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Ads of our time – are teens susceptible to food ads in digital media?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ads of our time – are teens susceptible to food ads in digital media?

...OU's Dr Mimi Tatlow-Golden discusses what psychology can tell us about teens’ susceptibility to food ads in digital media. ...[An illustration of an ipad with sweets and doughnuts on and a child'd hand pulling a sweet out of the screen. ] Smartphones and social media in the lives of young people are frequently discussed. One topic that gets less of an airing is teens’...
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Archwiliwch OpenLearn gan y Brifysgol Agored
Miscellaneous

Archwiliwch OpenLearn gan y Brifysgol Agored

...OU ysbrydoledig a chael eich cyffroi gan yr hyn sy’n bosib wrth i chi gymryd y cam nesaf wedi ysgol neu goleg...Chwyddwydr - ein dewisiadau gorau Meddwl am eich camau nesaf? Archwiliwch bum pwnc poblogaidd a chymerwch olwg ar ein tri chwrs blasu poblogaidd ar gyfer bob un ar OpenLearn, gan y Brifysgol Agored. Yn dilyn hynny, beth am blymio’n ddyfnach i bob maes pwnc...
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Article 5 mins
Do children have agency as authors?
Education & Development

Do children have agency as authors?

...OU, the University of Exeter and Arvon and a rare opportunity for deep, sustained CPD in the teaching of writing. The project, which involves teacher residentials at Lumb Bank (Ted Hughes’ old home) and CPD days, focuses both on writing standards and children’s motivation and engagement as creative and effective writers. Whilst the recruitment process has been hard...
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Article 10 mins
Managing complexity: a systems approach
Society, Politics & Law

Managing complexity: a systems approach

...becomes manageable and it is easier to accept that gaps in knowledge can be acceptable...Do you need to change the way you think when faced with a complex situation? Managing complexity: a systems approach, is a free course that examines how systemic thinking and practice enables you to cope with the connections between things, events and ideas. By taking a broader...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship
History & The Arts

Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship

...become more prevalent. In what follows, we discuss what the installation meant for us and for the participants, drawing on some themes and quotes that were common in their stories. Who are we, then, in terms of understanding our projections, identities, our stories and contributions in a socially mediated world? What is the capacity of sonic art and social broadcasting to...
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Article 15 mins
The Push - Shove Effect: what Good Friday Agreement has to do with it
Society, Politics & Law

The Push - Shove Effect: what Good Friday Agreement has to do with it

...OU collection exploring what Good Friday Agreement means 25 yars on This arcicle is part of "A Peace of Us", our special collection of resources exploring what the Good Friday Agreement brought to our lives in the 25 years since its signing. The evolution of the American Irish influence The Irish of America have agitated on behalf of Ireland since before the creation of...
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Death and medicine: postponement and promise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Death and medicine: postponement and promise

...becomes a communal issue and a public administrative matter. For example, there may be enormous pressure on beds in a ward where someone is dying – the pressure for the administrators of the hospital is to have a high turnover of patients to ensure that targets for treatment are met. One result of this is that people who exceed the medical expectations of their...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Explainer: how do you read an election poll?
Society, Politics & Law

Explainer: how do you read an election poll?

...become a permanent part of the election landscape in most democratic countries. But do the polls tell us anything useful? Well, up to a point, yes, they do. The first thing about polls that puzzles people is how they can produce anything like accurate information when they canvas the voting intentions of only about 1,000 people – a tiny proportion of the population. I...
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Article 10 mins