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Welcome to Applying Psychology to Work Hub
Health, Sports & Psychology

Welcome to Applying Psychology to Work Hub

...University School of Psychology and Counselling. Read on and take part in activities to find out how it could be of benefit to you! ...We have many common experiences at work (starting a job, building relationships, teamworking, change, trusting others, finishing a job) and there are a lot of things that we think we already know in terms of how to work through these...
60 Second Adventures in Artificial Intelligence
Digital & Computing

60 Second Adventures in Artificial Intelligence

...University's Open degree. The Quest For AI (And Why We’re Not There Yet) The concept of thinking machines dates back to antiquity. Renaissance craftsmen built complex automatons to try to simulate intelligent behaviour. However, the possibility of genuine Artificial Intelligence (AI) had to wait until the arrival of programmable computers in the twentieth century. Since...
A scenario on e-professionalism for nurses
Health, Sports & Psychology

A scenario on e-professionalism for nurses

...University's Nursing and Healthcare courses and qualifications. E-professionalism is "the attitudes and behaviours that reflect traditional professionalism paradigms but are manifested through digital media" (Kacznarcyzk et al., 2013). Professional bodies such as the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2016, United Kingdom) have specific guidance on the use of social media and...
Understanding musical scores
History & The Arts

Understanding musical scores

...University lecturers Catherine Tackley and Naomi Barker tell you a little more about what to expect from this course. NAOMI Hello. I'm Naomi. CATHERINE And I'm Catherine. NAOMI Welcome to this Open University short course on understanding musical scores. CATHERINE Here we are at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, where we've been recording some films for...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Children’s experiences with digital technologies
Education & Development

Children’s experiences with digital technologies

...University course E232 Exploring childhood and youth. It has been designed by Dr Christothea Herodotou, a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) for the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University. Christothea has studied children and mobile technologies in several projects funded by the British Academy and the British Educational Research Association, and...
Asset allocation in investment
Money & Business

Asset allocation in investment

...University course B861 Investment and portfolio management...Asset allocation in investment: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: recognise how typical client objectives and constraints impacts on asset allocation set client risk and return objectives in the context of an asset allocation process describe the reasons for a written...
Waste management and environmentalism in China
Nature & Environment

Waste management and environmentalism in China

...University course U116 Environment: journeys through a changing world...Waste management and environmentalism in China: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: identify some of the environmental impacts of economic growth understand some concepts to more sustainably manage waste and resources identify some of the emerging social responses to...
Researching Antarctic ice sheets
Nature & Environment

Researching Antarctic ice sheets

...University. Thank you for reading my first article here on OpenLearn. I’m part of a team of British and French scientists with a new study published in Nature about Antarctic ice sheet instability. Here is a Guardian article I wrote as an introduction to our work. I also recorded a video explaining our focus on Antarctica and the uncertainty surrounding the impact of...