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Systems explained: What do we mean by feedback?
Money & Business

Systems explained: What do we mean by feedback?

...human ideas, beliefs, minds and culture. There are two forms of feedback effect - "positive" and "negative" - not in the sense of being 'good' or 'bad', but producing 'self-reinforcing', and 'self-correcting' effects respectively. Negative Feedback Negative feedback happens when an increase in one thing leads to a decrease in another, so bringing the system back into line...
Charles Darwin - the man and the scientist
Science, Maths & Technology

Charles Darwin - the man and the scientist

...humanity Ruth Padel muses on Darwin's experiences in Edinburgh and Brazil, and reads the poems that she was inspired to write: "Haunted", "He hangs out with a taxidermist", "A quarrel in Bahia Harbour". Out of Africa The Aftrican scientist Sheila Ochugboju reveals the vital importance of Charles Darwin to her own work. In the last century his ideas have been appropriated...
Museums in contemporary society
History & The Arts

Museums in contemporary society

...human remains in their collections. Studying global heritage Dr Rodney Harrison talks about studying The Open University's course AD281 Understanding global heritage. Global heritage: case studies Dr Rodney Harrison talks about the audio and video case studies that are integral to the course AD281 Understanding global heritage. Critical heritage studies Dr Rodney...
Download free eBook guides to famous literary works
History & The Arts

Download free eBook guides to famous literary works

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Some thoughts on Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Some thoughts on Brexit

...resources such as health and housing. I take a different view. Since 2010 our finance minister (Osborne until recently) has returned to the 1930’s and instituted an economic policy regime of “austerity”. The Keynesian notion of boosting aggregate demand (and incomes and growth) through publicly supported aggregate investment has been replaced with an attempt to cut...
'Good' food destroying biodiversity?
Nature & Environment

'Good' food destroying biodiversity?

...resource materials as well as through ecosystem services, which are often mediated by different forms of life. Ecosystem services could include support and regulation of environmental processes eg, nutrient cycling, crop pollination. Sadly, these benefits are often difficult to monetise and often are ignored by far removed consumers and even producers. Watch this talk by...
Learning at Work Week: The OpenLearn Intrapreneurship Hub
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Learning at Work Week: The OpenLearn Intrapreneurship Hub

...resources. These include more than 900 courses, including 80 badged courses which count towards CPD hours. And it’s all available for free. Register below for exclusive Learning at Work Week content Complete the form below to receive access to our exclusive Intrapreneurship Hub and emails with the latest LAWW themed articles and links to our brand new content: Fields...
Welcome to the OpenLearn schools hub
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Welcome to the OpenLearn schools hub

...a teacher and you wish to enrol students who are younger than 13 on one of our courses, please email us at openlearn@open.ac.uk and we will deal with your enquiry separately. We are currently working on lowering our age of consent to 11 years old to enable OpenLearn resources to be used by all children at secondary school who wish to earn certificates and digital badges....