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Creativity, community and ICT
Education & Development

Creativity, community and ICT

...children to acquire certain amounts of ‘statutory’ know-how before leaving a particular key stage. Research also suggests, however, that in settings where creativity is valued, and where creative processes are themselves the subject of learning, teachers and learners begin collectively to share and develop purposes and activities commonly ascribed to ‘creative’...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Fast Reactors and Thorium
Science, Maths & Technology

Fast Reactors and Thorium

...Centre for Atomic Research near Chennai in the south-east of the country. Special topic 2: Thorium The element thorium is a slightly radioactive, naturally occurring heavy metal with very few industrial uses. Thorium-rich material is accumulating in places where valuable rare earth metals are being extracted and processed. Rare earth elements are widely used in magnets...
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Article 10 mins
The digital revolution for academic integrity has already begun
Education & Development

The digital revolution for academic integrity has already begun

...research findings of the e-authentication and authorship verification system for e-assessment TeSLA, which was used by seven institutions in Europe, including the Open University, to enhance academic integrity. I also present teaching staff and students’ views about the benefits of this novel system. [TeSLA system for Face Recognition] Figure 1 TeSLA system for Face...
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Article 5 mins
Challenging Workplace Gender Roles: One Woman’s Story
Society, Politics & Law

Challenging Workplace Gender Roles: One Woman’s Story

...children’s intelligence at age 11, as something fixed and entire educational futures were decided on the results of just one exam. With the introduction of comprehensive education, this was abolished and now every pupil had access to a post-primary education. This meant that education could be more inclusive, as children were no longer segregated by an unfair exam. A...
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Article 10 mins
David Lucey
Education & Development

David Lucey

...centre. I wanted to learn about new things to get a clearer picture of what fields of interest I might be interested in pursuing in the future, without having to pay while figuring it out!’ After being out of the classroom environment for 15 years or more, it also gave David a chance to get used to studying again, something familiar to many learners on the site. ‘A...
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Design and Creativity
Science, Maths & Technology

Design and Creativity

...research and make design decisions. This material forms part of The Open University course T211 Design and designing... Design and Creativity A short introduction to this album. New Designs: Charger Harnessing the power of technology: a designer talks about developing and testing a new charger that turns kinetic energy into electricity. New Designs: Postmobile Design for...
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Audio 1 hr 39 mins
How race, gender, age and class affects the way people are perceived
Health, Sports & Psychology

How race, gender, age and class affects the way people are perceived

...research evidence, including: 1. ‘There’s evidence that working-class boys might be disadvantaged in the school system.’ 2. ‘Certain groups are more likely to be stopped and searched by the police.’ 3. ‘It’s a popular myth that self-harm only affects teenage girls.’ 4. ‘Doctors are more likely to diagnose women as depressed and refer them to...
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Article 10 mins
Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through

...researchers concluded that if these people wanted to work together in ways that achieved the intended goals of legislation, they needed to have the space to develop common ground and to explore what they could achieve together. Many people speak of schooling as if it has some universally understood and agreed values. It is situated, for example, in numerous international...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs