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Can computers be therapists?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can computers be therapists?

...based on Rogerian psychotherapy. More recently there has been a growing recognition of the scale of the unmet need for psychological therapies for mental health issues, and a knowledge that there is limited availability of clinical services, and trained practitioners to deliver talking therapies (Stasiak et al., 2015). The rapid advancement and acceptance of computer...
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Beachbrains
Science, Maths & Technology

Beachbrains

...based on a few hundred neurons. But it is still a long way from getting a ‘beachful of silicon’ thinking. Not because it is the most polished or complete but because it is focused on leveraging artificial neural nets through the Internet, the Artificial Intelligence System project of Intelligence Realm Inc. intends to create – at least a small – thinking beach....
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I have an accent, (why) does it matter?
Languages

I have an accent, (why) does it matter?

...based on early language exposure. And, if we cannot hear something, it is less likely we will be able to produce it. Even if we can perceive a sound accurately, it does not necessarily mean we will be able to produce it accurately or consistently, especially in spontaneous speech. [Friends on holiday having fun outside a cafe in Ibiza.] Fluent speech requires complex...
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Employee engagement
Money & Business

Employee engagement

...de rigueur, whereas staying with a company for over three years becomes more acceptable with age. As employees hit the content and loyal period (55 plus), they are at their happiest in terms of working life. People have progressed to a level they are content with, or are resigned to the fact they may not go further, and so are less focused on getting ahead. The highest...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Free School Meals: An OpenLearn reading list
Education & Development

Free School Meals: An OpenLearn reading list

...based systems and so younger children are less likely to be aware of who does and does not receive free school meals. ‘My child enjoys most of his school meals. He’s becoming aware that not everyone gets them free though, and this is a cause for embarrassment - if the school could come up with a system where everyone had a lunch ticket, paid for in advance, that would...
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Public Health and Behaviour Change: from naïve sociology to naïve psychology
Society, Politics & Law

Public Health and Behaviour Change: from naïve sociology to naïve psychology

...based on the insights gained from scientific and expert knowledges and sometimes may be counterintuitive (e.g. the ‘back to sleep’ campaign). This raises questions about how public groups come to grips with scientific knowledges. There have been distinct phases over the last thirty years about the best ways to ‘educate’ or ‘persuade’. Initially this raised the...
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Introducing technology and innovation management
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing technology and innovation management

...based on the OECD/Eurostat report (2018), as the process by which new ideas are developed and introduced, which are then either made available to potential customers/users through diffusion (in the form of products, including goods and services) or are brought into use (as processes or systems) in contexts for the purpose of creating or preserving value. Invention is...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Remedying the impact of school closures: be kind, thank a teacher
Education & Development

Remedying the impact of school closures: be kind, thank a teacher

...based on children repeating a year of learning or attending catch-up classes, but it will be based on what quality teaching and learning has always been based on – relationships. Headteachers know this, and they’re finding all manner of ways to support all staff; teachers and support staff know this, it’s what they turn up to work for; and so do parents, as they...
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