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Creativity, community and ICT
Education & Development

Creativity, community and ICT

...education to literacy and numeracy. This somewhat controversial report was never sent to schools in the way most commissioned educational reports are...Creativity, community and ICT: 2 Creative communities and ICT - We oppose ‘any prophetic pedagogy which knows everything before it happens, which teaches children that every day is the same, that there are no surprises,...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Mo Vernon On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Mo Vernon On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...Educational Management with the OU so she knows what it’s like to be an OU student! Mo is a long-standing Associate Lecturer at the OU and has been involved in systems thinking for many years, not just as an AL but also as a residential school tutor and Course Director and through consultancy work across a range of large and small organisations in the Public and Private...
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Audio 15 mins
Black and Minority Ethnic Network Podcasts - series 2
Education & Development

Black and Minority Ethnic Network Podcasts - series 2

...these interviews, potentially will help BME, people that may live in Milton Keynes, desire to be a part of the OU or to apply for these jobs. Copyright Copyright OpenLearn publishes all its content using a creative commons licence which allows all our content to be re-used for educational purposes if The Open University is credited. More details are available here....
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Audio 1 hr 30 mins
Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?
Education & Development

Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?

...educational” and “e-learning” on their products, often without any scientific basis. So what are parents to do? [A six week old baby gazes at a first generation iPad] First generation: A six week old baby inspects an early iPad People have always feared new media. Almost 2,500 years ago Socrates was decrying the spread of written language, arguing that it would...
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Article 5 mins
Doping in rugby union: a case of papering over the cracks?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Doping in rugby union: a case of papering over the cracks?

...education for players from under-20 level. The results appear to support Ho’s claim with only four positive tests from 2,100 elite samples taken in 2014 – less than one percent. This however does not tell the full story. The timing of Ho’s proclamation coincided with the news that the 22-cap South Africa hooker, ‘Chiliboy’ Ralepelle, had been suspended for two...
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Article 5 mins
Can protective headgear increase the risk of injury to rugby players?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can protective headgear increase the risk of injury to rugby players?

...education strategies to reduce injury rates have been found to be effective – particularly with youth players. Most notably the RugbySmart scheme in New Zealand and the BokSmart scheme in South Africa. The two schemes share similar programme structures and aim to educate coaches and referees in an attempt to prevent serious injuries to players. The Boksmart...
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Article 5 mins
Soil as the book of nature
Nature & Environment

Soil as the book of nature

...Educate yourself and others with the Soil Science Educational Resource. Join surveys, for example, the OPAL national soil and earthworm survey. Support those who are working to improve soils situation, such as the Soil Association. Open University courses Neighbourhood nature [Free version] Environment: journeys through a changing world Other links BBC One - Life British...
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Article 5 mins
The Rise of Museums
History & The Arts

The Rise of Museums

...education experience, a monument to humanity's struggle to rise from the muck and the goo, and get an upper hand over its environment …" [David Mamet, The museum of science and technology story'in Five Television Plays, New York (1990)] Such is the purpose of a modern museum. In Mamet's fictional, behind-the-scenes account of museum life, historical characters come...
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Article 10 mins