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Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator
Languages

Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator

...management task: the caudate nucleus and the putamen. Neuroscientists already know that these structures play a role in other complex tasks, including learning and the planning and execution of movement. This means that there is no single brain centre devoted exclusively to the control of interpretation, say Hervais-Adelman and his colleagues. As with many other human...
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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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Textiles in Ghana
History & The Arts

Textiles in Ghana

...Introduction - This course looks at the way meanings and values are assigned to textiles. You will examine how a piece of cloth can define wealth, status, and, in the past, office. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 2 study in Arts and Humanities...Textiles in Ghana: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate an...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Energy in buildings
Nature & Environment

Energy in buildings

...Introduction - This free course, Energy in buildings, looks at the importance of energy in buildings in the UK, particularly housing. Topics covered include reducing the heating demand of houses, improving their heating systems and reducing the electricity used by appliances and lighting. These are all methods of reducing their overall CO2 emissions. This OpenLearn course...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations
History & The Arts

Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations

...Introduction - In this coursewefocus upon a specific novel, and consider some of the different ways in which it can be read. We do this by identifying its genre, or the kind of writing it belongs to. The novel as a kind of writing continuously involved in offering representations of the everyday, of the past and present world, is inevitably bound up with the different...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Approaching plays
History & The Arts

Approaching plays

...Introduction - Do you want to get more out of drama? This course is designed to develop the analytical skills you need for a more in-depth study of literary plays. You will learn about dialogue, stage directions, blank verse, dramatic structure and conventions and aspects of performance. It's not necessary for you to have previously read any of the plays mentioned in the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?
Science, Maths & Technology

We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?

...managing pets.” Not to mention worries over hygiene and disease. Much of the evidence of the benefit from PARO is based on informal observation (though there have also been more controlled trials). In one pilot study, three New Zealand researchers investigated a small group of residents in a care home for the elderly. Each resident spent a short period handling,...
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Design thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Design thinking

...Introduction - Are you ever frustrated with something that you thought you could design better? Perhaps something at work, or in your local community? Design thinking can structure your natural creativity to come up with solutions to all kinds of problems, and have fun during the process too! In this course, you will find a mix of inspirational readings, ‘how to’...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs