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Exploring the digital world: a collection
Digital & Computing

Exploring the digital world: a collection

...social media to the impact of screen time - academics from the OU and beyond explore the new worlds created by technology...[A digital creation of Dr Beep] The thing at the top? Photographer JD Hancock explains: Austin, Texas electronic super-scientist Dr. Bleep (aka John-Mike Reed) was kind enough to let me borrow one of his amazing audio/visual creations, a...
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What can Chinese students in Southampton teach us about going green?
Nature & Environment

What can Chinese students in Southampton teach us about going green?

...Social Practice theorists who highlight the ‘stickiness’ of practices (the ways we eat, work, travel, take holidays, socialise etc) which are slow to change, due to complex cultural or technological barriers. Others point to the need for ‘opportunities’ to be green. We can want to change as much as we like, but unless there is, say, decent public transport,...
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Older carers, COVID-19 and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Older carers, COVID-19 and physical activity

...social care system with many local services reducing operations or closing fully. Potentially this has removed the support networks for many of the elderly care givers, removing any opportunity to take respite and a break from the day to day demands of caring. Providing care is extremely challenging. Many older adults (particularly caring spouses) don’t just see caring...
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How is the internet helping ensure parliamentary accountability in Bangladesh?
Digital & Computing

How is the internet helping ensure parliamentary accountability in Bangladesh?

...social media or other forms of instant communication, making it difficult for common people to reach out to them. A new platform containing all the information of the members of parliament and different means for communication with them is giving Bangladeshis the option of contacting their local elected representatives, however. Some lawmakers have already begun...
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Proud of nursing associates: who they are and why they are important
Health, Sports & Psychology

Proud of nursing associates: who they are and why they are important

...social care teams they work in? Gemma Ryan-Blackwell explains...This content is associated with The Open University's Nursing and Healthcare courses and qualifications. Who are nursing associates? Firstly, and most importantly, nursing associates (NAs) should not be viewed as a ‘cheap nurse’ – they bring essential knowledge and skills to a healthcare team. When...
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The Asian Single Parents Network (ASPN)
Education & Development

The Asian Single Parents Network (ASPN)

...social networking site meetup in September 2011. Aruna wanted to help others from her community who might be going through something similar after her own experiences and two arranged marriages. The Network was intended to get Asian single parents and their kids out interacting with each other for fun, support and friendship, and to enhance lives in the process. ASPN...
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Lottery of birth
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lottery of birth

...social policy, history, political science and economics. This interdisciplinary nature brings different perspectives together to create fresh insights and provide a bridge for different ideas to feed into social and political change. Towards the end of the course, you'll have the opportunity to critically analyse an initiative of your choosing from your own country. The...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Do as Dumbledore does: the benefits of private speech
Languages

Do as Dumbledore does: the benefits of private speech

...social speech, between internalising and externalising knowledge. Authors such as Lantolf and Ellis have argued that private speech contains language that learners have internalised from the environment and therefore acts as a proxy for social talk. As Ohta claims, this is where the individual’s inner and social worlds meet, audibly, and many insights live there, if we...
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