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Is your social media use impacting your future?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is your social media use impacting your future?

...perceptions of an individual or organisation. For example, certain ‘star’ systems and ‘reviews’ can tell us how a service is performing from the user perspective or, alternatively, it can give us professional information about health and social care workers through organisational online profiles. However, if too much of our personal information is made to be...
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Activity 5 mins
Coping on the Coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter
Society, Politics & Law

Coping on the Coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter

...perceptions of socio-cultural differences between their village and the next; ethnic marginalization of particular social groups within villages; disempowerment due to physical distance from decision-makers; perceptions that proximity to, and familiarity with, regional politicians, was connected to the distribution of services and investment to specific islands and...
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Video 15 mins
Nicole McLean (Mamet) – hospitality, gate line and train driver
Society, Politics & Law

Nicole McLean (Mamet) – hospitality, gate line and train driver

...perception of who might be eligible to join. On a more personal note, my eight years in the railway so far have served me well. While I have certainly experienced struggles, most of them have been struggles faced by everyone in the role. I may never get used to the intense shift work, and I will likely be learning about new faults and failures for the rest of my career,...
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Article 5 mins
Psychology around the world
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychology around the world

...perception of colour and the languages they speak...Psychology around the world: 1.3 Colour perception and language - As the ‘fish scene’ example illustrated, even when people focus on the same scene, they can still see the world differently depending on their cultural background. Sometimes these differences can be down to the physical environments that people have...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?
Education & Development

Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?

...perceptions of a system’s reliability and trustworthiness. It is often unclear whether breaches of confidentiality are malicious or accidental, but they can have serious repercussions for a system and its administrators (Adams and Blandford, 2005). The question of restricted, closed access can therefore be essential to retain users’ trust in an online learning...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Using visualisation in maths teaching
Education & Development

Using visualisation in maths teaching

...perception and understanding - ‘Imagery is a powerful force for perception and understanding. Being able to “see” something mentally is a common metaphor for understanding it. An image may be of some geometrical shape, or of a graph or diagram, or it may be some set of symbols or some procedure.’ (Open University, 1988, p. 10) This course uses the word...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Our sense of balance
Science, Maths & Technology

Our sense of balance

...not try our 3rd level module SD329 Signals and Perception: The Science of the Senses. This module can be studied as part of our degree in Health Sciences (Q71) as well as part of the Natural Sciences (Q64) and Open Degree. It is, however, strongly recommended that you do not attempt a third level Open University module without prior Open University study at a lower level....
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Article 10 mins
Hajj 2015: Balancing pilgrimage with consumerism
History & The Arts

Hajj 2015: Balancing pilgrimage with consumerism

...perception that their faith is under attack from the “war on terror” have encouraged participation in this affirmation of a universal Muslim community. Most significant of all has been the inception of air travel, which enables Muslims from around the world to make the journey safely in a matter of hours rather than months. The Saudi Arabian regime has also developed...
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