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Academic versus AI
Science, Maths & Technology

Academic versus AI

...write a 250-word article, titled 'The risks versus the rewards of using AI in higher education in 2024' - into both ChatGPT and an Open University academic. We wanted to find out if it was easy to spot the difference between the work generated by a human - Mike Richards of the OU’s computing department - and that from a machine. Below are both articles. Read them and...
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Article 5 mins
Amazonian challenges: The loss of indigenous culture and identity
Nature & Environment

Amazonian challenges: The loss of indigenous culture and identity

...write, in 1836: “the aboriginal races of Guiana seem to be fearfully hastening, as by divine decree, to complete annihilation” (Schomburgk, 1836:104) Wiessner argues that by the 19th century, the dispossession of Amerindians was nearly complete. Furthermore, with the loss of their ancestral lands to which their culture was intimately related, the few communities that...
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Neurodivergence and the menopause: a personal journey
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodivergence and the menopause: a personal journey

...writing and resources that are now out there have been really liberating for me, in terms of how I view myself and the parts of me that may both be enjoyed or alarm others at times, such as maverick humour, or startlingly insightful connections and overviews. I also see how these traits enabled me to be a successful social entrepreneur alongside my other work, and to take...
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Making social media work in Higher Education
Education & Development

Making social media work in Higher Education

...writing (2023), it is estimated that almost half of the world’s population spends time ‘checking their socials’ (Statistica, 2021). The reality is that not only are there a staggering number of people on social media sites, but the amount of time that people are spending on them increases year on year. The reasons people engage in social media vary. Students who...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Marketing communications as a strategic function
Money & Business

Marketing communications as a strategic function

...creative consultancy or sales promotion). This casts some doubt on its position as a core competence. Furthermore, much advertising and promotion thinking risks being short to medium term because the people and organisations involved are constantly changing. Traditional rivalries between marketing communications disciplines (such as media advertising and public...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
How do empires work?
History & The Arts

How do empires work?

...Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this course: Course image: askii in Flickr made available under Creative Commons...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Human Resource Management and EDI
Money & Business

Human Resource Management and EDI

...creative and novel solutions to problems and issues. Diversity thus can be understood to mean that staff have different personal, social and cultural backgrounds and characteristics...Human Resource Management and EDI: 1.4 Inclusion - Research has considered both the persistence of discriminatory practices in work in spite of decades of equality legislation and how and...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Software and the law
Science, Maths & Technology

Software and the law

...creative activity – as with the composition and performance of music, the writing of a novel, the invention of some new device, or the writing of software? These intangibles are known as intellectual property – property that has resulted from the work of the intellect. Most people in the West now agree that these have tangible value that needs to be protected and...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs