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Distance education: Do students believe it should be fun?
Education & Development

Distance education: Do students believe it should be fun?

...social interaction, and not work, and so would prefer to work on their own ie. without fun. Some students felt that online activities were repetitive and that associated reading activities were boring, linking distance education with an explicit lack of fun. Furthermore, some students reported feeling under pressure or stressed, and that they did not expect online...
Using digital tools in teaching
Education & Development

Using digital tools in teaching

...social media, and virtual and augmented reality in pedagogy...Find out about The Open University's Open degree How can social media be used in a positive way in an academic setting? How can digital tools be used to engage students? How can podcasts be shared for teaching purposes? Explore these questions and more in the three short animations and associated article below....
Home education as a provocation for the future of education
Education & Development

Home education as a provocation for the future of education

...social contract for education’ sets out an invitation to all education stakeholders to participate in policy discussion, research and innovation to transform education...[Paper illustration - lots of hands reaching for the world in the sky] We all are called to engage in a dialogue based on two fundamental principles: the right to quality education throughout life, and...
Learning from sport burnout and overtraining Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning from sport burnout and overtraining

...social support at work. The idea of perfectionists overcoming perfectionism by thinking about ‘flexible goals and degrees of success and failure’ is very useful. A degree of success or failure means being kind to yourself and recognising, for instance, that scoring yourself 6 or 7 out of 10 is entirely acceptable if you know how to improve to 8 out of 10. In summary,...
Supporting Mental Health Through Online Music Fandoms
OpenLearn Ireland

Supporting Mental Health Through Online Music Fandoms

...social media, music fandom becomes an intimate experience and private music activities in the home turn into social music activities in a public space. How do online fandoms differ from the music fandoms of the past? Music fandoms have their origins in the mid-19th century when a cult of celebrity grew around figures like Hungarian composer Franz Liszt and Swedish opera...
What is shareholder activism?
Money & Business

What is shareholder activism?

...socially or environmentally friendly policies. [Businessman walking into opportunity doors] Shareholder activism covers a broad spectrum of activities, including public threats of selling the stake in the target company, private discussions with company boards, public “name-and-shame” press campaigns to influence the board, shareholder resolutions at extraordinary...
Opening the Boundaries of Citizenship
Society, Politics & Law

Opening the Boundaries of Citizenship

...social engineering as a means of deciding who could be a citizen. Gurus and Citizens Dr Aya Ikegame argues that religious gurus who act as providers of social care and justice represent a form of ‘citizenship’ as they successfully administer support to the community where the state is inadequate. Sexual Citizens and Orientalism Dr Leticia Sabsay’s research focuses...
Are selfies a terrible thing?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are selfies a terrible thing?

...social norms encourage women to embrace these beauty standards by, for example, pursuing a “natural look” through cosmetic enhancement and dieting. Our social values promote these body ideals and as such women and young girls are encouraged to believe that their bodies are an ongoing betterment project. They are continually under pressure to “improve” their...