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The impact of technology on children's physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

The impact of technology on children's physical activity

...attention problems, difficulties at school, sleep and eating disorders, and obesity. But why is it important to look at screen time and what connection does this have with a child’s physical activity levels? Activity 4 will explore this. [Described image] Figure 4 Girls playing on tablets Activity 4 Screen time, physical activity levels and blood pressure Timing: Allow...
Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?
Society, Politics & Law

Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?

...attention to interconnections between humans and other animals. Most pertinently for criminology, this means an increased critical focus on how human-nonhuman interconnections are riven with inequalities and can produce harms. This course explains how the animal turn directs criminological attention to nonhuman animals as victims. You will learn about social processes and...
Why the bands played on: Live music in the shadow of the Paris attacks
History & The Arts

Why the bands played on: Live music in the shadow of the Paris attacks

...attention, but punks and metalheads across Asia, the Middle East and North Africa have also been subject to repression and censorship. The low-slung, sleazy aesthetic of the Eagles of Death Metal may have seemed a fitting avatar for the “prostitution and obscenity” of the decadent West, as IS would have it. It’s also possible that the Bataclan was targeted as much...
10 things that ended in 2006 (when OpenLearn was born)
History & The Arts

10 things that ended in 2006 (when OpenLearn was born)

...attention because Federline had recently broken up with actress Shar Jackson, who was still pregnant with their second child. This destroyed Britney's squeaky-clean image. After having two children together, Spears filed for divorce on November 7, 2006, citing irreconcilable differences. Want to avoid doing a Britney and K-Fed? Discover this article on The Secrets of...
Who was Mary Magdalene?
History & The Arts

Who was Mary Magdalene?

...Instead he is portrayed as both asexual and a spiritual teacher: in stories when women touch and kiss him, the gospel writers turn our attention to spiritual things, his sacrificial death, and forgiveness of our sins. Mary, however, will continue to haunt the story.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
Are there other responses to urban terror than just more bollards?
Society, Politics & Law

Are there other responses to urban terror than just more bollards?

...attention to. Security stakeholders in Australia should bear these issues in mind as their program is rolled out. First, traditional security approaches may be of limited use against many types of possible attack and offer false comfort. Many have advocated the use of crime-prevention ideas for dealing with the terrorist threat. These manipulate the built environment to...
Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?

...attention, but not through more high profile competitions. Talking about texts, their possible meanings and interpretations, and informal conversations about reading and oneself as a reader deserve to be placed at the very heart of the reading curriculum. Such talk brings the landscape to life and helps to build communities of engaged readers. In recent research...
What should I expect when I am nearing the end of my life?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What should I expect when I am nearing the end of my life?

...attention on all treatments that will make them feel better. To explore this further see the short course about Death and medicine: postponement and promise. The focus is on dignity and optimisation of comfort. These conversations, the planning, the medication changes, and much more, can be done at home and people can die at home. In the UK, people are supported to die at...