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Fake news, filter bubbles and Facebook
Science, Maths & Technology

Fake news, filter bubbles and Facebook

...manages this influence is in need of greater scrutiny. But to put the blame solely on the company is to overlook how people use the site, how they themselves create a filter bubble effect through their actions, and how education, not regulation, can help combat the issue. What are ‘filter bubbles’ and who’s to blame Much of the debate around Facebook’s influence...
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Now live: Could we control our climate?
Science, Maths & Technology

Now live: Could we control our climate?

...managing climate risks using incomplete evidence; and the influence of competing priorities and values. By considering exactly what we want for our planet's climate, and what we would be willing to sacrifice to get there, climate engineering has the potential to aid us in our search for solutions. Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for more updates on courses coming up!...
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Introduction to mental health science
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to mental health science

...management and support for affected individuals and their families. This suite of free OpenLearn courses (19 hours of study in total) has been developed from the Open University course S826 Introduction to mental health science (Stage 1 in the Masters in Mental Health Science), and is suitable preparatory reading if you are considering moving on to postgraduate study in...
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Interviews - Writing For Radio
History & The Arts

Interviews - Writing For Radio

...project is set up in a specific way to be a piece that’s workshopped and improvised and then maybe a budget would be allocated for just that, but that isn’t a standard process in radio. It’s you and the producer. And obviously you can, I could always send a scene to the producer and say oh this is, this is what I’m doing what do you think? So you can have a...
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Audio 45 mins
Women transforming classical music
History & The Arts

Women transforming classical music

...project in 2018. It was a small website. I called it Donne Women in Music. I listed the Big List of women composers at the time had 4,000 names, which I inputted myself and I pressed go and then the rest is actually history. Now the foundation is a registered charity here. The resources are used by performers, by universities, by organisations. It has so much in this...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Revision and examinations
Education & Development

Revision and examinations

...manage your time effectively by creating a timetable for your revision...Do you get stressed at the thought of an examination? Does the idea of revision fill you with dread? This free course, Revision and examinations, will provide a host of tips to help you improve your revision and examination techniques and enable you to manage your time effectively by creating a...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?

...managers and learners working alongside others and how they might develop their own capacity in this regard. The course will look towards practical approaches which place relationships at the heart of the leadership process, encouraging all of us to be confident, successful, responsible and effective within the learning situation, not only for ourselves but as advocates...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
OU Carbon Calculator FAQs
Nature & Environment

OU Carbon Calculator FAQs

...manage to save some money rather than spending it. This money does not disappear but is used by financial institutions to invest in other activities which produce emissions. Eventually you might claim all that money back and spend it. Nevertheless, the calculator assumes that not spending directly tends to somewhat reduce your emissions. Goods How is 'green' or...
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