Inclusive teaching

      Active teaching and learning for Africa (2): Inclusive teaching

      This course explores inclusive teaching strategies as part of a school-based continuing professional development programme for Africa.

      Course

      12 hrs

    • Active teaching and learning for Africa (3): Assessment for learning

      Active teaching and learning for Africa (3): Assessment for learning

      This course explores formative assessment in classrooms as part of a school-based continuing professional development programme for Africa.

      Course

      12 hrs

    • Active teaching and learning for Africa (4): Managing and supporting learner-centred classrooms

      Active teaching and learning for Africa (4): Managing and supporting learner-centred classrooms

      This course continues to explore managing and supporting learner-centred classrooms with specific resources as part of a school-based continuing professional development programme for Africa.

      Course

      12 hrs

    • Active teaching and learning for Africa (5): Supporting literacy across the curriculum

      Active teaching and learning for Africa (5): Supporting literacy across the curriculum

      This course explores how you can support reading and writing across the curriculum as part of a school-based continuing professional development programme for Africa.

      Course

      12 hrs

    • Active teaching and learning for Africa (6): Being a reflective practitioner

      Active teaching and learning for Africa (6): Being a reflective practitioner

      This course explores how you can reflect on your practice to improve ways of working as part of a school-based continuing professional development programme for Africa.

      Course

      12 hrs

    • Active teaching and learning for Africa (7): Numeracy across the curriculum

      Active teaching and learning for Africa (7): Numeracy across the curriculum

      This course explores how you can support numeracy across the curriculum in your lessons as part of a school-based continuing professional development programme for Africa.

      Course

      1 hr

    • ZEST Digital Resources

      ZEST Digital Resources

      Audio-visual and Raspberry Pi Resources that support the ZEST TPD programme in Zambia

      Material

      12 hrs

    • ZEST Research and Impact

      ZEST Research and Impact

      Research papers and associated articles relating to this enhanced SPRINT school-based continuing professional development (SBCPD) programme which supports active teaching and learning in line with the Zambian revised school curriculum.

      Material

      24 hrs

    • Implementing the United Nations Education for Justice (E4J) initiative in your university

      Implementing the United Nations Education for Justice (E4J) initiative in your university

      This course provides an accessible and engaging introduction to the teaching methods and ethical concepts underpinning the United Nations’ Education for Justice (E4J) initiative. It is intended to provide practical support for educators working in universities and to develop their capacity to incorporate anti-corruption, integrity and ethics teaching into the curriculum.

      Course

      5 hrs

    • La implementación de la iniciativa Educación para la Justicia (E4J) de las Naciones Unidas en tu Universidad

      La implementación de la iniciativa Educación para la Justicia (E4J) de las Naciones Unidas en tu Universidad

      Este curso ofrece una introducción accesible e interesante a los métodos de enseñanza y los conceptos éticos que sustentan la iniciativa Educación para la Justicia (E4J) de las Naciones Unidas. Su propósito es proporcionar un apoyo práctico a las y los docentes que trabajan en las universidades, desarrollando su capacidad de incorporar formación sobre anticorrupción, integridad y ética en el plan de estudios.

      Course

      5 hrs

    • 1 Core Concepts

      1 Core Concepts

      Engaging all members, voices and opinions within a community is vitally important when developing solutions to social and environmental challenges the community face. This unit discusses the core concepts behind how you engage with your wider community or engage with another community to identify solutions. The most effective community solutions are ones that benefit the community, are fair and do not impact negatively on the environment. The aims of this unit are to introduce the following: how to follow an action learning approach to engagement and management; why community engagement is important and approaches to successful engagement; the concept of community owned solutions; and how to determine impact.

      Course

      4 hrs

    • 2 Participatory Techniques

      2 Participatory Techniques

      Participatory techniques are particularly important when engaging with your community or another community. They allow all voices, opinions and practices to be shared from all different sections of the community.

      Course

      5 hrs

    • 3 Digital Skills

      3 Digital Skills

      Digital skills are important to be able to use the range of technologies we have available for collecting, organising, processing and sharing data. They include having a basic understanding of digital technologies including mobile devices and computers, being able to use a range of software applications and having an awareness of how to use digital devices safely and ethically.

      Course

      5 hrs

    • 4 Environmental Monitoring Techniques

      4 Environmental Monitoring Techniques

      Environmental monitoring is a way of understanding the current condition and any changes that occur in the environment. Environmental change can occur to water, the land, the air, to plants and animals. Understanding environmental condition and changes can help support management activities, support policy development and its implementation, and develop information for sharing with the community, government and the wider public. The aim of this unit is to introduce why it is important to collect environmental data, some of the different methods that can be used, how to plan a monitoring study and how to analyse and share the information.

      Course

      2 hrs

    • 5 Community Monitoring

      5 Community Monitoring

      Community monitoring is monitoring developed and carried out by communities themselves. Widespread participation of community members is encouraged in the design, execution, reporting and evaluation of the monitoring programme (discussed in Unit 4). The aims of this unit are to introduce the benefits of using a community approach when developing a monitoring programme and to provide guidance on how to plan, act, observe and evaluate it.

      Course

      2 hrs

    • 6 Community Wetland Management

      6 Community Wetland Management

      Water and wetlands are fundamental to life. How we interact with them and the management approaches we adopt can impact our health and well-being, and the environment. Community management is the implementation of a management approach that provides a solution to social and environmental challenges the community faces. It is developed and carried out by a community themselves. Identifying the most robust community management approaches is important. We call these approaches community owned solutions as they benefit the community, are fair and do not impact negatively on the environment. The aims of this unit are to examine our relationship with water and wetlands, to introduce community management, discuss how to identify community owned solutions and look at how to implement and evaluate community owned solutions.

      Course

      3 hrs

    • 7 Integrating community monitoring and management into frameworks of policy and management

      7 Integrating community monitoring and management into frameworks of policy and management

      The aims of this unit are to provide guidance on how to successfully engage with policy makers to enable community management and monitoring findings to be used in policy and management frameworks and decision making. It is appropriate for both community members and institutional staff.

      Course

      3 hrs

    • Introduction to the GAIN Project and Courses

      Introduction to the GAIN Project and Courses

      This free course provides an overview of ecological intensification as it applies to aquaculture, explaining why it is crucial for the future of fish and shellfish production, and how the EU GAIN project intend to support its implementation.

      Course

      1 hr

    • Sustainability of aquaculture products

      Sustainability of aquaculture products

      The course explores how the sustainability of aquaculture products can be measured and how that can be used to inform production practices and communications with the public.

      Course

      4 hrs

    • Sustainable Aquafeeds

      Sustainable Aquafeeds

      This free course, Sustainable aquafeeds, explores in detail the challenges of the aquafeed industry to become increasingly sustainable and, through innovation, meet the nutritional requirements of animals as well as the demands of its market.

      Course

      4 hrs