3,599 search results
Exploring Ovid’s big ideas
History & The Arts

Exploring Ovid’s big ideas

...work is still so relevant today. You will meet characters from ancient myth like Actaeon the hunter who was turned into a stag, and Ta’aroa the ancient Pacific Islander god who lived in a shell. And you will discover how ancient stories still give us new ways of thinking about the modern world’s biggest questions...In an age where machines seem to be doing more and...
View course Exploring Ovid’s big ideas
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Learning from major cyber security incidents
Digital & Computing

Learning from major cyber security incidents

...work? Who were the attackers? What lessons can be learnt? This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course TM255 Communication and information technologies...Learning from major cyber security incidents: Learning outcomes - After studying this course you should be able to: demonstrate an understanding of the key concepts, issues and technologies...
View course Learning from major cyber security incidents
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Do people really behave in a rational way?
Money & Business

Do people really behave in a rational way?

...worked, our results appear to go against psychologists' findings about incidental emotions and instead endorse rational choice. Why? It might be because people were being asked to make choices over a public good where many people would benefit. Emotions may have a different effect on our choices over public goods than private goods. Or it could be because our participants...
View article Do people really behave in a rational way?
Article 5 mins
The importance of person-centred approaches to nursing care
Health, Sports & Psychology

The importance of person-centred approaches to nursing care

...works with the person’s definition of the situation, as well as that presented through a medical or other diagnosis’. There are a number of different frameworks that have been developed by nurse academics to help practising nurses implement person-centred care. While these frameworks are all slightly different, they all share some key components: knowing the patient...
View article The importance of person-centred approaches to nursing care
Article 5 mins
"That's so gay!" Homophobic language and school
Languages

"That's so gay!" Homophobic language and school

...works. Write down the ideas he suggests. Is this something that could be done in your school? Who can you talk to (management, peers) to get things started? It goes beyond homophobia The word 'gay' has many meanings. Many of those meanings are positive. Don’t ban the word 'gay' from your school. Teach children how to use it well. Involve the children. In this final...
View video "That's so gay!" Homophobic language and school
Video 15 mins
Can we design places to combat loneliness?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can we design places to combat loneliness?

...work? Looking at peer reviewed research published in English, the team reviewed a large number of potentially relevant studies (over 7000!). They identified 57 studies which had directly looked at the relationship between the built environment and loneliness. The small number of studies internationally demonstrates that this is an area which needs more research. The...
View article Can we design places to combat loneliness?
Article 5 mins
Genomic “dark matter”: a key to understand cancer biology?
Science, Maths & Technology

Genomic “dark matter”: a key to understand cancer biology?

...work using other molecules called enzymes, factors and cofactors, all of which are proteins with specific functions. Therefore, the classical definition of “gene” refers to DNA sequences, which are transcribed into RNA (mRNA) and then translated into proteins. We know today that some RNAs cannot produce proteins and it has been supposed for many years that they could...
View article Genomic “dark matter”: a key to understand cancer biology?
Article 10 mins
Animal-Computer Interaction and dogs
Digital & Computing

Animal-Computer Interaction and dogs

...working partners, much ACI research and design has naturally been focussing on them. For example, researchers have studied the effects that the use of GPS tracking devices with pet dogs have on them and found how the technology changes their behaviour (e.g. they come back to their owners more frequently and seem especially happy to wear the tracking collar, associated...
View video Animal-Computer Interaction and dogs
Video 15 mins