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Using digital tools to save languages
Languages

Using digital tools to save languages

...out of the blue, she started telling me stories. After the first one, I had this gut feeling that I had to record it, even though I didn’t know how I would use it. So I covertly took out my camera and started shooting. My grandma didn’t just narrate the stories—she made herself part of them. Relating a sad episode that the characters were going through would make...
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Video 5 mins
Stephen Hawking: The tributes
Science, Maths & Technology

Stephen Hawking: The tributes

...out, and how it became such a big deal in the UK. It was amazing how widely read and discussed it was, particularly given its content (stuff that is usually portrayed as being really difficult and/or boring). It was a fantastic example of how even the most complex and challenging ideas can capture the imagination, when they’re explained in the right way. Above and...
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Article 20 mins
The Rise and Fall of the Slave Trade
History & The Arts

The Rise and Fall of the Slave Trade

...out more about The Open University's Social Science courses and qualifications [Actors portray William of Somerly inspecting his plantation] In this still from the OU/BBC series The Slavery Business, William Beckford of Somerley (Richard Dillane, on horseback, left) inspects his sugar plantation in Jamaica Slavery – the ownership and control of one human being by...
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Article 10 mins
Culture can be brutal, just ask Milton Keynes
Society, Politics & Law

Culture can be brutal, just ask Milton Keynes

...out. There is a brutality dividing the people with bags full of new stuff from those living out of bags, tents and old trollies, but there is not much concrete. I always thought eternity would look like Milton Keynes - JG Ballard Milton Keynes' cultural identity At its utopian outset from the mid 1960s to the 1970s, Milton Keynes was infused with the post-war democratic...
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Video 25 mins
The Balakot Earthquake: Ten years on
Science, Maths & Technology

The Balakot Earthquake: Ten years on

...out beautiful asphalt roads and footpaths, but not a single residential plot has been allocated; the only people who go there are goatherds. Meanwhile, in the original Balakot, government departments have to obey the rules, and so they all work in temporary accommodation. But eventually civilians just started to ignore the ban and rebuild their houses, many of them now...
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Article 5 mins
Studying Darwin
Nature & Environment

Studying Darwin

...out their prey. In this course you will learn about these adaptations, along with survival strategies for when food is scarce. This is the second course in the ‘Studying mammals’ series. Chisellers Ever wondered why rats, mice and squirrels seem to reproduce at such an alarming rate? Rodents are among the most successful of all the mammal groups. In this course you...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Giving and Receiving Powerful Feedback
Health, Sports & Psychology

Giving and Receiving Powerful Feedback

...out of Shute’s (2008) review is that feedback is significantly more effective when it includes suggestions on how to improve, rather than just saying what went wrong, known as elaborative feedback. Here the feedback usually addresses the behaviour (what went wrong and why), plus the impact and what may need to change, and is much more effective for motivating changes in...
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Article 10 mins
Engaging with our environment: what are the benefits?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Engaging with our environment: what are the benefits?

...outings, e.g. dog-walking) or organised as social regular events (e.g. monthly café meetings). They could also be just for the sake of appreciating nature itself or associated with other activities (e.g. park run, learning outdoor skills) engaging groups of people. In all cases a significant and purposeful engagement with nature would be present. Here are three examples....
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Article 10 hrs 34 mins