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Academic versus AI
Science, Maths & Technology

Academic versus AI

...human, and a machine… so you tell us!...We fed the same article brief - write a 250-word article, titled 'The risks versus the rewards of using AI in higher education in 2024' - into both ChatGPT and an Open University academic. We wanted to find out if it was easy to spot the difference between the work generated by a human - Mike Richards of the OU’s computing...
Looking globally: the future of education Badge icon
Education & Development

Looking globally: the future of education

...human capacity. We have to get over this old conception of academic, non-academic, abstract, theoretical, vocational, and see it for what it is: a myth. Second, we have to recognise that most great learning happens in groups; the collaboration is the stuff of growth. If we atomise people, and separate them, and judge them separately, we form a kind of disjunction between...
Why do we need free speech?
History & The Arts

Why do we need free speech?

...human right. Our individual liberty to say and think what we wish – within limits – is defended in modern British law...[Person holding a sign for free speech] But that wasn’t always the case. And in many parts of the world today, like China, Russia and Turkey, governments are cracking down on free speech and protest through censorship, surveillance and mass...
Investigating Links Between Pesticides and Mental Health
Science, Maths & Technology

Investigating Links Between Pesticides and Mental Health

...humans. Furthermore, the powerful genetic model organism, Caenorhabditis elegans, is used to investigate the effects of organophosphates on brain function. Taken together, the results could inform future therapeutic approaches, while building a better understanding of psychiatric disorders and the biological mechanisms that are involved. What are Organophosphates?...
An introduction to the Social Work Hub
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to the Social Work Hub

...resources, including free courses, articles and interactives, has been curated to be a central hub for anyone interested in social work and social care. Whether you are thinking about a career in social work, a social work practitioner wanting to learn more about a specific area of practice, or an aspiring social care leader looking for free continuing professional...
How to manage the digital-related stress of technology
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to manage the digital-related stress of technology

...Human Behavior, 37, 290-297. Corcoran, K., Crusius, J., & Mussweiler, T. (2011). Social comparison: Motives, standards, and mechanisms. D. Charee (Ed.), Theories in Social Psychology, Wiley (2011), pp. 119-139 Deloitte (2017). There’s no place like phone. Consumer usage patterns in the era of peak smartphone.
Climate justice for the next generation
Education & Development

Climate justice for the next generation

...human rights and intergenerational equality and emphasises how children and those least responsible for climate change are the ones who suffer its most significant consequences. The course looks at the impact climate change has on children’s rights and considers the role the next generation has as activists and campaigners within their changing environments. It...
Working with our environment: an introduction
Nature & Environment

Working with our environment: an introduction

...humans have largely designed and manufactured, and is supported by an amazing infrastructure of transport, communication and many other services that we take for granted. Without them, for example, you wouldn't be reading this page or studying this OpenLearn course. The technological basis of our society has undergone major transformations in the last two centuries and...