Hello Open Learning Champions, 

We wanted to highlight some new OpenLearn courses: 

Approaching leadership with care
Delve into the core concepts of leadership by exploring the significance of empathy, compassion, and understanding when leading others and yourself.

Making social media work in Higher Education
This course explores the potential of social media as a space that can be used to enhance students’ experience in Higher Education/University. It examines how students can take advantage of platforms to engage and connect with fellow students and build their networks.

Introduction to music theory 1: form
Learn how to identify musical form through close engagement with recorded music, and studying examples of folk, popular, and classical music from several world traditions.

Hello Open Learning Champions, 

On OpenLearn there is now a hub called 'Resources for educators'. 

All the content in this hub has been selected by academics across The Open University, specifically for teachers, teaching assistants and support staff working across the secondary, primary and early years sectors, including those involved in home education, special schools and pupil referral units.

For information about using this hub, please see here.

If you have come across any OpenLearn resources you would like to share with other OLCs, please post them in this forum.

Hello Open Learning Champions,

You might be interested in the new Open University and SWAP West Learning Hub. 

The site, a partnership between The Open University in Scotland and the Scottish Wider Access Programme (SWAP), brings together introductory level OpenLearn courses relevant to students studying SWAP courses. SWAP students can find courses that offer new topics to explore, build on their study with SWAP, and help prepare for further study at university. 

This quiz has been developed by Prof. Graham Pike and Dr Hayley Ness from The Open University in collaboration with Dr Josh Davis from the University of Greenwich. The quiz is based on research conducted by Josh that has been used to test the face recognition abilities of some of the officers in the super recogniser unit, and that can be used to identify new super recognisers.

We have used this quiz at external events and always find that people are really engaged with it. Give it a try and see if you have the skills to be a super recogniser.

January was a busy month for new OpenLearn content. Some new courses/content include the following:

Developing business ideas for drone technologies
You will develop an initial view of the drone industry, looking at its evolution and the potential market opportunities available before identifying opportunities and potential for your own drone business idea.

Supporting physical development in early childhood
In this course you will learn how to ensure young children do enough physical activity and how it improves child mental and physical health development.

Supporting climate action through digital education
Education has a vital role in tackling the catastrophic impact of the climate emergency. This free course will equip you for designing and delivering online, blended and technology-enhanced teaching and learning through a pedagogy of hope and care.

Children and young people's mental health: a collection of free resources
Explore resources focusing on the issue of mental health and wellbeing when it comes to children and young people.

For the latest content as and when it goes live, keep an eye on the New to OpenLearn page.