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Future of Empowerment
Society, Politics & Law

Future of Empowerment

...human prejudices around race and gender. This would further exacerbate the cultural divisions and the growing inequality caused by present-day globalisation. Nevertheless, they also have the potential to foster entirely new and exciting forms of empowerment. It could create "smarter" societies that substantially increase human capabilities. Continued advances in virtual...
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Video 50 mins
Large language models - the chatty computer
Digital & Computing

Large language models - the chatty computer

...humans. Even after the computerised training process was complete, ChatGPT often produced rambling, incoherent or irrelevant results. People were brought in to fine-tune its responses. They taught ChatGPT how to answer certain types of queries, to structure its answers, to correct it when it was wrong and – crucially – to be safe. Huge efforts were made to teach...
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60 second adventures in microgravity
Science, Maths & Technology

60 second adventures in microgravity

...human aging, bacterial resistance, and planet formation—without going to space at all! The series is funded by the UK Space Agency—learn about their Principia mission and read Andrew Kuh's What is microgravity? post on their blog. For a different take, you can read the OU's Sabrina Gaertner's post on The Conversation, Explainer: What is microgravity? Video 1: What is...
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Video 10 mins
Climate change: transitions to sustainability
Nature & Environment

Climate change: transitions to sustainability

...societies have to take urgent action to end their dependences on fossil fuels. We have to alter the whole path of our development and decision making in order to make our societies both environmentally adaptable and sustainable. This free course, Climate change, takes on the task of trying to chart some of the ways in which it might be possible...Human societies have to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Supporting student-led research
Education & Development

Supporting student-led research

...resources, teaching materials and guidance to support student-led research. This partnership evolved in response to changes in the A Level Geography curriculum requiring students to design, carry out and report on an independent piece of field work enquiry. These individual investigations are now a compulsory part of A level specifications (launched in September, 2016)...
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Article 10 mins
My career goal: digital
Science, Maths & Technology

My career goal: digital

...resources as well as first-hand experiences of programmers and web developers on this page..._Find out more about The Open University's Computing and IT courses and qualifications._ Computing use Computer literacy is essential for the working world, there are a range of free to access courses below which explore some essential aspects of IT. Digital life Our lives are...
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Article 20 mins
Innovation Design: Sustainable Communities
Science, Maths & Technology

Innovation Design: Sustainable Communities

...resources and massive over-consumption, “breathing” walls, earth-shelters, composting toilets, "living machines" to deal with wastewater – are just some of the technologies which we may all have to get used to. These eco-communities are all breaking new ground by demonstrating how implementation of innovative solutions can create changes in social behaviour, so that...
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Get started with OpenLearn
Get Started

Get started with OpenLearn

...resources, this guide walks you through everything you need to start learning anywhere, anytime, at your own pace...Welcome to OpenLearn Welcome to OpenLearn – the home of free learning from The Open University. We deliver bite-sized learning experiences designed to fit easily into daily life. Any one of our hundreds of courses can be studied anywhere, anytime and...
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Article 5 mins