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Am I Normal? - an inaugural lecture by Professor Blaine Price
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Am I Normal? - an inaugural lecture by Professor Blaine Price

...data about you and your lifestyle. Date: Tuesday 28 November Time: 6:00pm–7:00pm Venue: The Open University, the Berrill Theatre Blaine Price is Professor of Computing in the Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at The Open University (OU). His research interests focus on improving people’s engagement with data gathered from mobile, wearable and...
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Supporting Lifelong Learning with Blockchain
Digital & Computing

Supporting Lifelong Learning with Blockchain

...data science and has thus enrolled on a number of courses offered online, including MOOCs and OERs. Each time the learner completes a course, she is awarded a Smart Badge by the educational institution that offers the course. This Smart Badge includes data about the skills that the learner has acquired upon completion of the course. Each Smart Badge the learner earns is...
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How have family budgets changed in sixty years?
Money & Business

How have family budgets changed in sixty years?

...data about household outgoings for six decades. It tracks social and structural changes over those times, says the ONS' Joanna Bulman...[Shoppers queue in 1950s Bristol] Shoppers wait patiently in Bristol, during the 1950s. This year’s Family Spending report, which covers the financial year ending March 2017, marks the sixtieth year of results from a household...
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My OpenLearn account
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My OpenLearn account

...data in our Privacy Statement. How do I create an account? To create an account, click the green 'Create account / Sign in' button found in the top right-hand corner of the OpenLearn site. If you are on a mobile device then you will need to click the profile icon in the top right-hand corner followed by 'Create account / Sign in'. Then, click the pink 'Create account'...
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Avoid being held to ransom by SamSam
Digital & Computing

Avoid being held to ransom by SamSam

...data until they pay a ransom, usually in a cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin, to receive the keys needed to unlock their data. SamSam is far from the first piece of ransomware, you may remember the WannaCry attack that badly affected the NHS during July 2018, but it is another example of just how vulnerable our networked world is to security threats. SamSam demanded a ransom...
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Sut gall corfforaethau leihau olion troed carbon digidol?
Nature & Environment

Sut gall corfforaethau leihau olion troed carbon digidol?

...data a gwybodaeth – nid yw'r data yn ddigon cadarn neu nid oes digon o ddata ar gael eto. Mae hynny'n golygu na fydd unrhyw linell sylfaen o'r sefyllfa ar y pryd ddim ond cystal â'r wybodaeth sydd ar gael ar y pryd. Mae'r data hyn yn gwella'n gyflym, sy'n golygu y bydd oes silff y llinell sylfaen yn naturiol yn fyr ac y bydd angen ei diweddaru'n barhaus Wrth ddatblygu...
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History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past

...data from UK RED and applying quantitative and qualitative methods of analysis to arrive at some conclusions about reading in the past. Find out more about studying with The Open University by visiting our online prospectus60...History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to:...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
The social in social science
Society, Politics & Law

The social in social science

...data? Do you wish to communicate your research to a wide audience or a specific scientific community? Your answers to such questions will have an impact upon which perspective within the philosophy of the social sciences most closely relates to your own research strategy. This course begins to explore these diverse choices. The general purpose of this course is to...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs