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Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences
Education & Development

Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences

...out more about studying with The Open University by visiting our online prospectus...Introducing Ethics in Information and Computer Sciences: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: discuss what ethics is and what constitutes an ethical issue identify and discuss ethical issues that arise in the media, in routine conversations and, in...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
What is openwashing - and how can you avoid it?
Digital & Computing

What is openwashing - and how can you avoid it?

...out and that what a company claims can be delivered, is delivered. Also common within many organizations as well, are policies and processes for managing and transferring intellectual property portfolios, again most often tailored for working in a world of proprietary software. Within these practices are terms and concepts most purchasing agents, directors of procurement,...
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Article 5 mins
What can Chinese students in Southampton teach us about going green?
Nature & Environment

What can Chinese students in Southampton teach us about going green?

...out behaviour change. The traditional, ‘common-sense’ view is that attitudes precede behaviours, as stated in Azjen’s Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). This model has influenced policy-makers to seek to change citizens’ behaviour by simply providing information or providing feedback about the impacts of behaviour – on outcomes like our health, personal...
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Article 5 mins
Are old voting machines a threat to democracy?
Science, Maths & Technology

Are old voting machines a threat to democracy?

...out computers that date back to 2002 and asking us to vote on them. Following an election meltdown of epic proportions in 2000, the federal government provided more than US$2 billion to update the nation’s voting infrastructure. More than a decade later, these voting machines are approaching the end of their expected lifespans. Experts estimate that a reasonable...
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Article 5 mins
Southwest Donegal: uniqueness and interdependence in 2015
OpenLearn Ireland

Southwest Donegal: uniqueness and interdependence in 2015

...out more and experience a ‘virtual pilgrimage’ at the Voices from the Dawn website (Goldbaum, nd). Furthermore, the whole range of recent agricultural, manufacturing and tourist developments in the area has been surveyed by students and staff from the Geography Department of Maynooth College (now Maynooth University) and their research provided an invaluable base...
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Article 5 mins
Why we’re mapping a million trees and more!
Nature & Environment

Why we’re mapping a million trees and more!

...out more about The Open University's Geography courses and qualifications Trees have been in the news a lot recently with political parties trying to outdo each other on tree planting pledges. As the climate crisis has risen up the political agenda, trees and tree planting have been recognised as an important response since they take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere...
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Article 10 mins
What is a digital carbon footprint?
Nature & Environment

What is a digital carbon footprint?

...out about The Open University's Environment courses Carbon footprint According to the World Meteorology Organisations, the occurrence of extreme climate events has increased by more than a factor of five in the last 50 years. In their 2021 report, they state that the number of reported climate disasters rose from 711 in the 1970s to 3,165 in the decade between 2010 and...
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NI Electoral Dynamics, and what Good Friday Agreement did to change it
Society, Politics & Law

NI Electoral Dynamics, and what Good Friday Agreement did to change it

...out to the polls to elect their new MLAs to operate the institutions created under the Good Friday Agreement. Whilst 69% is a high turnout by today’s standards it would be remise not to point out that it was more than 10 percentage points down on the turnout in the referendum just a month earlier. That represents more than 100,000 people who opted to cast a ballot in...
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