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EPQs: finding and using evidence
Education & Development

EPQs: finding and using evidence

...2 Julia, a planetary scientistShow descriptionA photograph of Julia. A literature review starts with focused and serious reading, to help you develop your knowledge and understanding of the topic, and begin to gather evidence that will help you answer your question. Julia, a researcher in AstrobiologyOU, whose research explores the possibilities for habitable environments...
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A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis
Languages

A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis

...2 A brief history of writing - Before we begin examining in detail at how writing arose and the impact it has had on human communication, take a look at the following short video. Video 1 gives a succinct overview of the topics we’ll be covering in this course by reflecting back at the history of writing from the perspective of today’s obsession with emojis. While...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems
Nature & Environment

Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems

...2 Timing: 0 hours 5 minutes … and meanings It's not enough to just spot important words, although that's a useful skill. The vital thing is to make sure that you understand what they mean. Look back at the terms identified in Activity 1. Can you explain what each one means? As you work through the remainder of this course, you will develop your understanding of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Creating open educational resources
Education & Development

Creating open educational resources

...2 zmtomako Figure 2 A dog Answer This picture has an Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) licence. This licence lets others remix, tweak and build upon your work, even for commercial purposes, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms. This licence is often compared to ‘copyleft’ free and open source software licences. All new...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Social construction and social constructionism
Society, Politics & Law

Social construction and social constructionism

...2 (10.5 minutes 4.0 MB) John Clarke That's really important cos it's the bit that gets away from the quibbly sense of ‘it depends what you mean’. Cos what that does is allow us to see how the process of defining or constructing has consequences for policy, for politics, for action, and in the end for peoples lives and how they live them. I mean I want to take that a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Five missing kings and queens – and where we might find them
History & The Arts

Five missing kings and queens – and where we might find them

...2. Eadgyth (d. 946) Until Oswald’s bones are located, the oldest identified remains of any English – or British – royalty are those of a woman, Eadgyth, daughter of King Edward the Elder. And they’re not even in England. Eadgyth’s brother King Aethelstan sent her and her sister Eadgifu to Germany to allow Duke Otto of Saxony to take his pick of the two for...
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10 billion dollar companies that didn't exist 10 years ago
Money & Business

10 billion dollar companies that didn't exist 10 years ago

...2: Instagram [Instagram icon] Where would we be without Instagram's 'Valencia' filter to capture the perfect #ShamelessSelfie? The online photo/video-sharing and social networking service was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, and launched in October 2010 as a free mobile app. In 2012, social media giant Facebook could see the app's potential and bought it for $1...
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How did Trump win the White House?
Society, Politics & Law

How did Trump win the White House?

...2. Celebrity beat organization A longstanding assumption of political campaigns is that a first-rate “Get out the Vote” organization is indispensable. The conventional wisdom in 2016 thus held that Trump’s lack of a grassroots organization was a huge liability for his campaign. But as it turned out, he didn’t need an organization. Trump has been in the public eye...
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