3,724 search results
Money and Emotions
Money & Business

Money and Emotions

...Open University and other partners. The project is using leading edge physiological sensors and computer game technologies to explore the impact of emotions on financial decision-making and to develop new approaches to learning, which can support effective choices. In this podcast Professor Mark Fenton-O'Creevy of The Open University Business School looks at the work of...
View audio Money and Emotions
Audio 19 mins
An introduction to computers and computer systems
Digital & Computing

An introduction to computers and computer systems

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Session 2: The components of a computer: Introduction - In this session, you will explore some of the many components, such as processors and memory within a computer, and attached devices (or peripherals as they are called) such as keyboards for input and screens for...
View course An introduction to computers and computer systems
Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Where a ban has been replaced by a bee
Languages

Where a ban has been replaced by a bee

...Education Act. The federal legislation encouraged school districts to incorporate native language instruction for children with limited English-speaking ability. A 2010 study in the Review of Educational Research Journal surveyed 63 studies on the effects of bilingualism. It found that being able to speak multiple languages correlates with increased working memory, better...
View article Where a ban has been replaced by a bee
Article 5 mins
Data analysis and interpretation
Education & Development

Data analysis and interpretation

...educational research by involving the collection and analysis of interview data online in a student-instigated study (Fox et al., 2022). Alternatively, researchers could reflect on their analysis and discuss as a limitation of the study not having included participants’ perspectives in such direct manner. Lucy Yardley (2017) suggested that researchers must show...
View article Data analysis and interpretation
Article 15 mins
Global English
History & The Arts

Global English

...educational reforms which will integrate English more deeply into the curriculum. English will cease to be a foreign language for many, perhaps most, of the world's citizens as it becomes repositioned as a 'basic skill', to be learned by primary school children alongside other 21st century skills in Information Technology. There are now about 5.8 billion people who do not...
View article Global English
Article 10 mins
Racial inequities in health: The impact of COVID-19 in Wales and beyond
Health, Sports & Psychology

Racial inequities in health: The impact of COVID-19 in Wales and beyond

...Open. 2021 Aug 18;11(8):e048335. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34408047/ Karl Murray (2020) The impact of COVID-19 on BAME Community and Voluntary Sector Organisations in Wales: Innovation, Resilience and Sustainability Saltus, R (2020) Holding on to the gains: Understanding the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on BAME groups in Wales Saltus, R (2020) On yearning for the...
View video Racial inequities in health: The impact of COVID-19 in Wales and beyond
Video 20 mins
Language in professional life
Languages

Language in professional life

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Week 2: Exploring corpus linguistics in EAP: Introduction - [Described image] You’ve probably seen word clouds like the one above before. They’re often used in newspapers and in social media as illustrations. This one was generated using a free word cloud generator...
View course Language in professional life
Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Moon Rocks
Science, Maths & Technology

Moon Rocks

...Open University's Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space and Astronomical Research (CEPSAR) is undertaking analysis of lunar basalt collected during the moon landings of the late 1960s and 1970s. The results may provide clues into the origins of the earth. To find out more, follow the research links... Moon Rocks Researcher Mahesh Anand of The Open University's Centre for...
View video Moon Rocks
Video 2 mins