Education & Development
Dr Fernando Rosell-Aguilar on distance learning
The Open University's Dr Fernando Rosell-Aguilar explains what distance learning is in this extended interview from 'Go the Distance'...Transcript
Education & Development
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Keep on top of your learning with these free resources from The Open University, created for secondary school age students across the UK.
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Education & Development
Intergenerational perceptions: Busting age-related stereotypes
...course be an inevitable result of asking someone to communicate their view on a whole group of people belonging to a certain category. However, stereotypes do seem to play an important role in shaping attitudes and potentially norms. The features of the Old School Project we are interested in at the OU are related to intergenerational perceptions. We are keen to explore...
History & The Arts
Freedom of speech
...Open University's Philosophy courses and qualifications [Political banner promoting free speech (US)] The pros and cons There are good reasons to preserve freedom of speech – the case is made with formidable power in John Stuart Mill’s classic text, On Liberty (1859). In a society in which speech is free, there will be an interchange of ideas, truths that damage those...
Nature & Environment
Calculating your carbon footprint
...Open University's Environment courses. What is a carbon footprint? The carbon footprint is the annual amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, mainly carbon dioxide, that result from the activities of an individual, a group of people, a town or city, region or nation, mainly from the use of energy and transport and consumption of food, goods and services. It’s measured...
History & The Arts
Ten top tips for writing a novel
...Open University's English courses [A cat looking at a laptop ] Just do it. Forget about procrastination. The time is now. Write early in the morning, before you have time to distract yourself with self-doubt and Twitter. Write the first thing that comes into your head, and don’t stop for at least 20 minutes. After that, you are more likely to carry on. Then do the same...
Health, Sports & Psychology
What’s wrong with how nurses are portrayed in the media?
...Open University's Nursing and Healthcare courses and qualifications. Stereotypes of nursing Have you ever considered how accurate career representations for nursing are portrayed in the media? You’d expect it to be pretty accurate, right? Wrong. The media portrayal of nursing is not only outdated but incorrect. This is not only damaging to the public’s expectations...
Science, Maths & Technology
The Z Files: Jon Chase
...course you don’t just communicate in normal words you rap. Jon Chase Yeah I rap about it. “Some of the biggest questions that’s ever been asked, do you know where life’s going, can you tell where it starts? We’ve been on earth many years and we’re still producing answers, as time passes collective knowledge advances.” Benjamin Zephaniah Is there an old...