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Digital & Computing
Successful IT systems
...technological and so on – and take a variety of forms including legal, financial, governmental and educational institutions. Issues of power are central when considering the role played by different stakeholders in planning IT systems and, as you saw at the end of the last section, stakeholders can enhance their power by coming together, mobilising their power in...
Society, Politics & Law
175 years of women's activism in the EIS
...Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) is today Scotland's largest teaching union. Established for the 'promotion of sound learning and the benefit of teachers', the EIS remains a campaigning, growing and highly effective trade union...Find out about The Open University's Social Sciences courses. On 18 September 1847, around 600 teachers from across Scotland, gathered...
Health, Sports & Psychology
Social media and networks in health and social care
...technology. Parents and carers should be educated about privacy settings, monitoring these settings and also supervision of children while they are using the internet. carrying out individual or group work with those most at risk or where an incident has been reported The group work allows for an honest and open conversation about information on the internet, e.g. that...
Education & Development
What are the benefits of interdisciplinary study?
...education and one that gets thrown around quite a lot these days. But what does 'interdisciplinary' study really mean? And why is it so desirable?...Find out more about The Open University's Open Degree. What are the benefits of interdisciplinary study? [Silhouette with education icons and symbols in their head.] The Merriam Webster dictionary defines...
Education & Development
The exclusion debate: Discussion hub
...education. But how do you manage to deliver that when pupils have been excluded?...In 2013, there were 3,900 permanent exclusions from secondary schools in England. Boys are three times more likely to be excluded than girls, and pupils with special educational needs (SEN) account for 7 in 10 permanent exclusions. ‘Persistent disruptive behaviour’ is the most common...
Digital & Computing
Exploring the digital world: a collection
...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 “Thingamagoop 2” to be specific. It lights up, it makes music and sound, it looks fantastic, and all of the knobs and...
Digital & Computing
Artificial intelligence
...technology to produce AI machines? Mankind has always been fascinated by how the mind works and fascinated by the idea of creating intelligent machines. However, it wasn’t until the development of the electronic computer in 1941 that technology was available to create machine intelligence. The term 'Artificial Intelligence' was first coined in 1956 by an influential...