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Film as a Historical Source
Health, Sports & Psychology

Film as a Historical Source

...social historian. What Is A Primary Source? Studying history is really the process of interpreting the past. Primary sources are the raw material historians draw upon in their investigations. They are direct evidence of the past. As such they differ from secondary sources (books, articles, radio and TV programmes or unpublished theses written or presented by historians)...
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Article 15 mins
Teaching secondary geography
Education & Development

Teaching secondary geography

...social interactions, identity, issues of personal safety and much more. Furthermore, young people are part of the geography of any place. Biddulph (2010, p. 45) states that ‘young people’s daily lives shape and are shaped by a multitude of social, economic and cultural changes’. By helping students to make more sense of their immediate surroundings, the Making My...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Online training support for businesses
Money & Business

Online training support for businesses

...social learning platform offering free flexible, distance learning content to support upskilling in industry. This new, innovative business learning hub enhances learning and development opportunities for SMEs across Northern Ireland by giving access to best practice learning on entrepreneurial leadership across three core themes: Leadership and management;
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Article 10 mins
What is language?
Languages

What is language?

...social significance of our communicative abilities. Transcript If this piece has piqued your interest in the world of words, we have many language courses available for you to study. If you want to know more about the function and significance of language, we can particularly recommend the following courses: Or, if you’re looking for a course to develop your skills in a...
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Video 5 mins
Origins of The Cold War
History & The Arts

Origins of The Cold War

...politics of blame during The Cold War Has there been too much emphasis on the superpowers? Western European integration How did all the stakeholders reconcile their competing agenda’s? Domestic concerns vs Foreign policy How did domestic issues help to shape the cold war? The Cold War on a local level The impact of the Cold War from a social and cultural perspective....
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Audio 23 mins
Ethics in real life
History & The Arts

Ethics in real life

...with The Open University's Derek Matravers. Plagiarism and copyright law Nigel Warburton explores with the author, Maureen Duffy, the ethics of plagiarism and copyright law. Business ethics Derek Matravers talks to The Open University's Anya Shaefer about business ethics, comparing the profit maximisation view of business with the corporate social responsibility model....
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Audio 48 mins
A spiritual revolution? Wicca and religious change in the 1960s
History & The Arts

A spiritual revolution? Wicca and religious change in the 1960s

...interaction with social surroundings. * Authentic The emphasis on turning inward to find truth, which will simultaneously enable a deeper interaction with social surroundings. * Baby boomers The generation born in the so-called ‘baby boom’ after the end of the Second World War, usually taken as being between 1946 and 1964. * Baptism in the Spirit An intense spiritual...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Open Education Week
Education & Development

Open Education Week

...interactives, videos and more... and we also have links to resources and a researcher pack from The Open University's own OER Hub. Transcript The OER Hub The Open Education Research Hub (OER Hub) at The Open University are leaders in researching the impact of open educational resources (OER) on teaching and learning practices. The OER Hub team has extensive expertise in...
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Article 5 mins