London South Bank University is a public university located in Southwark, London, United Kingdom. It has over 25,000 students and 1,700 staff, and is based in the London Borough of Southwark,
People are living longer and the number of older people is increasing. These trends are evident worldwide, making wellbeing a high-profile issue in contemporary policy and practice. Rather than focusing on ‘improving health’ we have moved toward ‘improving health and wellbeing’. The idea of wellbeing involves how we feel about ourselves and our lives, rather than how our lives might be assessed by others. This course is about how we can facilitate good quality, active, healthy and fulfilling lives for older people.Each week, colleagues from 3rdthought will join us to help illustrate and explore different topics. The course is highly interactive and we look forward to your contribution, too.OBJECTIVESExplore opportunities for aging actively.Explore the potential for self-fulfilment and creativity as we age.Understand the changes that take place in our minds and bodies as we age.Understand the ways in which society adapts as more people live longer.
This course is aimed at health care workers in the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK who need to understand how to recognise and intervene with a patient whose physical condition deteriorates. There is an expectation that course participants will have an understanding of how health and social care is delivered in the UK, and a reasonable knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of the various workers found in NHS and social care settings.However, the material in this course will also be useful for health care workers in other countries, as well as service users and careers. In order to meet the needs of this potentially wide range of participants, the materials are organised into “universal” and “advanced” levels. The learning and teaching materials are supported by a drama that unfolds over six episodes, and follows the journey of Mr. Gary Mitchell as he becomes ill but goes on to recover.There is no cost for undertaking this course, or for accessing any of the information on the site, or linked to from the site. At the end of the course you can print out a certificate to show you have attended the course. If you require a validated London South Bank University certificate sent to your home or work address, then there will be a small fee, and you can find details about this in the course materials
Everyone is talking ‘digital’ - digital curriculum, digital learning & teaching - but what do we really understand about taking higher education into the digital age? In this course we explore the what it means to be both a teacher and a student in the digital age, and how we can best deploy the new opportunities that digital technologies bring, both to online and on campus learning and teaching.The course is highly interactive, and uses a wide variety of online techniques and tools.Topics covered include: Definitions of the digital curriculum and digitally enhanced learning & teachingThe digital natives, digital immigrants, digital wisdom debateConstructivism and collaborative learning & teachingConstructing blended learningDigital learning & teaching toolsMentoring and facilitating in a digital environmentCOURSE AIMSTo provide course participants with the opportunity to learn alongside, and from, a wide variety of people working in educational settings;To allow course participants to experience the use of digital learning and teaching tools and techniquesTo encourage the structured adoption of digital learning & teaching pedagogies into mainstream education.
Join us to learn researching skills using authentic records about British Army nurses, covering the period from the Victorian wars to more recent times.The course will last six weeks. Each week, we will use archival documents to explore different periods and different aspects of historical research, allowing us to place the information in context and make sense of it. Participants will also have the opportunity to publish their military nursing research on the British Army Nurses wiki at britisharmynurses.com.We will cover:Using medal rolls and the challenges of transcription, context, and languageUsing newspaper and journal archives, and the ethics of historical researchUsing diaries and letters, and military nursing as part of the wider history of women and of nursingUsing photographs and paintings, identifying uniforms and badgesUsing the Census and definitions of nurses and nursingUsing The National Archives, Kew, and the importance of corroboration
Intellectual disability (known as learning disability in the UK) refers to significant limitations in learning, thinking, solving problems, making sense of the world, and developing everyday life skills. All people with intellectual disabilities are capable of learning and can live a worthwhile and happy life. In this course we listen to the needs, hopes and aspirations of those living with learning disabilities, and learn about their carers, friends and families, to explore how their lived experiences help to shape our own practice.OBJECTIVESTo gain understanding of the lived experiences of someone with an intellectual disability.To explore the role of family and carers and the issues they face.To explore current best practice and incorporate good ways of working into your own practice.To reflect on your own role in meeting the hopes and aspirations of people with intellectual disability.
Say “no more” to online course designs that create isolated and unsupported learning environments. It is clear that the construction and delivery of eLearner materials need to be different from traditional classroom techniques, and the support for participants needs to be stronger. This course enables those involved in delivering or supporting eLearning activities to experience and explore what it means to be an eLearner, as well as explore the current evidence and research into this important and developing area. The course is highly interactive, and uses a wide variety of online techniques and tools.
Learn how to connect young learners around the world through Global Citizenship Education, Collaborative Digital Storytelling and Creative Computing. Be a global change maker and co-create new ways to deliver cutting edge education.
This course is aimed at health care workers in the National Health Service (NHS) here in the UK. There is an expectation that course participants will have an understanding of how health and social care is delivered in the UK, and a reasonable knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of the various workers found in NHS and social care settings.However, the material in this course will also be useful for health care workers in other countries, as well as service users and carers. In order to meet the needs of this potentially wide range of participants, the materials are organised into “universal” and “advanced” levels. The learning and teaching materials are supported by a drama that unfolds over six episodes, and follows the journey of Mrs. Carol Price as she becomes ill but goes on to recover.There is no cost for undertaking this course, or for accessing any of the information on the site, or linked to from the site. At the end of the course you can print out a certificate to show you have attended the course. If you require a validated London South Bank University certificate sent to your home or work address, then there will be a small fee, and you can find details about this in the course materials.