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Machines, minds and computers
Digital & Computing

Machines, minds and computers

...humanity's engagement with machine technologies and at our dream of building machines that share our special human features and powers – particularly our mental abilities. Minds – Here, we'll explore the development of the idea that human thought might be a form of computation, from its origins in the 17th century, through the advent of the digital computer in the...
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.
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...
OpenLearn with Working Wales | OpenLearn gyda Cymru'n Gweithio
Education & Development

OpenLearn with Working Wales | OpenLearn gyda Cymru'n Gweithio

...resources to support Working Wales customers. Cyrsiau ar-lein am ddim ac adnoddau dysgu eraill i gefnogi cwsmeriaid Cymru'n Gweithio...[Logo Working Wales / Cymru'n Gweithio] Discover free OpenLearn learning resources below Darganfyddwch adnoddau dysgu OpenLearn am ddim isod Please note only a limited selection of OpenLearn resources are currently available through the...
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...
Open Pathways
Education & Development

Open Pathways

...resource for people who are thinking about getting back into learning...[Image of Open Pathways guide showing someone on their phone drinking coffee in a café. ] Click on the image above to view PDF Open Pathways can get you started on your learning journey, helping you navigate your way through OpenLearn to find something that interests you, while building your...
Online mathematics discovery centre
Science, Maths & Technology

Online mathematics discovery centre

...resources - including courses, videos and games...Mathematics is important across many disciplines: science, medicine, engineering, technology, communications, AI and Big Data, finance, economics and more. It is a fundamental tool enabling us to analyse and comprehend the world around us, and to solve some of the most urgent problems facing society in today’s complex...
Anti-Bullying Week
Education & Development

Anti-Bullying Week

...resources on the different types of bullying and manipulation to help support those in need, not just on these special days but all year round...OpenLearn and The Open University are proud supporters of Anti-Bullying Week. To pledge our support for this fantastic cause we've pulled together some interactives, academic insights and advice, and FREE courses on the different...