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Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems
Nature & Environment

Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems

...physical locality, the place, in which an organism lives is known as its habitat.) All these interactions produce a complicated set of interrelationships. And these interrelationships can take many forms, as we shall see. Activity 2 Timing: 0 hours 5 minutes … and meanings It's not enough to just spot important words, although that's a useful skill. The vital thing is...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
OpenMinds Talk: Performing Online Live Experiments 24/7: “An Internet of Laboratory Things”
Miscellaneous

OpenMinds Talk: Performing Online Live Experiments 24/7: “An Internet of Laboratory Things”

...Physics, will introduce the concept of the OpenSTEM Labs, which will in effect form an “Internet of Laboratory Things” that could be open all hours and available in a real distance learning setting. This is enabling OU students to work at a distance with a range of sophisticated, remote-controlled experiments and robotic apparatus. Transcript Professor Braithwaite...
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Past-Time Lover: Albert Einstein
History & The Arts

Past-Time Lover: Albert Einstein

...physics. Despite a slow start working in the patent office, eventually my academic career bloomed, and I became respected and acknowledged by many – I even received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921. During the rise to power of the Nazis under Adolf Hitler, I renounced my German citizenship and also convinced Churchill and other nation’s leaders to seek out Jewish...
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Article 5 mins
Becoming a superhero: what are the limits of human performance?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Becoming a superhero: what are the limits of human performance?

...Physical Attributes and Physiology [Carlos García and Hicham El Guerrouj- Athens 2004] The goal of elite athletes is to bike, swim or row faster, to run further, or to fight for longer, with more precision and more agility. Whilst every generation must wonder about how much more as human beings we can achieve, research by Joyner (1991) found that from a physiological...
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Article 15 mins
Managing Relationships and Work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Managing Relationships and Work

...physical space with face-to-face interactions, to working in distributed, virtual teams; as a result, a much greater reliance has been placed on using technology and keeping up to date with rapidly developing IT. New ways of working and different patterns had to be established, often in conjunction with home schooling or sharing internet resources and space with others...
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Article 10 mins
Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?

...physical spaces overtly indicate to parents, governors, Ofsted inspectors and the children that the school values reading, but is this institutional demonstration enough? Reading for pleasure is more closely associated with intrinsic motivation and some research suggests extrinsic motivation has a detrimental effect on children’s comprehensionIn other ways too, with the...
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Article 10 mins
Ecosystems: modelling the Earth
Science, Maths & Technology

Ecosystems: modelling the Earth

...physical, chemical and biological interactions taking place between every living organism and climatic activity. Since everything is interconnected, Earth systems modelling can help our understanding of how the Earth's processes affect each other. For example, by increasing the rate of decay of leaf litter in North American forests, scientists can investigate the effect...
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Audio 12 mins
Sport and exercise psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sport and exercise psychology

...physical activity? This material forms part of The Open University module E233 Sport and exercise psychology: a case study approach... Adherence: Getting people active and sticking to it This video examines the challenges of adhering to an exercise programme, focussing on the experiences of clients and trainers at a health club. Trainers’ experiences: improving...
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Video 42 mins