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Energy resources: solar energy
Nature & Environment

Energy resources: solar energy

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: explain the principles that underlie the ability of various natural phenomena to deliver solar energy outline the technologies that are used to harness the power of solar energy discuss the positive and negative aspects of solar energy in relation to natural and human aspects of the
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences
Education & Development

Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences

...learning these topics are gradually emerging. This course explores the idea that drama and dialogue provide powerful tools to help ICS students and professionals to identify, discuss and understand the role of ethics in their professional practice. The core of the course is based upon discussion of a selection of plays and dialogues that raise ethical questions of...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
Eric King and Bill Binney: Some thoughts on their interview
Society, Politics & Law

Eric King and Bill Binney: Some thoughts on their interview

...learn of intelligence failures relating to known suspects getting lost in the morass of data and limited front line resources of the agencies. Time and again the "answer" is more extensive powers and more expansive investment in more mass communications surveillance. As Binney says, the agencies have been engaged in mass surveillance since 9/11 and it doesn't work. In the...
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Video 15 mins
Fake news, filter bubbles and Facebook
Science, Maths & Technology

Fake news, filter bubbles and Facebook

...learned skills’. Along with the influence of filter bubbles, fake news - and the role this might have played in paving the way for Trump’s victory – has been another major talking point. Everyone from the pope and Hillary Clinton has weighed in on the issue. [Facebook logo] While certain sections of the news media have always pedalled fabricated or exaggerated news,...
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Article 10 mins
The effects of self-isolation and lack of physical activity on carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

The effects of self-isolation and lack of physical activity on carers

...Learning Disabilities, 45(1), pp. 47–55. Danucalov, M.A., Kozasa, E.H., Afonso, R.F., Galduroz, J.C. and Leite, J.R. (2017) ‘Yoga and compassion meditation program improve quality of life and self‐compassion in family caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients: A randomized controlled trial’, Geriatrics & gerontology international, 17(1), pp. 85–91. Forbes, D.,...
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Article 10 mins
Make a meadow, whatever the scale and the diversity of meadows
Nature & Environment

Make a meadow, whatever the scale and the diversity of meadows

...an equally amazing diversity of fungi and insects, which in turn support other wildlife, e.g. birds (skylark, curlew, corncrake), reptiles (grass snakes, common lizard, slow worm), and mammals (roe deer, field vole, hedgehog.) To learn more about floodplain meadows, visit the Floodplain Meadow Partnership website or continue with other related content on OpenLearn below....
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Article 10 mins
The research and modelling of COVID-19
Science, Maths & Technology

The research and modelling of COVID-19

...LEARN MORE: • Read our interview with science integrity expert Dr Elisabeth Bik, where she shares her experiences and concerns around the fake news and fake research around COVID-19. Click here. • To watch a thorough discussion and Q&A session on COVID-19 with experts from the OU STEM faculty, click here. • If you are interested in the numbers around COVID-19, such...
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Article 10 mins
Promoting equality through the Arts
History & The Arts

Promoting equality through the Arts

...learning disabilities. In addition to producing award-winning live theatre shows that tour internationally, the company also develops experimental residency models that promote collaboration between artists and host communities. Their distinctive approach and ethos has been the focus of previous academic research. The Democratic Set Originally devised and designed by...
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Article 20 mins