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People-centred designing
Science, Maths & Technology

People-centred designing

...researching how users interact with products apply comparison and evaluation skills, including constructive criticism of everyday products apply observational skills in the context of both personal and others' use of products...People-centred designing: 1 People-centred designing - This unit provides a taster of one of the most important concerns in product design - that...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Information security
Science, Maths & Technology

Information security

...research and scholarship. b.Within The Open University there are very many types of information that are required to meet this mission. Examples include the following: Teaching information – this information is provided in the huge range of courses that the OU produces, thus supporting the first, third and fourth of the mission statements. By providing teaching...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
What happens to the poorest in a cashless society?
Science, Maths & Technology

What happens to the poorest in a cashless society?

...research on the persistence of Delhi’s informal recycling economy shows just how important cash is to low-income laborers. How Delhi’s informal recycling economy works For the past few years, my work has focused on informal garbage collectors in a northwest Delhi neighborhood who collect garbage for middle-class residents across the city. Beyond collecting trash,...
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Article 5 mins
From headlines to hashtags: is the FA doing enough to promote gender equality through social media?
Health, Sports & Psychology

From headlines to hashtags: is the FA doing enough to promote gender equality through social media?

...Research indicates that social media, with its extensive reach and low costs, presents an opportunity for women’s sports to overcome financial barriers and connect with fans, contributing to a more level playing field with men’s sports. However, there has been limited investigation into how governing bodies utilise platforms such as Twitter to promote their teams, and...
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Article 10 mins
20 years in English as a medium of instruction: an unstoppable train?
Languages

20 years in English as a medium of instruction: an unstoppable train?

...research project, to show how those two things were connected. ELEMENTAL stands for English as the Language of Education Mechanisms in Europe: New Transdisciplinary Approaches in Linguistics and its core objective was to understand the drivers behind English as a medium of instruction in European higher education. The usual story. The most common explanation for why so...
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Article 5 mins
Can design by committee work? Making a case for open source design
Science, Maths & Technology

Can design by committee work? Making a case for open source design

...research using existing research tools; in this way, we might come up with design decisions collaboratively. We can define modular and extensible languages that embody design decisions but still allow for flexibility and special cases (like Cascading Style Sheets). We should also learn how to document our design decisions so that they serve other collaborators. Designers...
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Article 10 mins
Cognition and gender development
Education & Development

Cognition and gender development

...researchers have suggested that children’s concepts of themselves as male or female play a critical role in encouraging children to identify and endorse gender roles. This notion was first set out at the same time as the early social learning approaches to gender development. The book that contained Mischel’s (1966) account of the social learning approach to gender...
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Article 15 mins
Supporting university students with a mental health condition
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting university students with a mental health condition

...research identified academic teachers and teaching practices as well as student services and support as key to student success (Baik et al., 2019) . [Described image] Although the data outlined in the first section demonstrates a high prevalence of students with a mental health condition, Pereira et al. (2019) found that up to 50 per cent of students who identified as...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs