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Learning Design resources to support embedding sustainability competencies and learning outcomes in course materials
Education & Development

Learning Design resources to support embedding sustainability competencies and learning outcomes in course materials

...educators to reflect on whether sustainability can be included in the course design, and to flag that support is available. The United Nations (UN) defines sustainability as development that: Meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Works towards building an inclusive, sustainable and resilient future...
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Is the 2020 New Deal a Green New Deal?
Nature & Environment

Is the 2020 New Deal a Green New Deal?

...technology and home insulation to reduce emissions. These elements, of both nature conservation and low-carbon energy technologies, can be argued to have the potential to achieve green growth by decoupling carbon emissions, along with other forms of environmental degradation, from economic growth. These activities all connect well to the Keynesian approaches of...
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How do you know you are in a smart city?
Society, Politics & Law

How do you know you are in a smart city?

Integrated urban technology is less apparent when it is functioning well says, Gillian Rose, Professor of Human Geography at the University of Oxford...Recorded at The Open University for BBC Radio 4's sociological discussion programme, Thinking Allowed. Transcript
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Why school is bad for us - an inaugural lecture by Professor Jonathan Rix
Miscellaneous

Why school is bad for us - an inaugural lecture by Professor Jonathan Rix

...Education & Language Studies at The Open University, will deliver his inaugural lecture on Why school is bad for us – lessons we need to learn, on Thursday 16 November at The Open University, when he will explore this obsession and ask if there are some simple ways to release teachers from these shackles. In his lecture, Professor Rix will draw on everyday examples from...
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Could your brain activity be used in evidence against you?
Society, Politics & Law

Could your brain activity be used in evidence against you?

...technology is improving. There are various methods of detecting false statements or concealed knowledge, which vary greatly. For example, traditional “lie detection” relies on measuring physiological reactions such as heart rate, blood pressure, pupil dilation and skin sweat response to direct questions, such as “did you kill your wife?” Alternatively, a...
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Musicians, loops and the longest piece ever
History & The Arts

Musicians, loops and the longest piece ever

...technology can make musical use of the sound of a dog eating a carrot...Musicians work with patterns. Repeating patterns of notes and repeating patterns of rhythms are what enable listeners to follow and understand a piece of music. Many composers have been fascinated by the effects that can be created by repeating the same pattern over and over again, something that...
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Future of Empowerment
Society, Politics & Law

Future of Empowerment

...technologies can be used to empower people to transform their lives, the economy and the world around them...Transcript The empowerment era The 21st century has been called the “empowerment era”. Values such as work-life balance and flexible employment are now firmly part of the mainstream. Yet these advances have been offset by the loss of labour power linked to the...
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30 years of SME research highlights impact of the ‘digital revolution’
Money & Business

30 years of SME research highlights impact of the ‘digital revolution’

...technologies [quarterly survey 30th anniversary front page image] Select image to download the report now The digital revolution and the recent growth of mobile technologies have been key drivers of change for SMEs over the past three decades, according to the 30th anniversary issue of the Quarterly Survey of Small Business in Britain, published by The Open University's...
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