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Becoming an ethical researcher Badge icon
Education & Development

Becoming an ethical researcher

...Education, Languages and Sport. Click on these links to find out further information on the Masters in Education and Masters in Childhood and Youth. Or you can email WELS-ECYS-Masters@open.ac.uk. Regardless of whether you study this course on its own or as part of a masters course, you will be eligible for an Open University badge if you complete all of the activities and...
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Level 3: Advanced 18 hrs
Week 5 Civilisations: The debate
History & The Arts

Week 5 Civilisations: The debate

...technologies circulated over long distances, crossed boundaries and travelled between cultures, with significant consequences for the visual arts. Which brings us to the discussion (which I'll be moderating live between 10-11pm on Thursday 29 March). Join in the discussion by posting a response in the Comments section below. Instead of contrasts or comparisons between...
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Article 5 mins
The dot.com bubble
Society, Politics & Law

The dot.com bubble

...the economy? The bubbles of today Is green technology the beginning of a new bubble? Can we spot a bubble emerging? Is there anything that can be done when a bubble does emerge? Bubbles in context The Open University’s Martin Upton, Jonquil Lowe and Alan Shipman take a wider look at whether the rapidly increasing recovery of the world economic market is a bubble itself....
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Audio 39 mins
Flipping the flipped: The Flipping German project at the OU
Languages

Flipping the flipped: The Flipping German project at the OU

...education, especially when it comes to languages? Dr Karina von Lindeiner-Stráský, Dr Ursula Stickler and Dr Susanne Winchester explore the 'Flipped Classroom' methodology. ...Learning languages, with its emphasis on communication and practice, can seem daunting, especially outside traditional classrooms. In the academic year 2017/18 the award-winning ‘Flipping...
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Article 10 mins
Saint Patrick and modern narratives of Irish identity
OpenLearn Ireland

Saint Patrick and modern narratives of Irish identity

...educator and Irish citizen, I see that the role of media and social media in stoking these flames of discontent is ever more clear and echoes research from established academics including Dikwal-Bot and McIntyre. Their studies show how whiteness has come through as a message from established far right leaders to disconnected and disconcerted young Irish men regarding what...
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Article 10 mins
Understanding organisational value
Money & Business

Understanding organisational value

...technology is facilitating, Skype conference calls and meetings and things like that. This whole kind of commuter culture, I really hope, will change in 10 years' time where there's a more flexible working environment, and more efficient as well. Because a lot of time is lost in travelling that isn't necessary. Video 1 Regulatory change and compliance Now answer the...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
Success and failure in healthcare: should regulation be simple or integrated?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Success and failure in healthcare: should regulation be simple or integrated?

...educated and trained professionals and their co-workers. Modern healthcare also relies on tools, machines and medicines. And of course, healthcare professionals and their co-workers’ scope of practice, their technical gadgetry and medicinal substances are provided within an organisational structure. Each of these three elements is heavily regulated in the UK to ensure...
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Article 10 mins
How can scientists fight the tide of "fake news"?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can scientists fight the tide of "fake news"?

...educational standards. Populations that are largely unschooled can be easily duped. Although this is especially the case in developing countries of Asia and Africa, fake news spreads more easily among less educated sections of society in Europe and the United States too. It takes just one small step to get from superstition to belief in fake news. Science illiteracy...
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Article 5 mins