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Facilitating creative thinking
Money & Business

Facilitating creative thinking

...steer the group? Generating ideas Techniques for stimulating the flow of ideas. Sorting out strategies How a group makes decisions and deals with discord. The way forward How a facilitator helps participants to see problems in a new light. Fast facilitation A group has a go at working without facilitators; meanwhile you have a chance to think like a facilitator....
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Audio 43 mins
The Student Experience
OpenLearn Ireland

The Student Experience

...out what’s really involved by listening to these students talking about how they found time for the work; some of the sacrifices involved; whether it had all been worthwhile; and the kind of help they got from their OU tutors. Despite the very real challenges of studying whilst coping with kids, jobs and real life, these people from many different walks of life testify...
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Video 25 mins
The Rainbow analysed
Science, Maths & Technology

The Rainbow analysed

...also tells us that if we are high enough we can see the full rainbow circle. This is often witnessed from planes. The colours of the rainbow Why does a rainbow have so many colours? Find out how light reflect off raindrops. Secondary rainbow If you're lucky enough to see the secondary fainter rainbow just above the first, you might wonder why it's colours are reversed?...
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Audio 23 mins
Psychological research, obedience and ethics
Society, Politics & Law

Psychological research, obedience and ethics

...out by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s. In his research Milgram demonstrated the lengths to which people are willing to go just because someone in authority tells them to do something. The studies Milgram conducted also raised the issue of ethics in research, as some critics argued that he failed to take sufficient precautions to protect the integrity and wellbeing of his...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction
Education & Development

Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction

...out what people think about an issue, or what their experiences are? Qualitative interviews are used to find out people’s views and experiences on a range of different topics. In this course, we will discuss what a researcher needs to consider before interviewing people, how to prepare and conduct a qualitative interview, and what researchers need to do after the...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Budget 2016: The Experts Respond
Society, Politics & Law

Budget 2016: The Experts Respond

...out of the window, so to avoid missing the third, he announced additional spending cuts of £3.5 billion. These are all pencilled in for the end of the parliament and Osborne is hoping that his luck will return, so they never have to be made. But austerity upon more austerity raises the question of whether there is an alternative to the medicine of more cuts. The answer...
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Article 10 mins
Sperm counts
Nature & Environment

Sperm counts

...out more about studying biology with The Open University In fact, it has been suggested that should the couple mistime things, they are best off not bothering to withdraw at all, but please don't try that one at home. How much sperm does a man make? First, let's talk numbers. The quantity of sperm cells that men produce varies widely. In general, it is said that men may...
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Article 15 mins
How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences

...out five hundred million pounds too much. Fraudulent claims in that same period cost the taxpayer, that’s you and me, 1.4 billion a year. And that’s the ones they know about. For eight years now, the Social Security Accounts have been unable to be finally and completely audited and approved because they are in such disarray and the rot goes deeper still. Most decent...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr