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One minute methods - participant observer research
Health, Sports & Psychology

One minute methods - participant observer research

Discover how researchers live within the societies they are studying, sometimes for many years, to gain an insider’s perspective and to share similar experiences...Transcript.
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Video 5 mins
Centre for Open Thanatology Hub
Health, Sports & Psychology

Centre for Open Thanatology Hub

The Open University’s interdisciplinary research centre dedicated to the study and education of death, dying, loss, and grief across the life course and in diverse contexts.
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How places affect well-being
Health, Sports & Psychology

How places affect well-being

...study attention tend to think of this both as a skill and a resource. People can train themselves to be able to sustain attention for longer, for instance through mindfulness training. There is also evidence that people’s capacity for attention can be worn out or drained by overuse, as well as restored by rest. This is where nature comes in. The earliest research in...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Investigating addiction
Science, Maths & Technology

Investigating addiction

...studies. The results raise interesting questions about brain patterns underlying addictions, and how addiction should be treated. This material forms part of The Open University course SD805 Issues in brain and behaviour... Physiological aspects of addictions A look at what can happen to our brain if we become addicted and a discussion of the long term effects. The...
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Video 28 mins
Home education: levelling the playing field or increasing inequalities?
Education & Development

Home education: levelling the playing field or increasing inequalities?

...Studies qualification. [Sign saying 'EXAMS AHEAD' next to books] EHE students have to pay in full and sit exams as private candidates, organising their own exams with willing exam centres; at a school, college or independent exam centre, often not local. With Teacher Assessed Grades (TAG), the teacher completing their assessment/timed mock-exam-style assessments had to be...
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Introduction to algebra
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to algebra

...study each of the sections; the whole extract should take about 16 hours to study. The extract is a small part (around 7%) of a large module that is studied over eight months, and so can give only an approximate indication of the level and content of the full module. The extract, which contains the first introduction to algebra in the MU123, is relatively self-contained...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Marcin on academic talk
Education & Development

Marcin on academic talk

OU student, Marcin, tells us how audio materials help aid his studies in this extended interview from 'Go the Distance'...Transcript
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Understanding your customers
Money & Business

Understanding your customers

...skills yourself. You’ll also study how social marketers sell things like healthier lifestyles using the same tools as their commercial counterparts. This module is ideal if you’re working in marketing, aiming to work in marketing, wanting to gain insights for your own business, or if you simply want to understand more about your own consumer behavior. The module will...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs