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...researcher. Using the topic areas, you can create your own development resource that you might wish to share with other home educators, learners or practitioners. It would be great to hear about your experience of using the resources within the Elective Home Education Hub, so feel free to get in touch with our lead academic, Dr Amber Fensham-Smith
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Critical thinking – A skill and a process
Education & Development

Critical thinking – A skill and a process

...research result, or even a news item. Critical thinking allows you to apply an objective approach to your learning, rather than subjectively following either the proposed information you’re given, or your own opinion rather than clear and convincing arguments and facts. Critical thinking is a process of continuing evaluation and reflection. It is most powerful, when...
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Dating apps: is swiping right a thing of the past?
History & The Arts

Dating apps: is swiping right a thing of the past?

...research is now emerging into dating app fatigue. Trends show both men and women moving away from apps due to a host of reasons: scams, fake profiles, altered and enhanced images, and a general feeling of lack of real connection. Those who are dating are moving to an old school approach: speed dating. This shift is representative of an interest in monogamy by Gen Z, who...
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Earth and Life
Science, Maths & Technology

Earth and Life

...research and experimentation into climate change by Maureen Raymo of MIT. Tibet: the geological history A look at the geological history of Tibet and the Raymo Ruddiman hypothesis; that chemical weathering increased as the temperature dropped due to the rise in the plateau. Raymo and Ruddiman believed that the uplift of the Himalayas caused global cooling. Tibet: The...
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Christmas at war: 1914 - Gifts for injured soldiers
History & The Arts

Christmas at war: 1914 - Gifts for injured soldiers

...researched how popular the idea was, and how firmly it was believed for First World War Studies. Regardless of whether the population or politicians had expected the conflict to have been concluded, as Christmas 1914 approached it was clearly going to be a festive season where "peace on Earth" was unlikely. The Royal Family attempted to bring some festive cheer to troops...
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How does OpenLearn deal with older content?
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How does OpenLearn deal with older content?

...research or events have made content outdated. We have published an article more recently on the same subject that contains more up-to-date information. An error made it through the production process. When we remove, or make a significant change to, a piece of content, we will leave a note on the content, or at the URL if the content has been removed, to explain the...
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Understanding your customers
Money & Business

Understanding your customers

...research and observation to find out people’s current needs, this is also called ‘actual demand’. Anticipating – means spotting gaps emerging in the market and predicting what people might need in the future, this is also called ‘latent demand’. Marketing organisations often describe themselves as customer-led, but it can be just as important to be...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
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Education & Development

Succeeding in postgraduate study

...research literature. You will explore the need to draw on theories, models, frameworks and evidence to support your writing, compare contrasting theoretical arguments, explain convincingly why you find an argument (position or standpoint) particularly compelling, and begin to be able to explain the implications of argument for your own practice within academic or...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs