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The Future of Language
Languages

The Future of Language

...over the coming decades. Transcript Will machine translation make learning a foreign language redundant? Will a mixture of brain-computer interfaces and artificial intelligence mean that we’ll soon be able to talk to each other via computer-enabled technology? And what will all this mean for issues such as privacy, surveillance and the future shape of society?...
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Video 5 mins
60 second adventures: Behind the scenes
Science, Maths & Technology

60 second adventures: Behind the scenes

...learn how OU academic content is transformed into informative and entertaining short animations...Find out more about The Open University's Open degree. Narrated by David Mitchell, the 60 Second Adventures animation series began in 2011 with ’60 Second Adventures in Thought’ exploring paradoxes and thought experiments such as The Grandfather paradox and
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Video 5 mins
Treezilla
Society, Politics & Law

Treezilla

...The OpenScience Laboratory. It was initiated by researchers, scientists & educators and encourages people to participate through an online platform and research & learning. Treezilla is national in orientation and concerned with environment & sustainability. It was launched in June 2013 and is ongoing. Contact details Email treezilla@open.ac.uk or michael.dodd@open.ac.uk...
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Activity 5 mins
What makes a good father?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What makes a good father?

...title, and have our standards changed over time? Explore our interactive to learn more...[Screenshot from animation - What makes a good father?] Click on the image above, to start your interactive experience... Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Edge or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari....
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Activity 10 mins
Lord David Puttnam on New Media Opportunities
OpenLearn Ireland

Lord David Puttnam on New Media Opportunities

...narrowcasting’ rather than ‘broadcasting’ could be very good news for the OU, providing they choose delivery partners with the same strategic public service objectives, endeavour to make their content more relevant, and embrace innovative new approaches to learning... Lord Puttnam on New Media Lord Puttnam talks new opportunities in broadcasting and education...
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Video 4 mins
History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate a basic knowledge of the debates about the evidence of reading, understanding distinctions between ‘hard’ or quantitative data and ‘soft’ or qualitative data understand an overview of some of the types of evidence scholars have used to construct the UK RED and their relative merits...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Continuing classical Latin
History & The Arts

Continuing classical Latin

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate an awareness of the general differences between spoken and written languages demonstrate an awareness of how spoken Latin developed into the later Romance languages demonstrate an awareness of some early Latin forms of words, as found in Plautus and archaic Latin demonstrate an awareness of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Delivering tutorials for dyslexic students
Education & Development

Delivering tutorials for dyslexic students

...learning outcome should be achieved through a number of clearly linked stages. Sequencing: Activities need to be logically sequenced and ideally move from simple, brief close-ended activities (e.g. pairing words and pictures or underlining target structures in a text) to longer more open-ended activities. The pattern: ‘guided discovery of language structures- controlled...
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