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A brief introduction to co-design
Science, Maths & Technology

A brief introduction to co-design

...becoming important in the face of complex social, political, environmental, educational and technological issues...Click here to view our short animations on co-design approaches This brief animation introduces the concept of co-design: what it is, why it is needed and what role professional designers can play in making it happen. Transcript If you are interested to learn...
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Beyond the Babble: A conversation about the art of listening
Society, Politics & Law

Beyond the Babble: A conversation about the art of listening

...become in order to fit in or not and what has become important or why; and in order to come to that point, you have to get to the more personal story … it’s more a process of revealing through a conversation …and as they talk, they’re almost working it out - they may not have really thought like that until they are in this sort of conversation; so it’s the...
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Artificial intelligence - chatting with bots
Society, Politics & Law

Artificial intelligence - chatting with bots

...becoming more advanced at interacting with humans, but what does this mean for the future?...It's possible that robots will match or exceed human intelligence one day. How would this impact humanity? Will it be harmful or helpful? Get ready to explore these big questions and test your knowledge of artificial intelligence using our interactive quiz. [Artificial...
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Who needs research ethics? Take the challenge!
Society, Politics & Law

Who needs research ethics? Take the challenge!

...and become a member!...Select here to begin the interactive... [Research Ethics] Click the image above to launch the interactive Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Find out more about research ethics and start your research career:...
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Reading communities: why, what and how?
Education & Development

Reading communities: why, what and how?

...become popular. The resultant prizes (a Friday film and popcorn, for example, for the class with the highest percentage of parents’ signatures) are positioned as incentives, but such extrinsic motivators rarely work in the long term. They encourage children to read for recognition, for reward, for their parents, their teachers and/or the school, but not for themselves....
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Brexit: What’s this fine mess you’ve gotten us into? (Apologies to Laurel and Hardy)
Society, Politics & Law

Brexit: What’s this fine mess you’ve gotten us into? (Apologies to Laurel and Hardy)

...become too great; and by extension therefore the European Union (EU) has become part of an increasing problem whereby decisions are made by unelected people. A vision of potential trade deals throughout the world is contrasted with stifling control by preventative bureaucrats in Brussels. Yet others argue that the European project itself has been mishandled by powerful...
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Using voluntary work to get ahead in the job market
Money & Business

Using voluntary work to get ahead in the job market

...OU volunteers say about why they started voluntary work...Using Voluntary work to get ahead in the job market: 2.1 Introduction - 'All experiences count and are valuable and no one should push those aside. It really doesn't matter where that experience was gained. It's about what you learnt from it… don't devalue yourself. Recognise the importance of what you've done.'...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
In Our Time on Psychology: An OpenLearn listening list
Health, Sports & Psychology

In Our Time on Psychology: An OpenLearn listening list

...as to whether we are born with it or whether intelligence is something we develop as we grow, and evidence for either camp seems to pile up almost daily." First broadcast: July 1999 Guests: Dr Ken Richardson; Professor Michael Ruse Listen to the Intelligence episode Explore your verbal fluency Interested in psychology? Discover the range of psychology courses with the OU...
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