Open University Essays

  • The Open University - OpenLearn

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    Godwin discusses about OpenLearn, an Open Educational Resources (OER) website that provides free learning materials to people around the world. The Open University (OU) UK, which is one of the members of the OpenCourseWare Consortium, launched OpenLearn in 2006 as part of its initiative to provide free educational materials for learners worldwide. OpenLearn runs under the Moodle open-source learning management system. Similar to a real online course from a university, people can access OpenLearn on their

  • Compare And Contrast Athabasca University And Open University

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    Athabasca University and the Open University of China are open universities. Athabasca University is located in the developed country of Canada and the Open University of China (OUC) is in the developing country of China. Athabasca University and the Open University of China have made education more accessible to their citizens. Due to the differences in each country, the online universities have different missions and have been implemented differently. Athabasca University did not start out as

  • Having a Voice

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    ..h and Social Care, Resources, Milton Keynes, The Open University. The Open University (2010) K101 An Introduction to Health and Social Care, DVD, Unit 5, Video 5.1 ‘Life Story Work: Jordan Morgan’s Life Story Book, Milton Keynes, The Open University. The Open University (2010) K101 An Introduction to Health and Social Care, DVD, Unit 7, Audio 7.2 ‘Ethical Issues in Oral History’, Milton Keynes, The Open University. The Open University (2010) K101 An Introduction to Health and Social Care

  • Distance Learning

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    shorthand, came up with an idea for delivering instruction to a potentially limitless audience: correspondence courses by mail. By the 1900s, the first department of correspondence teaching was established at the University of Chicago. The founding of the United Kingdom’s Open University in 1969 marked a significant development of the newest phase of distance learning involving a mixed-media approach to teaching (Matthews 1999). Distance education takes place when a teacher and student are separated

  • The Quality of Relationship Between the Carer and Care Receiver

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    Keynes, The Open University. The Open University (2010) K101 An introduction to health and social care, Unit 1, ‘Care: a family affair’, Milton Keynes, The Open University. The Open University (2010) K101 An introduction to health and social care, Unit 1, ‘Care: a family affair’, Milton Keynes, The Open University. The Open University (2010) K101 An introduction to health and social care, Unit 3, ‘Social Care In The Community’, Milton Keynes, The Open University. The Open University (2010)

  • Health and Social Care

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    5,’Working with life experience’ Milton Keynes, The Open University John Bowlby, 1969 ‘Attachment and Loss’ in Johnson, J and De Souza, C (2nd Edition) Understanding Health and Social Care: In Introductory Reader, London, Sage/Milton Keynes, The Open University The Open University (2010) K101 An introduction to health and social care, DVD, Unit 5, video 5.1 ‘Life story work: Jordan Morgan’s life story book’ Milton Keynes, The Open University Tony Ryan and Rodger Walker, ‘Why do life story work

  • Benin Art in Museums and Galleries

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    middle of paper ... ... Milton Keynes, The Open University, pp. 45-58 Mackie, R. (2008), ‘The Art of the Benin: Changing Relations between Europe and Africa I: The conquest of the Benin in the 1890’s’, in Brown, R (ed.), Cultural Encounters (AA100 Book3), Milton Keynes, The Open University, pp. 16-32 Pike, J. (2008), ‘Cultural Encounters and Cultural Exemptions’, in Brown, R (ed.), Cultural Encounters (AA100 Book3), Milton Keynes, The Open University, pp. 90-122 Wood, P (2008), ‘The Art of the

  • Codeswitching from English

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    arrangements'. The few words at the start of this ... ... middle of paper ... ...OM), Milton Keynes, The Open University. English in the World, (2012), (U214, Worlds of English, DVD ROM), Milton Keynes, The Open University. McCormick, K. (2012), 'English and Other Languages' in Seargeant, P. and Swann, J. (ed.) History, Diversity, Change (U214, English in the World), Milton Keynes, The Open University, pp. 245-290. Meyerhoff, M. and Strycharz, A. (2012), 'Variation and Change in English' in Seargeant

  • Summary of Educating Rita

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    Main characters are Frank who is a university lecturer and Rita who is a hair dresser. Rita wants to be educated she decides to take an Open University course. The main theme of the play is to be educated. At the start of the scene we hear a conversation between Frank and someone else on the other end of the phone. We hear him arguing if he will go to the pub or not. “What do u mean I determined to go to the pub? I don’t need determination to go to the pub”. This shows his sarcasm. Showing that

  • Changes in Rita and Frank in Acts One and Two

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    play ‘Educating Rita’ written by Willy Russell explores the life of Rita, a twenty-six year old woman from a working class background, who is trying to find a new identity by becoming more independent, educated and cultured. Rita goes to the Open University and meets her tutor Frank. She is determined to learn from him and will not let anything step in her way. On closer analysis of Act 1 scene 1 and Act 2 scene 2 of this play and the changes in the relationship between Frank and Rita in these

  • Important Changes to the Mental Health Services in America

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    beatings and being put on public display (The Open University, 2010g, p.94). This no longer happens but current legislation still focuses on controlling risk instead of considering a holistic approach where the whole person is considered. This can result in the service user not being included in decisions about their care, not given treatment options and sometimes being detained without consent (The Open University, 2010h, p.111). May (in the Open University, 2004b) is a practitioner and ex-service user

  • Rita's Changes in Willy Russell’s Educating Rita

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    married and become baby machines and then perhaps get a part time job. The Open University (OU) was the University that gave these people another chance at education as you need no formal qualifications to study there. People who enrolled into this university would typically be people who, would have left school at the age of 15 and maybe hadn’t taken their education seriously the first time round. The Open University functioned by giving their students personal tutors who would usually teach

  • Quality Assurance in Distance Education

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    discussion for readers interested in QA in DE, this is where the real value of the book is. Works Cited Sallis, E.1993.Total Quality Management in Education. London : Kogan Page. Tait, A 1993, “Systems, Values and Dissent: Quality Assurance for Open and Distance Learning”, Distance Education 14(2), 3033-3014.

  • Caregiving and Relationships

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    Social Care Unit 2, Milton Keynes, the Open University. The Open University 2011 K101: An Introductory to Health and Social Care DVD, Block 1, Unit 1, Audio 1:3 Angus’ wash, Milton Keynes, The Open University. The Open University K101: An Introduction to Health and Social Care Unit 3, Milton Keynes, the Open University. The Open University K101: An Introduction to Health and Social care Unit 2, Milton Keynes, the Open University. The Open University 2011 K101: An Introductory to Health

  • The Effect of Summer School on Rita in Educating Rita by Willy Russell

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    her education and didn't want to learn. So when Rita is accepted for Open University she comes to realise that someone is giving her an opportunity to learn and she grasps it while she can. 'I was dead surprised when they took me. I don't suppose they would have done if it'd been a proper university. The Open University's different though, isn... ... middle of paper ... ... she explains that she got to the university earlier so she could speak with the students. Frank then replies,

  • Educating Rita by Willy Russell

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    Educating Rita by Willy Russell Educating Rita is a play written by Willy Russell. It is about a woman called Rita who feels her life is not fulfilled so she goes to Frank who works at an Open University to tutor her. Rita has a husband called Denny. He is working class and has never been to university, like Rita before she goes to she Frank. Frank on the other hand is a lecturer of literature but does not have everything. He is unhappy at home and is often drunk at his tutorials. The

  • Educating Rita

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    telephone call. He does this to give us as much information as possible about the characters and their personalities. The play, which is set in the early 1980s, deals with the clashes between education and culture. It is about a middle-aged university lecturer called Frank. He is currently in a relationship with Julia. This relationship is not going too well as Frank is an alcoholic and would much rather go to the pub than go home to Julia. There is also Rita a 26-year-old woman who didn’t

  • Exploring How the Characters of Frank and Rita Change Throughout Willy Russell's Educating Rita

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    life and experiences. After a miserable time at school Willy Russell tried a variety of jobs, but eventually settled for being a ladies' hairdresser. Like Rita, he was determined to become educated and so he studied for a degree with the Open University and became an educated writer. In the first scene the audience is introduced to Frank who is seemingly searching for a misplaced novel (typical of all teachers you might say!). However, it doesn't take long for that illusion to disappear

  • Pilgrimages to Sacred Sites as Tourism

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    Leisure AA100 Book 4, Milton Keynes, The Open University, pp.3-10 Reader, I. (2012), ‘Pilgrims and Pilgrimage: place and Journey in Cultures and Faiths Worldwide’, available from http://www.york.ac.uk/projects/pilgrimage/content/faiths.html accessed on the 11/5/12 ‘Sacred Space and Landscape’ (2008) (aa100DVD Video), Milton Keynes, The Open University The Open University (2008), AA100 Illustration Book (Plates for Books 3 and 4), Milton Keynes, The Open University. Waterhouse , H. (2009), ‘The Dalai

  • Analysis of Educating Rita by Willy Russel

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    affective in introducing the characters and the theme of the play. He gains the interest of the audience in many different ways. Firstly as the curtain rises we see frank a man in his early fifties in a room on the first floor of a Victorian built university in the north of England. This gives the effect of an intellectual play in a grand environment. As we first introduced to frank he is a middle-aged man who is scurrying along a bookshelf quickly removing books before instantly replacing them