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Unlikely Leaders
Money & Business

Unlikely Leaders

...think of a leader? Is the customary vision of the powerful politician or business leader still entirely relevant today? In these recent times of massive political and economic upheaval, it appears that society’s faith in its traditional leaders is at its lowest ebb: for many they're no longer a source of support or trust, and as a result people have started looking...
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Video 58 mins
Teaching Spanish pronunciation
Languages

Teaching Spanish pronunciation

...thinking about why we teach pronunciation and what pronunciation to teach. You will also familiarise yourself with the main features of pronunciation. You will be asked to reflect on concepts such as intelligibility, fluency, foreign accent, language variation, articulation and acoustics. By the end of this week you will have: considered the differences between...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Jury Decision-Making: What’s the Story?
Society, Politics & Law

Jury Decision-Making: What’s the Story?

...think about why we might be interested in understanding juries in the first place. One plausible reason is that we might want to reassure ourselves that they are making reliable decisions. Or, to put it differently, to see where any shortcomings in jury decision-making lie, and, if possible, to overcome these shortcomings. We know from both everyday decision making and...
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Article 5 mins
Unlocking the diversity of the past
History & The Arts

Unlocking the diversity of the past

...think of history as something that should be confined to books and school lessons, something almost alien. The author L. P. Hartley called it, ‘a foreign country: they do things differently there.’ But in truth, history is all around us. It is today, because without the recording of actions of people now, there would be nothing to study in the future. The way we...
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Article 5 mins
Data analysis and interpretation
Education & Development

Data analysis and interpretation

...systemic marginalisations. Planning how the data collected is going to be critically interrogated to provide EDI-sensitive answers to the research questions is an integral part of the methodological approach of the research design and needs to be congruent with the aims of the research and the methods of data gathering – whether quantitative or qualitative. Doing this...
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Article 15 mins
Using visualisation in maths teaching
Education & Development

Using visualisation in maths teaching

...thinking on visualisation. Starters The main purpose of this course is to encourage you to form images and be aware of your experiences of visualisation. What does visualisation mean? In ‘What does visualisation mean?’, you will find quotes and readings about visualisation, followed by an opportunity to compare your views with those of some other secondary-school...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The economics of flood insurance
Society, Politics & Law

The economics of flood insurance

...Thinking about the types of flooding described in Figure 2, would you consider some types to be more or less problematic than others? Are there any types of flooding that might be beneficial? Answer All types of flooding may be problematic, depending on context. There may be loss of life, damage to property, impact on infrastructure, such as roads and rail systems,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Desert Island Discs at 75: An OpenLearn listening list
History & The Arts

Desert Island Discs at 75: An OpenLearn listening list

...think this and you've got a theory but I know', and there's nothing you can say. Castaway on: 3rd May, 1988 Listen to Susan Blackmore on Desert Island Discs Russell Stannard on consciousness and the limits of science Val McDermid [Val McDermid] Val McDermid The crime writer Val McDermid published her first book in 1987. Since then, she's ammassed a shelf full of...
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Audio 10 mins