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Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision

...creative means to communicate some quite abstract, quite dense, quite complex conservation, sustainability and clean tech issues. Mainstream TV and environmental issues I think mainstream television has a real formatting issue with how it communicates quite abstract, quite serious messaging around environmental issues. The traditional 26-minute or 50-minute broadcast...
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Video 30 mins
Tips for using a large language model
Digital & Computing

Tips for using a large language model

...writing style [writing tools such as pens and pencils] The text produced by LLMs is slightly different from the way most people write. Whilst the style of writing varies between LLMs, they tend to produce slightly pompous, unfocused material and use words that are less frequent in human writing. Software tools can, to some extent, distinguish LLM text from human ......
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Article 5 mins
Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision

...Creative Director at Green.TV, expands on green television, how to rebrand the vulture, and the implications of changing audiences for environmental broadcasting...Dawn Parsonage-Kent Dawn is the highly talented Creative Director of Green.TV, creating and distributing films on the themes of sustainability, the environment, and new tech for many well-known NGOs and...
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Video 30 mins
Cannabis, Consciousness and the Imagination
Health, Sports & Psychology

Cannabis, Consciousness and the Imagination

...creativity; and, lastly, the audio tracks 9-11 look at the complex topic of human consciousness. This material forms part of The Open University course DSE212 Exploring Psychology... Cannabis, consciousness and the imagination A short introduction to this album. Cannabis and consciousness Examining the affect of smoking cannabis on driving. How cannabis affects your body...
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Audio 59 mins
Exploring innovative assessment methods
Education & Development

Exploring innovative assessment methods

...creativity and awareness of multiple intelligence types. In the following activity you’ll watch a video in which he asks what education actually does for learners. [A photo of Albert Einstein with a quote by him next to it. The quote reads: ‘Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Sofas, car seats and toilet seats: where are your tweets read?
Languages

Sofas, car seats and toilet seats: where are your tweets read?

...writing tweets; yes, both reading and writing tweets; or no. I’m not going to try to pass this on as any sort of scientific research: the methodology is flawed. However, it does give us a picture of the sorts of activities people undertake at the same time as they use Twitter. First, the good news: 99% of the people who took the survey do not use Twitter while they’re...
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Article 5 mins
Understanding management: I'm managing thank you!
Money & Business

Understanding management: I'm managing thank you!

...writing for academic purposes. We will consider some of the different forms of written material you may come across in your studies and examine the two main forms of writing required in management and business studies: the essay and the report. The activities in this course are designed to support you in the development of the type of extended writing skills needed for...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Electric Dreams: Technology makeover
History & The Arts

Electric Dreams: Technology makeover

Let our interactive take you on an electric trip down memory lane...Passionate about technology? The Open University has Engineering and Technology courses you might be interested in - try Engineering The Future, which takes you from design concepts through to manufacture, or the online course Design Thinking: Creativity for the 21st Century.
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Activity 10 mins