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Should Economics and the Environment work together?
Society, Politics & Law

Should Economics and the Environment work together?

...Thinking about the 2017 election, we can see the importance placed on both the environment and the economy throughout the Conservative Party Manifesto. It repeated the Cameron government’s pledge ‘… to be the first generation to leave the environment in a better state than we inherited it…’. But what exactly does that mean, and how can we measure or test whether...
Social media - fake news, filter bubbles and sharing wisely!
Education & Development

Social media - fake news, filter bubbles and sharing wisely!

...Think before you tweet! Oh dear Frank, you really should think more carefully before posting on social media - learn this valuable lesson at Frank's expense! Transcript Who reads what you write online? Aunt Mabel, pals from the pub, your best friend's ex wife - who are you talking to when you post online? Transcript Filter bubbles and fake news Have you ever noticed you...
Exploring innovative assessment methods
Education & Development

Exploring innovative assessment methods

...think of it this way: formative assessment is for learning summative assessment is assessment of learning...Week 1: What is innovative assessment and why is it useful?: 1.3 Competency-based curriculum - Figure 2 portrays some of the key aspects of a competency-based curriculum. The focus is upon the learning process and should include input measures that encompass quality...
Understanding mental capacity Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding mental capacity

...think you'd finished the bottom, and then you'd just fall even more. And you get lost in the system. NARRATOR They all found transition challenging, especially when so much else in life was changing too. JAMIE To be treated for eating disorders, there's a certain criteria you have to have for the different eating disorders. But quite a lot of them are like loss of periods...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The Z Files: Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Z Files: Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock

...think that was sort of my GCSEs, sort of where I’m 14, 15, because until then I hated school. Because of my dyslexia it meant I wasn’t progressing and I wasn’t reading as well as I should for my age. And also I didn’t like reading, because reading was sort of a bit of a struggle. But then I started finding that I was sort of quite scientific, quite logical, and I...
Why this hub was created
Education & Development

Why this hub was created

...systemic racism. [A photograph of footballer Marcus Rashford kneeling on a football pitch] Marcus Rashford is among many footballers taking the knee before football games It was thought that presenting these resources on OpenLearn, a free platform hosted by The Open University, would be the ideal way to ensure these materials are accessible to everyone and to play a part...
Mission to Titan
Science, Maths & Technology

Mission to Titan

...System, and its extraordinary results will be studied in the world’s leading scientific journals for years to come... Mission to Titan An brief introduction to this album. The Cassini-Huygens Probe Adam Hart-Davies introduces one of the most ambitious space exploration missions ever launched. Titan: first glimpse OU professor John Zarnecki shows the first ever panoramic...
The meaning of crime
Society, Politics & Law

The meaning of crime

...thinking about crime? The Maximum Penalty column is the give-away. All of the offences carry fines or the possibility of imprisonment. So there is an assumption that crimes are acts that are codified in law; in this case a law that has been created, policed and enforced by the UK state (the police, the criminal justice system, parliament, the Home Office, etc.). Crimes...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs