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Methods in Motion: Getting on your bike, and looking for answers
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Getting on your bike, and looking for answers

...course, such an iterative process of building theoretical, empirical and methodological expertise is not the only way to build a research project. Certainly, from the perspective of managing my limited time, it easily leaves too many questions open for too long, and easily becomes distracted. However, for me, methodological openness is how I base my findings in a...
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Can microplastics find their way onto your plate?
Nature & Environment

Can microplastics find their way onto your plate?

...Open University, looks into this here...Find out more about The Open University's Environment qualifications. “Only One Earth” is the motto of 2022’s World Environment Day . It will focus on the need to live sustainably in harmony with nature, and our possibilities for shifting to a greener lifestyle. It reminds us that our planet is our only home, and we must...
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The science of making musical instruments
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of making musical instruments

...Open University's Music courses and qualifications Interested in the technology of music? You can study that with The Open University What is the science of music? Music is generally thought to be an art rather than a science but what is the science behind the production of music? And can three 'tone-deaf' scientists use these principles to make musical instruments and...
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20 years in Linguistics: how the way we communicate has changed
Languages

20 years in Linguistics: how the way we communicate has changed

...Open University's Languages courses and qualifications. Much of the history of language and communication is also the history of technology. Over the centuries, the invention of new technologies has massively changed how we communicate with each other and how we use language. The first major invention in this history was writing in around 3400 BCE. This allowed people to...
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Learning through Technology
OpenLearn Ireland

Learning through Technology

...University Educational Technology researcher, Eileen Scanlon looks at the benefits of 'inquiry learning' for young students, and how she is using the experiences to help design a customized tool kit to support evidence-based 'inquiry learning'... Learning through Technology Open University Educational Technology researcher, Eileen Scanlon looks at the benefits of...
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Money and Emotions
Money & Business

Money and Emotions

...Open University and other partners. The project is using leading edge physiological sensors and computer game technologies to explore the impact of emotions on financial decision-making and to develop new approaches to learning, which can support effective choices. In this podcast Professor Mark Fenton-O'Creevy of The Open University Business School looks at the work of...
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Racial inequities in health: The impact of COVID-19 in Wales and beyond
Health, Sports & Psychology

Racial inequities in health: The impact of COVID-19 in Wales and beyond

...Open. 2021 Aug 18;11(8):e048335. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34408047/ Karl Murray (2020) The impact of COVID-19 on BAME Community and Voluntary Sector Organisations in Wales: Innovation, Resilience and Sustainability Saltus, R (2020) Holding on to the gains: Understanding the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on BAME groups in Wales Saltus, R (2020) On yearning for the...
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Britain's Billion Year Journey
Science, Maths & Technology

Britain's Billion Year Journey

...Open University's Science courses and qualifications Rodinia - the first supercontinent Between one billion and 620 million years ago, the continental crust that would one day be known as Britain formed tiny parts of a giant supercontinent called Rodinia (approximately 500 million years before the formation of Pangaea, a later supercontinent). All of Britain was south of...
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