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Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?
Education & Development

Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?

...educational performance of young children without using technologies.” Instead of banning devices, we should be demanding better apps built on solid research. For children aged between three and five, it’s entirely possible that a well-designed app can help improve vocabulary and basic maths skills. “My youngest is speech-delayed, and the videos he watches have...
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Start your career with OpenLearn
Education & Development

Start your career with OpenLearn

...education and embarking on a new career can be daunting. If you’re looking for some support, this collection of FREE courses from The Open University is here to give you a helping hand…...OpenLearn is the FREE learning platform of The Open University and this collection of content is designed to help you as you embark on your new career, be that providing some ideas...
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Activity 10 mins
Fake news, filter bubbles and Facebook
Science, Maths & Technology

Fake news, filter bubbles and Facebook

...education, not regulation, can help combat the issue. What are ‘filter bubbles’ and who’s to blame Much of the debate around Facebook’s influence on modern politics has focused on the design of the site itself. Facebook’s personalisation algorithm, which is programmed to create a positive user experience, feeds people what they want, and this creates what Eli...
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An introduction to artificial intelligence
Education & Development

An introduction to artificial intelligence

...technology. It is aimed at people interested in understanding where this technology has come from, the kinds of opportunities it brings to modern and future societies, but also the risks it presents, and what steps we might take to avoid such risks...Artificial Intelligence (AI) represents great opportunity, but also significant disruption for modern societies and...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Innovation in health and social care practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care practice

...technology and innovation changes the expectations and job roles for health and social care practitioners. You will learn about what these expectations might be on practitioners and also about common responses and criticisms that may arise from transforming practice through technology...This free course, Innovation in health and social care practice, focuses on how...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
How to make the best of your digital badge
Education & Development

How to make the best of your digital badge

...Education courses. Digital badged courses, such as those on OpenLearn, have become a popular means of recognising achievement for learners, particularly in support of career development. Because they have been around for over ten years now, we know that they are used to recognise learning, to motivate, to provide a means of demonstrating professional development and to...
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Reducing the carbon footprint of on-premises IT
Nature & Environment

Reducing the carbon footprint of on-premises IT

...technology assets are split between the carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions caused when manufacturing, storing and shipping the products and the emissions generated through use and disposal. As discussed in the responsible procurement article, the balance of these is split unequally, with the upfront, or embodied, and disposal carbon being the significant factors....
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International Women's Day
Society, Politics & Law

International Women's Day

...Educate Women on Health Choice Decisions From menopause to abortion – dig deeper into some of the social factors that have influenced women’s health. Celebrate Women in STEM Explore some of the female trailblazers in science, technology, engineering and maths and honour them by taking on a career in these fields (or inspire a young woman or girl to do that instead!)....
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