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How to become an ethical researcher
Education & Development

How to become an ethical researcher

...working with children and young people. It identifies different reflexive considerations for adult researchers as a continuous journey of assent/consent from inception of research projects through to the dissemination of results. The resource complements the Becoming an ethical researcher OpenLearn course and connects with The Open University website Our voices: research...
Structural Integrity: Materials Testing
Science, Maths & Technology

Structural Integrity: Materials Testing

...working on toughness testing to improve fabrication methods and develop new uses for materials. Toughness Testing Creating and fracturing a fatigue crack in order to record load and displacement. Interpreting Results Finding out the toughness result of different materials, such as the steel used in pipelines. Damage Analysis How to calculate whether damage has compromised...
TESSA: Active Learning
Education & Development

TESSA: Active Learning

...working in groups; 'The Town Meeting' - interactive stories and 'Let me do the Cooking Mama' - practical tasks. These dramas are not 'perfect' lessons but raise questions about different strategies which teachers can use to enhance their pupils’ learning... TESSA - Let me do the Cooking Mama Mama Fati's daughter and friend try to help in the kitchen. Unfortunately, they...
Darwin and language diversity
Science, Maths & Technology

Darwin and language diversity

...work of Charles Darwin and the impact his ideas about evolution continue to have on today’s world. © British Council 2009... Darwin and language diversity A short introduction to this album. A Darwinian approach to language What happens when you apply Darwin to the development of language? Mark Pagel and Quentin Atkinson explore the parallels. Conservation and...
Introducing Health Sciences: The Pain Clinic
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Health Sciences: The Pain Clinic

...works The Real Health Institute A group of 8 patients on a four week course at a specialist pain clinic in London. Controlling Pain Through Medication A doctor at the Royal Free Hospital's Pain Clinic performs a procedure and explains how medication can help alleviate pain. Effects of Chronic Pain Patients talk about about the treatments they've had and doctors describe...
Introduction to sport, fitness and management
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to sport, fitness and management

...working on strength, speed and agility. Sport: Training and nutrition A look at variety in a training program and the benefits of interval training and pliometrics to the athlete. It also shows the importance of a balanced an nutritious diet. Sport: Youth football training A look at changes in training and how the workouts have been developed to mimic actions in the sport...
Information technology: A new era?
Society, Politics & Law

Information technology: A new era?

...working lives. This free course, Information technology: A new era?, looks at whether it is possible to predict the future of this industry by comparing it to the development of the automobile industry in the USA...Do the advances in information technology equate to a new industrial revolution? The advances made by IBM, Dell and many other manufacturers have resulted in...
Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Could we control our climate? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Could we control our climate?

...work out how many occurrences we should expect of things happening. For example, you saw in Figure 4 the density at 14°C temperature was approximately 0.18. But because there was one measurement per day in the data set, the distribution is made up of 365 measurements. So, The number of times we expect to get a temperature of 14°C = number of measurements* probability...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs