- Mara Fuertes Gutierrez under Creative Commons - No Commercial ShareAlike
Español académico
En este curso se practica la comunicación fluida en español en contextos académicos. Proyecto financiado por el Programa Erasmus+ de la Unión Europea. Este proyecto refleja las perspectivas de las autoras, la Unión Europea no se hace responsable de las mismas.
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24+ hrs
Level 2 Intermediate
- Sneha Jain under Creative Commons - No Commercial ShareAlike
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
Level 0 Beginner
- Philip Wakely under Creative Commons - No Commercial ShareAlike
Self-Directed Support- Making the Law Work for You SDS, Human Rights and Equalities
The aim of the course is to equip practitioners with the skills and knowledge to effectively scrutinise and challenge local authority decision making on the allocation of resources to individuals who have an assessed entitlement to Self-directed Support. It is aimed at practitioners in the Third Sector who have a significant role in advising and advocating for, or with, individuals on their rights and entitlements under Self-directed Support.
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6 hrs
Level 1 Introductory
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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
Level 0 Beginner
- Mari Suarez-Figueroa under Creative Commons - No Commercial ShareAlike
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24+ hrs
Level 2 Intermediate
- Mari Suarez-Figueroa under Creative Commons - No Commercial ShareAlike
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
- Mari Suarez-Figueroa under Creative Commons - No Commercial ShareAlike
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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OpenLearn Create Christmas 2018
NEWS: The Open University is closed from 24 December 2018 until 1 January 2019, support for OpenLearn Create limited.
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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
- #defyhatenow Field Guide under Creative Commons - No Commercial ShareAlike
#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
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- #defyhatenow Field Guide under Creative Commons - No Commercial ShareAlike
#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
- Divneet Kapoor under Creative Commons - No Commercial ShareAlike
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
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- Gary Mckenna under Creative Commons - No Commercial ShareAlike
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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In-the-Picture
This course introduces you to In-the-Picture. This is an observational approach designed to be used with very young disabled children. This course is of particular use to early years practitioners, parents, researchers and anyone interested in exploring other people's perspectives.
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8 hrs
Level 1 Introductory
- Meningitis Research under Creative Commons - No Commercial ShareAlike
Challenge Leader Training
An overview of the Challenge Leader Training Day hosted by MRF
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2 hrs
Level 0 Beginner
- Ale Okada under Creative Commons - No Commercial ShareAlike
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
- Wilfried Sharp under Creative Commons - No Commercial ShareAlike
Australian Citizenship Test
Information and practice tests to prepare you for the Australian citizenship test
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3 hrs
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Essential skills for online learning
This resource, developed by The University of Manchester Library, will help you to develop skills to get the most out of being an online learner. ESOL is self-paced and 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
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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
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- Alec Cave under Creative Commons - No Commercial ShareAlike
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
- Nouran Khallaf under Creative Commons - No Commercial ShareAlike
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
- Jenni Hayman under Creative Commons - No Commercial ShareAlike
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
- OAD Astronomy for Development under Public domain license
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
- ayman yasin under Creative Commons - No Commercial ShareAlike
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
- sara smith under Creative Commons - No Commercial ShareAlike
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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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
- The Open University under Creative Commons - No Commercial ShareAlike
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
- John Casey under Creative Commons - No Commercial ShareAlike
Design and Build Digital Assessments
Systematic Approaches to Digital Assessment in Further and Higher Education. A practical course focusing on 'soft' issues not covered in most research studies or sources of guidance. Steps through the process of converting an assessment from paper to digital.
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24+ hrs
Level 1 Introductory
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Are you ready for S309?
Are you ready for S309? Self-assessment quiz for prospective students of S309 to test their level of skills prior to registering for the module.
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2 hrs
Level 3 Advanced
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Are you ready to study S111?
Introducing Open University module S111, with a simple set of self-assessment questions to find out whether potential students have the right background to study S111 successfully. Feedback will be given separately on science knowledge and understanding, maths skills, computing skills, English language skills, and time management.
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1 hr
Level 0 Beginner
Natural and Social Sciences
This project aims to support and provide practice in Natural and Social Sciences for primary school children. For now, it is composed of two sections: one for G4 (Y5) pupils and another for G6 (Y7) pupils. These blocks are designed to complement the pupils' homework.
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24+ hrs
Level 0 Beginner
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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
Level 0 Beginner
- The Open University under Creative Commons - No Commercial ShareAlike
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
Level 2 Intermediate
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How to use OpenLearn Create
How to create Open Educational Resources in OpenLearn Create
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2 hrs
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Graded Online Maths
This project aims to provide practice in basic arithmetic for primary school children, while making it easy for teachers to track their progress. It is composed of the following blocks: Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division Mixed operations Fractions Geometry Unit conversion These blocks are designed to complement the pupils' homework. All drills are graded according to difficulty and can be done as many times as wished. The letters in their names are self-explanatory.
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1 hr
Level 0 Beginner
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Multimedia Advocacy: Making plans with people with learning disabilities
Introducing Multimedia Advocacy support for people with learning disabilities. You are provided with a background to the approach and software to develop multimedia materials. Three case studies are presented. These look at the use of multimedia advocacy in: • Education, Health and Care Plans • Telling personal histories • Everyday classroom practice
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2 hrs
Level 0 Beginner
- The Open University under Creative Commons - No Commercial ShareAlike
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
Level 3 Advanced
- The Open University under Creative Commons - No Commercial ShareAlike
French Boot Camp 2014
This space is for the French Boot Camp 2014 (Intermediate Learners)
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1 hr
Level 1 Introductory
- The Open University under Creative Commons - No Commercial ShareAlike
French Boot Camp 2015
This space is for the French Boot Camp 2015 (Intermediate Learners)
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1 hr
Level 0 Beginner
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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
Level 1 Introductory
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