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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
World in transition: Managing Resources
Nature & Environment

World in transition: Managing Resources

...resources A brief introduction to this album. Fighting for water Development agency support has led to greater access and management of water. Farmers in Peru have to persevere in their struggle. Learning to change the future Knowledge and technical skills are passed down through Kamayoqs to other farmers. An example of how it has changed one woman’s life. Providing...
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Audio 1 hr 35 mins
Selling Empire: Further resources
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: Further resources

...Details of further reading and websites to help you explore 'Selling Empire'...The following is a guide to finding more detail on the themes covered, and on the many additional formats and styles which individuals, companies and governments have used when ‘Selling Empire’. In particular, it includes links to websites, including some where you can find more EMB...
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Article 5 mins
Outdoor spaces for tiny humans
Education & Development

Outdoor spaces for tiny humans

...humans’ was borrowed from Holt and Philo (2022, p. 819) who use the term to describe how: babies and toddlers are at the crux of what it is to be human, raising potent questions about exactly ‘what kinds of human’ are they? [and how] their disruption [of space] exposes the normative expectations of behaviour in place. As presenters, we briefly shared findings from...
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Video 45 mins
Human impacts on the lives of animals
Nature & Environment

Human impacts on the lives of animals

...have destroyed or altered natural habitats, what impact has this had upon animals?...Find out more about The Open University's Science courses and qualifications [Black necked storks] During the long history of life on Earth, the generally slow pace of evolution has been punctuated by dramatic mass extinction events, during which, over a relatively short period of time,
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Article 5 mins
The questioning human in an AI world
Education & Development

The questioning human in an AI world

...human thinking doesn’t get lost? Explore how students and educators can use AI critically and constructively, while keeping questioning, reflection and authentic learning at the heart of education...The growth of generative AI in education presents both opportunities and challenges. For students, AI can be a useful learning companion. For academics, it raises important...
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Article 5 mins
The social nature of being human
Society, Politics & Law

The social nature of being human

...human, will introduce you to several of the social aspects of humanity and being human. Some of these are obvious, as, during the course, you will think about crowd behaviour and consider traditional dilemmas of being in crowds. Others will be less obvious, such as the seemingly intimate and private act of charitable giving to the homeless. Yet the focus of the course...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Doctor Who and human history
History & The Arts

Doctor Who and human history

...human history...This content is associated with The Open University's History courses and qualifications. [Matt Smith the Doctor] Doctor Who, which celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this year, is best known as a science fiction series. Think of the show, and you think of sci-fi concepts such as the TARDIS, and alien creatures like the Daleks or Cybermen. But, as the...
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Article 5 mins