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Design and Creativity
Science, Maths & Technology

Design and Creativity

...psychology and design. Monica Bueno describes her education and how she chose Philips. Philips: Teamwork The T211 Course Team reflects on the Philips design process. Philips: Creative Product Design Making a new range of webcams. From developing the concept to expanding the range, Tom Delaey takes us through the process step by step. Philips: Teamwork The network of...
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Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers
Education & Development

Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers

...psychological wellbeing scales (Impact Ed, 2022); additionally, daily reading is linked to better behavioural adjustment at the start of adolescence (Mak and Fancourt, 2019). Furthermore, OECD data consistently show that ‘engagement in reading is strongly correlated with reading performance and is a mediator of gender or socio-economic status’ (OECD, 2021). So,...
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Hardboiled Blues: Rory Gallagher’s Blues Lyrics Revisited
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Hardboiled Blues: Rory Gallagher’s Blues Lyrics Revisited

...psychological thriller The Talented Mr Ripley) had a significant impact on him. He frequently cited Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler as his favourite authors, but he also enjoyed the works of Patricia Highsmith, Peter Cheyney and Walter Mosley (Muise, 2002). All of these influences merged together in his songwriting, resulting in a unique form of ‘hardboiled...
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Straen a phryder yn yr oes ddigidol: Ochr dywyll technoleg
Health, Sports & Psychology

Straen a phryder yn yr oes ddigidol: Ochr dywyll technoleg

...Psychology, 9, 44-49. Chang, A. M., Aeschbach, D., Duffy, J. F., & Czeisler, C. A. (2015). Evening use of light-emitting eReaders negatively affects sleep, circadian timing, and next-morning alertness. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(4), 1232-1237. Cheever, N. A., Rosen, L. D., Carrier, L. M., & Chavez, A. (2014). Out of sight is not out of mind: The...
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Do people really behave in a rational way?
Money & Business

Do people really behave in a rational way?

...If economists' view of behaviour is to remain credible, it is time they examined this area. In the meantime, we are looking into another area where insights from behavioural science and psychology are ripe for consideration by economists: how choices are affected by your personality type. This article was originally published by The Conversation under a CC-BY-ND licence...
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Sara Kay Aloe
Education & Development

Sara Kay Aloe

...psychology. It was during this time that Sara started making plans for her future… with OpenLearn at her side, of course! ‘Teaching secondary modern foreign languages, Take your teaching online, History as commemoration, Roaring twenties? Europe in the interwar period, and The Holocaust are courses which helped me shape the new ideas for my future,’ Sara told us....
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The Tulsa Race Massacre
Society, Politics & Law

The Tulsa Race Massacre

...psychological and financial, such as the moral injury to survivors, and loss of wealth. The Tulsa Race Massacre was triggered when Dick Rowland, a 19-year-old African American man, was arrested for pulling the arm of a 17-year-old white woman, Sarah Page, in an elevator. Page, who possibly was Rowland’s girlfriend, was not physically injured. However, a subsequent...
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Using OpenLearn as an OU Student
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Using OpenLearn as an OU Student

...psychology] This means that Open University staff who are supporting you in your studies, including your course tutor, can see all of your relevant Open University study. For example, your tutor could see that you have completed an OpenLearn course recommended for your formal studies. Including your badges on your Student Academic Summary allows you to highlight them to...
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