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Religion as Social Control - Karl Marx
History & The Arts

Religion as Social Control - Karl Marx

Why did Karl Marx thought religion was like Opium? Had Marx got his way, society would be so happy being revolutionaries, there’d be no need for religion. This 60 second animation explains more...Had Marx got his way, society would be so happy being revolutionaries, there’d be no need for religion. He’d obviously never been to a Gulag. Transcript
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Video 5 mins
The social work phone-in: have your say
Health, Sports & Psychology

The social work phone-in: have your say

Can you decide who should be primarily responsible for care?...Find out more about The Open University's Social Work courses and qualifications. In this interactive, you can share your views and see what the experts think about each dilemma. [Social worker phone-in: share your views] Select the image above to start your journey.
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Activity 10 mins
Making social media work in Higher Education
Education & Development

Making social media work in Higher Education

...social media as an interactive space to enhance teaching and learning...This free course explores the potential of social media as a space that can be used to enhance students’ experience in Higher Education/University. It examines how students can take advantage of platforms such as Facebook, X (previously known as Twitter) and WhatsApp to engage and connect with...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Effective writing in professional social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Effective writing in professional social work practice

...interaction/inform decisions social stories; worksheets; flip charts in person-centred review Meeting-related paperwork Texts written in preparation for, during and to document meetings agenda; minutes; list of people attending Reports Documents often on a template, with the purpose to evaluate, summarise, and/or state next actions to be done, after an event or process of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship
History & The Arts

Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship

...social and digital media. Several reports have highlighted the increasingly influential role mainstream and social media play in shaping both the perceptions and outcomes of population movements into western democracies. Mainstream media discourses rely on: broad portrayals which stereotype; the use of aggregated statistics, and, often, the de-personalizing of complex...
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Article 15 mins
Digital technologies and innovation in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Digital technologies and innovation in health and social care

...social care sector in these free courses...These free courses focus on digital technology and innovation in health and social care. They are: Innovation in health and social care: social and historical What do we mean by digital health and social care? Social media and networks in health and social care Accessibility and inclusion in......
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Article 10 mins
Discussing intersectionality: race, gender and social class
Society, Politics & Law

Discussing intersectionality: race, gender and social class

...social class and intersectionality important to social research? This series of videos explores...In this series of videos, Umut Erel from The Open University discusses the topic of intersectionality and how it relates to social research with Tracey Reynolds, Professor of Social Sciences at the University of Greenwich, and Ann Phoenix, Professor of Psycho-Social ......
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Video 20 mins
Artificial intelligence: implications for social work writing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Artificial intelligence: implications for social work writing

...social worker’s job is writing. Dr Gillian Ferguson and Dr Maria Leedham look at the opportunities and drawbacks of implementing artificial intelligence into the role...Find out about The Open University's Social Work courses. Social workers write some of the most important records and reports about people’s lives, which have a lifelong impact (Pierre, 2022). Although...
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