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Living arts
The Living Arts series of study modules introduced pre-degree students to the key ideas and skills involved in studying humanities. The complete series included study modules on: Words, Sounds, Images, Places, Ideas, A Living Culture. Here we present Words and Sounds. The Living Arts course has now been replaced by Y160 Making Sense of the Arts.
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24+ hrs
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Market Research Methods
Conducting market research can involve employing both quantitative and qualitative research models. This unit gives an overview of both and how they can be used effectively to investigate your customer service levels.
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8 hrs
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Mentoring in Primary Schools
This material is taken from a discontinued Open University course. It is intended for re-purposing and re-use by educators rather than for use directly by learners. Learning outcomes appropriate to the original course may be provided within the material, but it is intended that educators will construct new learning outcomes appropriate to the re-use they make of this material.
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24+ hrs
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Open Educational Research Assets
The proposed OER will pull together existing internal and external resources under five themes to act as a collection of Master’s level training resources that focus on educational research methodology and techniques.
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24+ hrs
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Political Ordering
This unit discusses ways in which our lives are ordered by the state. The focus is largely on the question ‘How is society made and repaired?’ But you will also be looking at questions of differences and inequalities. You may find you need to work harder to see the significance of this second key question, but the effort will be worthwhile.
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1 hr
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Preparing for development
These materials comprise a preparatory pack for the courses U213 International Development: Challenges for a World in Transition and TU871 Development Context and Practice.
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24+ hrs
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Professional development with ICT
This course was originally part of the MA Programme in Education but could also be studied on its own. The last presentation of this course was February 2004. The course aimed to develop a teacher’s understanding of issues fundamental to the analysis of change in the school. Both professional and school development were considered, linking teaching using ICT (information and communication technology) to theoretical concepts. Methods such as ‘evidence-based’ practice and crticial evaluation were explored in relation to personal and school priorities.
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24+ hrs
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Project mathematics update
Project Mathematics Update was a collection of materials produced by the Open University’s Centre for Mathematics Education (CME) for use in Local Education Authority courses for retraining teachers as mathematics teachers in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The materials are typical of CME in that they consist largely of tasks with limited commentary.
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24+ hrs
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Research methods in Education and the Social Sciences
Undergraduate level 3 course from the Faculty of Social Sciences presented between 1993 and 1998. The materials accessible here are from 1998.
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24+ hrs
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Researching student learning
This book Researching Student Learning: Approaches to Studying in Campus-based and Distance Education by John T.E. Richardson, first published in 2000, is an important resource for all those concerned with leaning and teaching in universities and colleges, whether in campus-based or distance learning institutions.
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24+ hrs
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Responding to Customer Needs
This unit uses SWOT and PEST analysis and SMART targets models to help you to identify your current market position, identify your customer’s needs and plan for future changes.
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24+ hrs
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Science for primary teachers
PS458 Science for Primary Teachers was a course designed to help promote knowledge and understanding of science. This unit also contains some relevant material form the course S624 Primary Teachers Learning Science.
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24+ hrs
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Self Regulated Learning
This course provides an introduction to the new learning technologies that empower self-regulated learning and personal learning environments.
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3 hrs
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Social problems and social welfare
Undergraduate level 2 course from the Faculty of Social Sciences presented between 1988 and 1997. The materials accessible here are from 1997
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24+ hrs
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Spanish: La historia piedra a piedra
If you already have a working knowledge of the Spanish language this unit will help to improve you ability to describe places, events and routines in the past. By using Medieval Spain as the setting you will learn crucial grammatical points regarding the preterite and imperfect tenses.
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12 hrs
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Statistics in society
This course was presented for the last time in February 2006. The course materials covers statistical information and the ways of dealing with it, playing an increasingly important part in our lives. This course offers an uncomplicated yet critical introduction to current (2006) statistical ideas and practice, and demonstrates a variety of applications of statistics in everyday life. Statistical concepts are introducted to help make sense of practical problems and to help answer such questions as: ‘Are we becoming better off?’ and ‘Is my child developing normally?’
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24+ hrs
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Sustainable product innovation
This unit will outline the concept of sustainable product innovation, explore the benefits of ‘green’ designs and examine the social-take up of such approaches.
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4 hrs
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Teaching and course design in higher education
This course was designed for people teaching or supporting teaching at higher education level, such as teachers, tutors, lecturers, supervisors and student support staff (such as librarians, educational technology and e-learning managers or academic supervisors). The course was originally accredited by the Institute of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (ILTHE, currently part of the Higher Education Academy) as a route towards membership. The work of a teacher clearly involves much more than classroom performance and the traditional activities that have always aimed to engage students in learning. Teaching embraces planning and running sessions, designing learning environments, supervising and mentoring students in practice situations, marking and giving feedback on student work, undertaking the associated administration, coping with a multifaceted workload and managing complex relationships with colleagues. Successful teachers will also be reflecting across the range of their experiences and planning for continuing development.
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24+ hrs
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Teaching and learning with ICT
This course was part of the MA Programme in Education but could also be studied on its own. The last presentation of this course was September 2002.
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24+ hrs
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Teaching in Primary Schools: Art
The booklet provided here formed part of the Primary Post Graduate Certificate in Education course which ran between 1994 and 1998. The Teaching in Primary School: Art booklet was designed to help student teachers understand the issues surrounding teaching art to primary pupils and provide some strategies to aid their teaching.
