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Evolution of human rights
History & The Arts

Evolution of human rights

...human rights? Right now, we define human rights as the rights to which all people are inherently entitled to as a result of being a human being. From the creation of the League of Nations in 1920 it’s been accepted that everyone should be protected under a set of natural or legal laws, but how has the definition of these rights changed since they were first conceived?...
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Audio 15 mins
Evolution and the human family
Science, Maths & Technology

Evolution and the human family

...human populations. In particular, she focuses her discussion on family size, exploring how Darwinian concepts such as evolutionary trade-offs can help explain why modern families are getting smaller and smaller. The tracks on this album were produced by The Open University in collaboration with the British Council. They form part of Darwin Now, a global initiative...
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Audio 27 mins
Between humanity and space
Science, Maths & Technology

Between humanity and space

...humans and space. She reflected on how she came to AstrobiologyOU and her plans for future work, in conversation with Ann Grand, a fellow member of AstrobiologyOU...What’s been your journey to astrobiology? If you were to ask my mother, she’d say it was because she didn’t send me to space camp, so I didn't get space out of my system! I’ve loved space since I was a...
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Article 5 mins
Philosophy and the Human Situation
History & The Arts

Philosophy and the Human Situation

...human situation, and contains talks and debates from leading philosophical thinkers and teachers, past and present. This material forms part of The Open University course A211 Philosophy and the human situation... Philosophy and the human situation An introduction to this album Liberty and Offence Philosophy professor Jonathan Wolff discusses 19th century classical...
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Audio 4 hrs 19 mins
Energy resources: solar energy
Nature & Environment

Energy resources: solar energy

...human aspects of the environment...Energy resources: Solar energy: 1 Solar energy - The Sun will radiate energy until it ceases thermonuclear fusion, in around 5 billion years. The solar power that enters the Earth's system is 1.1 × 105TW (0.3 × 105 TW to atmospheric heating and 0.8 × 105 TW absorbed at the surface - Figure 1). This is equivalent to a global energy...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Teachers sharing resources online
Education & Development

Teachers sharing resources online

...resources online, is designed to help you learn about how learning resources can be shared using online repositories, i.e. websites that allow for the uploading of electronic materials that can then be used and adapted by others. One of the leading examples of such websites is TES Connect. While the course draws its examples and activities from this site its principles...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
TESSA: Using Local Resources
Education & Development

TESSA: Using Local Resources

...resources from their communities to enrich their pupils' learning experiences. These short dramas portray how different teachers are using local resources and invite discussion on the advantages and challenges of such approaches. The clips in this album are designed to be used to support the development of teachers' classroom practice in both formal and non formal...
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Audio 17 mins
Creating open educational resources
Education & Development

Creating open educational resources

...Human Rights Commission’s general web accessibility guidance. How genuinely re-usable is it? A standalone resource that can be reused in different contexts. Robust and functional, and works on different browsers/platforms. Rights are fully documented, e.g. does it carry a clear CreativeCommons or other rights declaration? Is it OK to re-use it? Are there any conditions?...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs