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Revealing the surface of an asteroid using robotic telescopes
Science, Maths & Technology

Revealing the surface of an asteroid using robotic telescopes

...system? Samuel Jackson, PhD student in The School of Physical Sciences digs into the research...At the Open University we are looking at asteroids with the OpenScience Observatories to study their rotation and surface. To understand the conditions present in the early solar system, we must study the remnants of its formation. By studying the dynamical and physical...
Language in the real world
Languages

Language in the real world

...systems of sound (phonology), word formation (morphology and lexis) and grammar, and the ways in which these encode meaning are within the remit of linguistics both in relation to specific languages and in relation to commonalities across languages. But linguistics is also concerned with how these systems are learned, how they are used in producing and understanding...
Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
The importance of education for students in secure environments
Education & Development

The importance of education for students in secure environments

...system, it is an overly complex and uneven situation. Some secure environments provide The Virtual Campus (VC), a secure platform used in prisons in England and Wales for resettlement and education purposes. This enables students to access online learning materials via a secure Moodle platform. Access to Virtual Campus can be limited and is dependent upon the individual...
Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration

...systems and applications and how to manage and store digital information and assets. Communicating How to communicate effectively digitally depending on the ‘tools’ and ‘context’. Creating and editing Developing the skills to create and edit using digital tools and reflect best practice and guidelines for creation of digital content and products. Transacting The...
Creating open educational resources
Education & Development

Creating open educational resources

...thinking about the wide range of themes, tools and resources available to those who wish to engage with OER. The quiz consists of a range of multiple choice and free text questions. The quiz should take between 30 and 45 minutes to complete...Creating open educational resources: Round 1: Images - Identify the Creative Commons licences Question 1 What does the Creative...
Teaching secondary geography
Education & Development

Teaching secondary geography

...thinking. Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy (Figure 4) is a system for classifying levels of learning behaviour. ‘Creating’ is at the top of the classification. The intentional use of verbs in the classification highlights our understanding of learning as being an active process (Tarlinton, 2003). Creativity is a process and you can’t be creative if you don’t do...
Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Introducing the philosophy of religion
History & The Arts

Introducing the philosophy of religion

...think about the difference between philosophical and non-philosophical questions about religion; and look at the often-discussed question of whether argument and evidence are even possible when we are thinking about religion. Then we will note the variety of possible ways of arguing for or against God’s existence; distinguish three different arguments; and describe and...
The secret history of teenage bedrooms
Education & Development

The secret history of teenage bedrooms

...Thinking Allowed, Laurie Taylor and guests discuss the role of the teenage bedroom across history - with a little help from The Beach Boys. ...[A teenager's bedroom - actually, a twentysomething's bedroom, but you get the idea] In My Room, co-written by Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys [is] a song depicting the teenager’s bedroom as a safe haven, the place where they...