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Developing (as) a research team
Education & Development

Developing (as) a research team

...managers’. Developing (as) a diverse team in equitable ways is an ongoing process. It is something which we need to pay attention to at every stage of a research project. We need to revisit and reflect on these issues of participation throughout. In many ways they begin before we begin and do not end when we end. Like all valuable relationships, they keep on growing....
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Article 15 mins
Psychological research, obedience and ethics
Society, Politics & Law

Psychological research, obedience and ethics

...Introduction - One of the best known studies in the history of psychology is the research on obedience carried out by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s. In his research Milgram demonstrated the lengths to which people are willing to go just because someone in authority tells them to do something. The studies Milgram conducted also raised the issue of ethics in research, as...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Teachers sharing resources online
Education & Development

Teachers sharing resources online

...Introduction - This unit is designed to help you learn about how learning resources can be shared using online repositories, i.e. websites that allow for the uploading of electronic materials that can then be used and adapted by others. The unit comes about through collaboration between The Open University and TSL Education Ltd, the company behind one of the leading...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Social media and networks in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social media and networks in health and social care

...Introduction - The focus of this course, Social media and networks in health and social care, will be on the concept of internet safety and the possible advantages and disadvantages the internet offers you in terms of health and social care. You will reflect on your own use of online social networks, along with the ethical and professional issues associated with these...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance
History & The Arts

Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance

...Introduction - The global challenge of growing inequalities is intricately linked to the distinction made between those historically regarded as human and those not. You may wonder why the question ‘Who gets to be a human?’ matters. Historically, not all people were considered fully human. Some were considered rational, civilised, and intelligent, thus human, while...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
OpenLearn Ireland

The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

...introduction to the Irish Gothic), Irish writers took this tradition in new directions in the twentieth century. They responded to the seismic changes associated with modernity, from rising nationalism to new developments in psychology. The international upheaval of two world wars actively shaped the work these writers were producing, but the social and political...
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Article 45 mins
Egyptian mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Egyptian mathematics

...Introduction - For many centuries, ancient Egypt was seen as the source of wisdom and knowledge, about mathematics as well as other things. There was a long classical Greek tradition to this effect, and in later centuries the indecipherability of the hieroglyphs did nothing to dispel this belief. But since the early nineteenth century, when the deciphering of the Rosetta...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Ethics in science?
Science, Maths & Technology

Ethics in science?

...Introduction - The question scientists should always ask themselves before carrying out an experiment is, I can do it, but should I do it? This question becomes more important as our technical scientific capabilities enable us, as a society, to push back the boundaries of the possible. An experiment can be scientifically robust but could still be considered ‘bad...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs