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Open education
Education & Development

Open education

...article by Stephen Downes, in which he sets out the case for learning objects and provides a comprehensive analysis of the subject. Activity 5: The case for learning objects Timing: Timing: 1 hour Spend no more than one hour reading Downes (2001) Learning objects: resources for distance education worldwide. Downes goes into detail on many aspects that are not necessary...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements
Society, Politics & Law

Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements

...et al., 2012). The first fire started on the 27 June 2007 and the final fire was extinguished in early September 2007. The fires burnt through dry forests and vegetation, often moving quickly through the landscape (Athanaiou and Xanthopoulos, 2010). [Described image] Figure 2: A wildfire threatening the village of Podstrana, near the Adriatic coastal town of Split,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Social psychology and politics
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social psychology and politics

...article: Families divided by Brexit, 2016); a good reminder of how the ‘personal’ is also ‘political’ and vice versa. Social psychology attempts to understand such political events by asking fundamental questions about how and why people engage with political processes and structures. Why do people vote the way they do? Why do some people become activists, while...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Marketing in the 21st Century
Money & Business

Marketing in the 21st Century

...et al., 2012, p. 632) This free course is an adapted extract from an Open University course BB844 Marketing in the 21st century...Marketing in the 21st century: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: articulate whether marketing is a process or philosophy think analytically, creatively and in an integrated manner about marketing ethics...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Psychology around the world
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychology around the world

...et al., 2005). Findings by Wang (2001) indicate that people in the US tend to recall events and experiences from a slightly younger age than people in China. The age of the earliest reported memory for participants in the US was around 42 months, whereas in China it was 47.5 months. This, of course, does not mean that people in the US have better memories. It merely means...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
English: skills for learning Badge icon
Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...articles or book chapters also follow a clear and predictable structure. They normally contain an introduction, several paragraphs and a conclusion. Paragraphs may also be grouped into sections. This is their typical structure: [An image showing the typical structure of a journal article or a book chapter.] Figure 3 The typical structure of a journal article or a book...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Making a difference: Youth participation
Education & Development

Making a difference: Youth participation

...here. Read Dr Victoria Cooper's article asking 'Do we really listen to children and young people?' from the the Open University’s Children’s Research Centre, supporting participation by children and young people. If you'd like to learn more about children and youth studies, explore more about participation on Openlearn, or study free courses with the Open University....
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Video 5 mins
Decolonising computing?
Digital & Computing

Decolonising computing?

...article...As part of Black History Month 2020 I was invited to present on the concept of decolonising computing. Transcript In offering an answer to the question of what it might mean to decolonise computing, I will begin by distinguishing my own approach from that of others, including those who participated in a workshop that convened in 2016 in the Department of Media,...
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Video 15 mins