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Internet of everything
Digital & Computing

Internet of everything

...health-care provider will monitor vital signs remotely, from small, washable sensors worn in your clothes. Your alarm will wake you 10 minutes earlier when traffic is congested. Your home will adjust its temperature according to the weather. Your sprinkler will know when to skip watering. Groceries will know you and be tracked from field to table. Farmers will track their...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Language in professional life
Languages

Language in professional life

...public services such as health or social care community and neighbourhood disputes restorative justice...Week 6: Exploring the language of mediation: 2 Mediation, conflict resolution and language study - Because of the important role of talk in mediation as a ‘process of engagement’, the language used by mediators themselves, and by their clients in mediation...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
What were Victorian pauper's graves like?
History & The Arts

What were Victorian pauper's graves like?

...health. Mr Townley, a respectable tradesman residing close to the church, complained of the practice adopted in the churchyard, which he said was most distressing to the sight and injurious to the health of the inhabitants of that crowded neighbourhood, and he hoped something would be done about it. Mr Tyars, the deputy of the ward, and who is also churchwarden, said that...
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Article 10 mins
The science of sleep
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of sleep

...health problems and increase the chances of having an accident. For example, the Department for Transport reports that nearly four hundred deaths per year are caused by tired drivers. In fact driving while tired has been shown to be as much of a danger as driving when drunk. My driving certainly got worse following three sleepless days. Even if you avoid the car, sleep...
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Article 10 mins
Narratives of COVID
Health, Sports & Psychology

Narratives of COVID

...Health and Social Care qualification. These have been collated into a book – Narratives of COVID: loss, dying, death and grief during COVID-19 with over 30 authors from the OU contributing. The book includes essays, poems, and reflections to document a powerful reflection of the impact of COVID on individuals and wider society. This film shares three of the narratives...
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Video 5 mins
What is Alzheimer's disease?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is Alzheimer's disease?

...treatment to alleviate or reduce the damaging effects of this disease. Various treatments and preventive measures are being investigated, including the use of hormone replacement therapy, vaccines, and substances that aim to break down the protein deposits in the brain. Extracted from The Open University course Understanding Health. You might also be interested in:...
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Stay connected: supporting people with learning disabilities to use technology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stay connected: supporting people with learning disabilities to use technology

...health and feel better in myself as well. Building belief in the potential for successful technology use Transcript. I have learnt to use my emails and Zoom and also learnt how to use my touch screen and how to go to different things on the telephone and choose what I need. Teaching people with learning disabilities how to use their learning technologies Transcript. We...
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Video 1 hr
Film: Creative or Cultural?
Money & Business

Film: Creative or Cultural?

...public good contribution of culture. Importantly, the UK’s “knowledge economy” approach contrasts strongly with the definitions of cultural goods and services and of cultural industries proposed by UNESCO (2005). These combine the concepts of creativity and intellectual property with a strong emphasis on the importance of symbolic meaning, which means that they...
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Article 5 mins