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Do music lessons help with children's other classes?
Education & Development

Do music lessons help with children's other classes?

...educational outcomes, it is still one of the main ways human beings express their feelings and creativity. It is a universal language everybody can understand and enjoy – so there are still plenty of good reasons to teach, perform, and listen to a variety of music.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Mastering systems thinking in practice Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Mastering systems thinking in practice

...human element is omitted, or badly covered by the project manager. “Systems” has helped me to grapple with the complexities.’ The question ‘Who uses systems thinking?’ depends where you are in the world and what search terms you use. A quick internet search on ‘systems thinking’ in the UK inevitably has a UK-centric look to it as it highlights The...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
The economics of flood insurance
Society, Politics & Law

The economics of flood insurance

...humans have employed measures to manage or protect themselves from flooding. These can be divided into measures that try to keep the water out and those that aim to make space for water using of the land around rivers, lakes, reservoirs and so on as ‘catchment areas’ to take up and contain the flood water. [Image of windmills draining the Dutch polders] Figure 3...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
How can Facebook decide who you really are?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can Facebook decide who you really are?

...human beings take in connecting with one another. And Facebook does not have terms of use—it has “Community Standards,” a term that gives the impression that we all made them up together, or that they somehow naturally evolved from some shared agreement on what is right and good. It is from Facebook’s Community Standards that users first learn that “when people...
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Getting started with a Password Manager
Digital & Computing

Getting started with a Password Manager

...humans are really bad at creating and remembering passwords - our passwords are too easily guessed, and we have a nasty habit of reusing passwords between sites. This means that if we become a victim of a hack on one site in which our username and password are stolen, it is all too easy for criminals to try and use those details to break into another – possibly a...
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Article 15 mins
Public Health and Behaviour Change: from naïve sociology to naïve psychology
Society, Politics & Law

Public Health and Behaviour Change: from naïve sociology to naïve psychology

...human Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD) and that human consumption of beef was the likely cause of vCJD. This followed years of Government and experts insisting that the consumption of British beef was safe (including a government minister feeding a beef-burger to his own daughter on live television) – something that many members of the public suspected was untrue....
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Article 15 mins
A Peace of Us - The Good Friday Agreement Podcast
OpenLearn Ireland

A Peace of Us - The Good Friday Agreement Podcast

...Human Rights Commission for five years. Before that he led a migrant worker equality project run by the NGO the South Tyrone Empowerment Programme and Dungannon Council. He previously worked in Havana, Cuba as a language professional for the University of Havana, press agency Prensa Latina and national broadcaster, ICRT. He has a primary degree in Spanish and Sociology...
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The psychology of cybercrime
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of cybercrime

...resources regarding child safety online. More guidance about online safety regarding specific online activities will be provided towards the end of the course...The psychology of cybercrime: 2 Types of cybercrime - As you have probably identified from engaging in Activity 1, the internet offers a wide range of activities and opportunities for criminals to engage in...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs