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Ethics Bites
History & The Arts

Ethics Bites

...Free Speech It’s not just what you say, it’s why you say it and why your audience is listening. Tim Scanlon explains the intricacies of free speech. Find out more about Tim, and ethics, at www.open2.net/ethicsbites. Climate Change Should the West shoulder the responsibility for tackling global warming? James Garvey talks about the ethics of climate change. Find out...
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Audio 3 hrs 49 mins
Design and Creativity
Science, Maths & Technology

Design and Creativity

...course T211 Design and designing... Design and Creativity A short introduction to this album. New Designs: Charger Harnessing the power of technology: a designer talks about developing and testing a new charger that turns kinetic energy into electricity. New Designs: Postmobile Design for a specific market: a new designer explains how he secured sponsorship from the Royal...
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Audio 1 hr 39 mins
How did Trump win the White House?
Society, Politics & Law

How did Trump win the White House?

...free advertising from the media coverage his campaign commanded. Trump seemed to intuitively understand that the controversial things he said on the campaign trail captured the voters’ attention in a way that serious policy speeches never could. Most important of all, he had highly motivated voters. Trump’s populist rhetoric and open contempt for civility and basic...
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Duchess of Malfi: Deconstructing the play
History & The Arts

Duchess of Malfi: Deconstructing the play

...course A230 Reading and studying literature... The Duchess of Malfi A brief introduction to the play. Understanding Webster’s text The cast discuss examine what the language means and why Webster chose to use those particular words. Interpreting Webster’s text for the stage An exploration of the different ways the text can be deciphered and translated for performance....
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Video 27 mins
Reparations for slavery in Barbados
Education & Development

Reparations for slavery in Barbados

...courses. History The English discovery of Barbados occurred in 1625 and it was settled in 1627. I use ‘discover’ in the context of England discovering the island, as opposed to it being discovered as an island. Despite evidence of indigenous populations having been present in Barbados in the past, including Caribs and Arawaks, a visit by the Portuguese in 1536...
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Exploring babies' and young children's development and learning
Education & Development

Exploring babies' and young children's development and learning

...course ED841 Understanding children's development and learning... Exploring babies' and young children's development and learning A short introduction to this album Entering social and cultural worlds Dr Dorothy Faulkner of The Open University sets the scene for the first set of interviews on the album Early relationships In this archive interview, Professor Rudolph...
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Audio 1 hr 56 mins
Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change

...course of five consecutive assessments, starting with the assessment in 1990 and now with the most recent one in 2013, an integral element of our communication was uncertainty. And we have spent hours, days and weeks to assess very carefully the uncertainty. This time around we even produced at the beginning of the assessment cycle a document that laid out how uncertainty...
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Using Talk Factory for Speaking and Listening in Classrooms
Education & Development

Using Talk Factory for Speaking and Listening in Classrooms

...free. The online version (for IWBs) is: http://talkfactory.uk/ The iPhone/iPad app is free from the Apple app store. There is an android app for free in Google Play. If you would like to discuss using Talk Factory in your class, please contact cindy.kerawalla@open.ac.uk or mchudasama@oakgrove.school (@innovatejournal) References Kerawalla, L. (2015) Talk Factory Generic:...
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