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Attention
Society, Politics & Law

Attention

...attention' mean to you? This free course, Attention, will help you to examine how we 'pay attention'. How do we manage to single out sounds and images that require attention and how easy is it to distract someone and why...What does 'attention' mean to you? This free course, Attention, will help you to examine how we 'pay attention'.......
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Messaging apps – paying attention and timing it right
Languages

Messaging apps – paying attention and timing it right

...attention in managing our mobile conversations through apps such as WhatsApp...Find out about The Open University's English courses. A lot has been written about the ‘attention economy’ – the way that social media companies, businesses and advertisers compete to gain people’s attention in order to boost sales. They do this because otherwise their message or...
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Pay attention to equal pay: the EIS and Equal Pay Day 2022
Society, Politics & Law

Pay attention to equal pay: the EIS and Equal Pay Day 2022

The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) released a video commemorating Equal Pay Day 2022, which coincided with the first Scottish teachers’ strike action over pay in 40 years. ...Find out more about The Open University's Social Sciences courses. 20th November 2022 marked UK Equal Pay Day. The EIS film highlights the prevalent undervaluing of professions where...
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Why are the Paris attacks given greater attention than the ISIS killings in Beirut?
Society, Politics & Law

Why are the Paris attacks given greater attention than the ISIS killings in Beirut?

In a personal view, Joleen Steyn Kotze suggests that for a portion of the world's media, Arab and refugee lives matter less than those of Europeans - and that contributes to a punishing cycle for us all...Events of this past weekend shook the core of the world as ISIS struck not just in Beirut, but Paris as well. These attacks follow an equally brutal show of terror in...
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Article 5 mins
Understanding ADHD
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding ADHD

...Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), explores the experience of ADHD from the perspective of those who are diagnosed with the condition, and those who care for them. It covers the contribution of scientific research to understanding ADHD, with a focus on assessing the effectiveness and mechanism of action of treatments and therapies. Transcript...Understanding...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Building on strengths
Health, Sports & Psychology

Building on strengths

How can we understand and support children with attention regulating difficulty (and those without)?...Transcript.
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Video 5 mins
Othello and apartheid
History & The Arts

Othello and apartheid

...attention to political injustice? Apartheid was a system of enforced legal racial segregation in South Africa that was imposed on the country's majority non white inhabitants by the minority white population. In 1988 actress and director Janet Suzman took the decision to defy the racist apartheid regime by staging Othello in Johannesburg with a mixed cast of both white...
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Video 12 mins
How does OpenLearn deal with older content?
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How does OpenLearn deal with older content?

...attention, either through social media (@OUfreelearning) or directly emailing openlearn@open.ac.uk. When we are raising the profile of an archive piece of content. When external events mean that we expect the piece of content will have increased attention - e.g. the subject of the article is celebrating a significant anniversary. When our analytics show that a piece of...
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Article 5 mins