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Machine translation – using online tools to improve your language learning
Education & Development

Machine translation – using online tools to improve your language learning

...student performance and achievement. But machine translation tools can do much more than translation, and they can be used as tools to support individual language learning! [A hand holding up a smart phone, with a translation app open.]Karina von Lindeiner-Stráský leads a team of OU researchers that explore the use of online translation tools in language learning and...
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Article 5 mins
Gender, IT and economic growth
Society, Politics & Law

Gender, IT and economic growth

...students] Economic growth in the global South has begun to dominate world imagination. Ever since a series of reports produced by Goldman Sachs in the 2000s suggested that countries like China, India, Brazil, Russia and South Africa were driving economic growth, there has been increasing interest in the Rising Powers, as they have come to be called. They have proven to be...
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Article 10 mins
Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema
Languages

Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema

...become a crucial part of French culture. In this free course, Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema, you will learn about the art, the industry and the distinctive nature of French cinema. You will find out about influential French filmmakers, such as the new generation of female directors and will learn about independent arthouse cinemas, under threat from...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Tell us how you learn online
Education & Development

Tell us how you learn online

...OU is a partner in a project that's keen to discover how people learn online in 2016 - to shape how we all learn in the future. If you've got a couple of minutes, you could help them by sharing your thoughts...We invite you to complete a short questionnaire to help us identify needs, gaps and reasons for learners, businesses and universities to boost their Massive Open...
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Article 5 mins
Tomorrow's World
Science, Maths & Technology

Tomorrow's World

...OU research that's landed us on a comet - we've got it covered. We're also co-producing a number of programmes with the BBC for Tomorrow's World, including Britain's Greatest Invention and Horizon: 10 Things You Need to Know about the Future. In the meantime, enjoy an abundance of FREE learning on the ever-changing world of science: How is my life changing? How is my...
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Article 3 hrs
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...courses, chosen not by us but by the learners already exploring them. Whether you want to dip into a bite-sized activity or commit to something bigger, the Top 10s are a great place to start. What next? Sign-up for a free OU account to join the OpenLearn community and access more features. Subscribe to our newsletter to stay up to date with all the latest content....
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Early childhood health promotion
Education & Development

Early childhood health promotion

...OU Education Conference, sharing insights from research into early childhood health promotion...This presentation shared the findings from research based on the Child Health Promotion: A Toolkit for Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Practitioners. The Toolkit includes a 5 Step Programme as a model to guide practitioners in identifying and implementing a health...
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Video 45 mins
World-Changing Women: Emily Davies
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Emily Davies

...students with the same curriculum as that followed by male students to ensure that women’s achievements would be recognised as equal. However, women were not awarded degrees on an equal basis to men at Cambridge until 1948. Fifty years afterwards, in 1998, a special ceremony was held at the university to honour the 900 women who had earned, but not been awarded, degrees...
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