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Piracy, anonymity & parametric politics: An interview with Ned Rossiter and Soenke Zehle
History & The Arts

Piracy, anonymity & parametric politics: An interview with Ned Rossiter and Soenke Zehle

...Introduction In an (in)famous postscript, Gilles Deleuze traces the emergence of a society of control, whose passive danger is jamming, and whose active danger lies in piracy and viruses. Media jamming and piracy, hacktivism and viruses are all rampant today: the internet is their natural breeding ground, to the point of becoming trivial occurrences in everyday life....
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Article 15 mins
Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?
Education & Development

Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?

...introduction of handheld devices to kids.” In our early years, our eyeballs are very adaptive and plastic, so spending lots of time focusing on objects close-up will make the eyes more likely to be near-sighted. “The eyeball will grow longer to compensate for the prolonged near stress,” Liu says. She doesn’t have any evidence-based recommendations for a time limit...
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Looking at, describing and identifying objects
History & The Arts

Looking at, describing and identifying objects

...Introduction - This OpenLearn course concentrates on describing objects. You will be reading and writing descriptions and considering why descriptions are important. Throughout the course you will be exploring how things and words written about things are inextricably linked. You will focus on an object in isolation from the society which made it and work on developing...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Exploring equality and equity in education
Education & Development

Exploring equality and equity in education

...Introduction - In this free course, Exploring equality and equity in education, you will explore your experiences and thoughts on equality and equity in education and be introduced to different understandings of these concepts. You will start to look at some of the influences on equality which are common across the world and individuals’ interpretations of inequality...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts

...Introduction - This free course, Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts, aims to describe what goes into making and selling a t-shirt: which resources, which markets, who is involved, the income people get, the income and value they create. You will explore these questions at different stages of the production of a t-shirt, and will use concepts from economics...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Understanding economic inequality
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding economic inequality

...Introduction - In this free course, Understanding economic inequality, you will explore one of the most pressing challenges of our times – inequality. You will explore different debates on the causes, trends and consequences of inequality, and what can be done about it. You will be encouraged to reflect on your personal experiences of inequality before looking at how...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Tim Lenton - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Tim Lenton - Stories of Change

...manage in our social and economic systems on the short term, but I think there’s real opportunities there. I think many of us begin to see that a cleaner, greener future could also be one with a very strong economy. The trick is to navigate those climate risks in a way that’s ultimately going to give us a different energy system and many different ways of doing...
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Rio 2016: Green pools, drug cheats, sexism and nationality - A short reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: Green pools, drug cheats, sexism and nationality - A short reading list

...manage long distances in the pool is robbing us of the chance to see one of the world's greatest athletes in her element: The most accurate way to describe Katie Ledecky is unstoppable. The American distance swimmer and Rio Olympics favorite doesn’t just beat her opponents by a couple hundredths of a second or an extra half stroke. Her winning margin in races is often...
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