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The Global Text Project is an open educational resource that creates and translates open-content textbooks and makes them freely available online. GTP is a non-profit organisation that aims to eliminate the prohibitive cost of textbooks and make education accessible to everyone, regardless of income, location, or any other factor. It focuses on reaching people of university-going age in the developing world.

Founded in 2006, GTP has made over 100 textbooks available for free online, many of which have also been translated into other languages.
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Diploma in Educational Psychology
10-15 hrs 122,296 learners
By Global Text Project
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Describe the process of learning in terms of educational theory
  • Compare the two major learning theories: behaviorism and constructivism
  • Identify various psychologists, philosophers and researchers associated with it
  • Discuss trends in contemporary student development
  • Outline key cognitive, social and moral development theories
  • Indicate the physical, social, academic and cognitive differences in terms of gender role
  • Explain how cultural differences can affect students’ educational experiences
  • State the fundamentals of special education
  • Describe the most common types of disabilities encountered in classrooms
  • Outline an individual education plan for a student with special education needs
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DIPLOMA
Beginner Level
Teaching
Diploma in Educational Psychology
10-15 hrs
122296 enrolled
Diploma in Information Technology Management
6-10 hrs 185,307 learners
By Global Text Project
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Discuss information technology for managers
  • Discuss understanding and interpreting information
  • Identify business frameworks
  • Explain corporate strategy using information technology
  • Identify management's control of information in a company
  • Identify the issues and benefits of globalisation for a company
  • Discuss software and database technologies
  • Identify the importance and function of database management
  • Discuss building an information system
  • Identify the importance of the early stages of building an information system
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DIPLOMA
Beginner Level
Management
Diploma in Information Technology Management
6-10 hrs
185307 enrolled
Introduction to Time Management
1.5-3 hrs 144,310 learners
By Global Text Project
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Explain the benefits of being organized
  • Describe how to get in the right state of mind
  • Recall how to prioritize work
  • Discuss useful techniques for becoming organized
  • Explain methods for dealing with procrastination
  • Discuss the Sisyphus effect and how to stop feeling as if you are pushing a boulder uphill
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Beginner Level
Personal Development
Introduction to Time Management
1.5-3 hrs
144310 enrolled
Diploma in Teaching Skills for Educators
10-15 hrs 128,380 learners
By Global Text Project
You Will Learn How To

After completing this course you will be able to:

  • Identify the different functions which communication serves in the classroom.
  • Effectively use verbal and non-verbal communication.
  • Dentify and describe the four main participation structures that guide communication in ways expected by the class, including their advantages and disadvantages.
  • Use communication in the classroom to stimulate students’ thinking.
  • Identify the differences between how a teacher uses communication and how a student uses communication.
  • Select general learning goals for their students.
  • Formulate specific educational objectives using cognitive or behavioral approaches.
  • Explain the theories of behaviorism, self-efficacy and self-determination.
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DIPLOMA
Beginner Level
Motivation
Diploma in Teaching Skills for Educators
10-15 hrs
128380 enrolled
Diploma in Tourism Studies
10-15 hrs 24,598 learners
By Global Text Project
You Will Learn How To

After completing this course you will be able to:

  • Describe how historic travel patterns led to the formation of the modern tourist industry
  • Outline the sectors of the tourist industry and the employment and career opportunities it offers
  • List the main priorities of business and pleasure travelers and the ways in which travel destinations can appeal to both groups
  • Explain how travel destinations and tourism businesses can effectively market and promote themselves
  • Describe the role of tour wholesalers, travel agencies and online travel services in packaging and selling tourism products
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DIPLOMA
Beginner Level
Tourism
Diploma in Tourism Studies
10-15 hrs
24598 enrolled
Effective Communication Techniques for Teachers and Trainers
1.5-3 hrs 46,934 learners
By Global Text Project
You Will Learn How To

After completing this course, you will be able to:

  • Identify the different purposes and functions which communication serves in the classroom.
  • Identify the different types of communications.
  • Define the term classroom register.
  • Identify the differences between how a teacher uses communication and how a student uses communication.
  • Manage different situations in class through applying the different functions and types of communication.
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Beginner Level
Communication Skills
Effective Communication Techniques for Teachers and Trainers
1.5-3 hrs
46934 enrolled
Motivating Students to Learn
1.5-3 hrs 38,720 learners
By Global Text Project
You Will Learn How To

After completing this course, you will be able to:

  • Describe the theory of Behaviorism and how it relates to motivation
  • Discuss operant conditioning in terms of motivation
  • Describe the difference between the type of goals that affect a student’s motivation
  • Explain how to generate interest in a topic to help students get motivated
  • Discuss the different attributions about success and failure, and how they affect a student's motivation
  • Describe the theory of self-efficacy
  • Identify sources of self-efficacy beliefs in a student, and how to influence them positively
  • Define and describe self-determination
  • Define and describe the TARGET model
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Beginner Level
Motivation
Motivating Students to Learn
1.5-3 hrs
38720 enrolled
Instructional Planning for Successful Teaching
1.5-3 hrs 18,227 learners
By Global Text Project
You Will Learn How To

After completing this course, you will be able to:

  • Select the general learning goals and formulate objectives for your class
  • Structure and correctly use a curriculum framework and curriculum guide
  • Describe Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives, and its revised form
  • Practice differentiated instruction in your classroom
  • Call on a variety of resources to enhance students’ learning
  • Use modeling to demonstrate a desired behavior or to represent an important theory
  • Encourage students to recall what they already know about a new material being learned
  • Anticipate preconceptions of students and respectfully remove misconceptions
  • Help students make the transition from practice that is relatively guided to practice that is relatively independent
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Beginner Level
Education
Instructional Planning for Successful Teaching
1.5-3 hrs
18227 enrolled
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