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Travelling Objects
History & The Arts

Travelling Objects

...style for this open access resource. However, if you want to use these references in an academic manner please use our FREE course Developing good academic practice for guidance on proper referencing and formatting. Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome,...
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Activity 30 mins
Management in Chinese cultures
Money & Business

Management in Chinese cultures

...style increasingly redundant, as economies and companies internationalise and mature? This album visits several companies in Asia to explore the relationship between value systems and business management. This material forms part of The Open University course B822 Creativity, innovation and change... Management in Chinese cultures An introduction to this album. Clan-based...
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Audio 29 mins
Approaching leadership with care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Approaching leadership with care

...style which some might admire, whereas others find it threatening. You may have chosen high-profile leaders who you feel have made a difference, and again your assessment of their style is likely to be very personal. High-profile leaders often divide opinion, and this can be in part a reflection of whether we share their vision. You may have selected much more personal...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Designing interactive systems for dogs
Digital & Computing

Designing interactive systems for dogs

...styles of switches, buttons and other controls it may be hard for them to realise that they have the same functions. Of course dogs also come in all shapes and sizes, so any design needs to be versatile enough to account for such a variety. The design of domestic appliances could be friendlier to dogs, particularly to dogs whose job it is to assist their human partners,...
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Article 5 mins
Tips for using a large language model
Digital & Computing

Tips for using a large language model

...style [writing tools such as pens and pencils] The text produced by LLMs is slightly different from the way most people write. Whilst the style of writing varies between LLMs, they tend to produce slightly pompous, unfocused material and use words that are less frequent in human writing. Software tools can, to some extent, distinguish LLM text from human written text....
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Article 5 mins
Beginners’ French: A trip to Avignon
Languages

Beginners’ French: A trip to Avignon

...et indiquez la lettre Framboise Extrait 39 Framboise (Christine) Pardon madame, nous sommes où exactement? Valérie On est ici, en face de la gare, boulevard Saint Roch Framboise (Christine) Ah oui, merci! Et l’office du tourisme, c’est où? Valérie C’est juste là, sur le cours Jean Jaurès. Framboise (Christine) Et la mairie? Valérie l’Hôtel de ville ?...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Art and visual culture: medieval to modern
History & The Arts

Art and visual culture: medieval to modern

...et al., 2007, pp. 291–303). Earlier written evidence that works of art were recognised as offering visual delight quite apart from function and meaning is sparse but there is a little. In a treatise written sometime between 1227 and his death in 1254, Lucas, Bishop of Tuy in Spain, reiterated the medieval convention that the purpose of religious art in churches was both...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair
Education & Development

Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair

...style is subliminally associated with drug-related activities or countercultural movements. Many people understanding this contemporary education piece now refer to this hairstyle as ‘locs’, and professional hairstylists caring for this style (as this style is often considered incorrectly as ‘dirty’ and about not washing hair or allowing it to just become matted)...
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Article 5 mins