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An introduction to artificial intelligence
Education & Development

An introduction to artificial intelligence

...Open University logos.] This course is part of the OpenLearn AI Hub: a collaboration between The Open University and Microsoft. Follow the link to learn more. Artificial Intelligence (AI) represents great opportunity, but also significant disruption for modern societies and cultures. This free online short course investigates the historical, ethical and social issues...
Two concepts of freedom
History & The Arts

Two concepts of freedom

...Open University. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 2 study in Arts and Humanities...Two concepts of freedom: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: distinguish between negative and positive concepts of freedom understand the main points in Isaiah Berlin's article ‘Two Concepts of Liberty’ recognise emotive language, to...
Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Personality: A user guide
Health, Sports & Psychology

Personality: A user guide

...Openness (with high scorers interested in art and abstract ideas, low scorers practical and down to earth), Conscientiousness (with high scorers methodical and dutiful, low scorers more distractible), and Agreeableness (with high scorers cooperative and trusting, and low scorers more aggressive and hostile). Together these make up the ‘big five’, or OCEAN (Openness,...
Valuing death
Health, Sports & Psychology

Valuing death

...Open University's Health and Social Care qualifications. Death is part of life and is something we all need to face; not only our own death, but the deaths of those around us. Yet many of us are unprepared for this major event in our lives. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed us all to more deaths. However, those deaths were likely to be in hospital with few, if any, family...
Vegans: why they inspire fear and loathing among meat eaters
Health, Sports & Psychology

Vegans: why they inspire fear and loathing among meat eaters

...opens up the opportunity for some more honest discussion about veganism. These lively debates in exchanges illustrate many of the issues that we've discussed but they also see many of the old stereotypes and assumptions challenged. Like many progressive social movements, veganism still seems to stimulate a lot of defensive responses. -End of opinion piece- As veganism is...
Defining your research methodology
Education & Development

Defining your research methodology

...open access handbook on Research Methods can help you get more insights into the different layers of research design. Postgraduate researcher talks about research questions and methodology Student Transcript Supervisor Transcript Data collection techniques There are many methods available for you to collect your data. Robson (2011, pp. 232-233) outlines the following rule...
Introducing computing and IT
Digital & Computing

Introducing computing and IT

...Open University courses TM111 Introduction to computing and information technology 1 and TM112Introduction to computing and information technology 2. Note: The word ‘data’ is plural (‘datum’ refers to an item of data), but is often used in the singular, e.g. ‘The data is ….’. You will find both uses in this course, depending on the context...Introducing...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Children and young people: food and food marketing
Education & Development

Children and young people: food and food marketing

...Open University course E808 Children and young people’s worlds...Children and young people: food and food marketing: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: identify and analyse the importance of food in various aspects of children’s and young people’s lives understand the impact of food marketing on children from pre-schoolers to...