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20 hrs
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Teaching in Primary Schools: English
The booklet provided here formed part of the Primary Post Graduate Certificate in Education course which ran between 1994 and 1998. The Teaching in Primary School: English booklet was designed to help student teachers understand the issues surrounding teaching English to primary pupils and provide some strategies to aid their teaching.
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24+ hrs
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Teaching in Primary Schools: Geography
The booklet provided here formed part of the Primary Post Graduate Certificate in Education course which ran between 1994 and 1998. The Teaching in Primary School: Geography booklet was designed to help student teachers understand the issues surrounding teaching geography to primary pupils and provide some strategies to aid their teaching.
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20 hrs
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Teaching in Primary Schools: History
The booklet provided here formed part of the Primary Post Graduate Certificate in Education course which ran between 1994 and 1998. The Teaching in Primary School: History booklet was designed to help student teachers understand the issues surrounding teaching history to primary pupils and provide some strategies to aid their teaching.
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20 hrs
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Teaching in primary schools: mathematics
The booklet provided here formed part of the Primary Post Graduate Certificate in Education course which ran between 1994 and 1998. The Teaching in Primary School: Mathematics booklet was designed to help student teachers understand the issues surrounding teaching mathematic to primary pupils and provide some strategies to aid their teaching.
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24+ hrs
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Teaching in Primary Schools: Music
The booklet provided here formed part of the Primary Post Graduate Certificate in Education course which ran between 1994 and 1998. The Teaching in Primary School: Music booklet was designed to help student teachers understand the issues surrounding teaching music to primary pupils and provide some strategies to aid their teaching.
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20 hrs
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Teaching in Primary Schools: Technology
The booklet provided here formed part of the Primary Post Graduate Certificate in Education course which ran between 1994 and 1998. The Teaching in Primary School: Technology booklet was designed to help student teachers understand the issues surrounding teaching technology to primary pupils and provide some strategies to aid their teaching.
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20 hrs
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The United States in twentieth century culture
The material here is derived from a discontinued Open University course: The United States in twentieth century culture. The material is presented in designated sections and primarily as a series of audio files. No other materials are supplied for this course.
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10 hrs
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TU100_Sense
This site provides all the resources you need to get started with Sense and the SenseBoard.
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1 hr
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Understanding management
Have you ever wondered what ‘management’ means? What kinds of ideas and activities are involved? What or who makes a good manager? Or a bad one? This unit provides a taste of the Open University's Understanding management course which could point you towards some of the answers to these questions.
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4 hrs
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CREDPRO: The Child: Development Needs & Rights
This unit begins by introducing the concepts of childhood and child development, followed by an exploration of children’s universal needs and potentials. Needs are then related to the international standards outlined in the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child.
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5 hrs
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Devro Leadership Framework
This programme provides participants with an orientation of the integrated Leadership Framework, through a series of recorded presentations and individual exercises aimed at practising key techniques and consolidating knowledge.
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5 hrs
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French Boot Camp 2014
This space is for the French Boot Camp 2014 (Intermediate Learners)
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1 hr
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French Boot Camp 2015
This space is for the French Boot Camp 2015 (Intermediate Learners)
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1 hr
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How Global are you?
How global are you? This MOOC enables participants to understand intercultural competence in the workplace. Participants will audit their intercultural skills and personal qualities, and plan how to develop them further.
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20 hrs
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Learning through reflective practice
This course is for students who are about to start on the first module of the Professional Certificate in Management: B628/BZX628 Managing and Managing People. This short course is an introduction to reflection for learning in professional settings.
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6 hrs
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Prépa Mises au Point 2015
A short programme of activities that would help French Level 2 students practise their language skills and prepare for Level 3 study.
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3 hrs
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SCIENCE-PG Science Postgraduate Programme at the Open University
Online resources showcasing current taught postgraduate qualifications in Science at the Open University, with Open Online Events ('Open Days') to be held 2-3 times each year, where enquirers can interact with academics and team members on the Science Postgraduate Programme ~ 3 Hours per 'session'
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3 hrs
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The World Bank Group
This unit concentrates on the relationship between development law and the role of the World Bank. In this context the unit briefly refers to the concept of sustainable development and it will evaluate the role of this concept within international trade.
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5 hrs
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The World Trade Organization
This unit deals with the role and the functions of the World Trade Organization (WTO. It will attempt to critically address the salient agreements regulated by the WTO as well as the institutional structure within which the WTO functions. Finally, it covers the area of subsidies under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures.
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5 hrs
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Learning how to learn
This toolkit was created for tutors of courses from any discipline. Its focus is on the process of reflection and encourages tutors to help their students to become reflective learners by developing a process of feedback and dialogue with them.
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15 hrs
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Open to change
This unit is comprised of three booklets designed for people who are facing change, or who are thinking about making changes in their lives. The booklets originally formed part of the Y004 Open to Change course, aimed at pre-degree level student, but this has now been replaced by Y154 Open to Change.
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24+ hrs
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Reading and note taking
This toolkit was created for tutors of courses from any discipline. Its aim is to enable tutors to help their students to develop reading and note taking skills.
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6 hrs
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The effective use of numbers
This toolkit was created for tutors of courses that are not explicitly mathematical. Its aim is to enable tutors to help their students to develop the mathematical skills they need to present and interpret data and statistical information in effective ways.
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10 hrs
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Writing skills
This toolkit was created for tutors of courses from any discipline. Its aim is to enable tutors to take a sytematic stance in preparing their students to write effectively, and produce written work which expresses their understanding of their subject and topic.
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10 hrs
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The Practical Science Network
The purpose of this space is to bring educators together to find new ways of including practical science within the curriculum.
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1 hr
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