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Festival of Psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Festival of Psychology

...technology to improve children’s attainments in literacy development. During the first lockdown, synchronous (live interaction) and asynchronous (offline study) versions of RILL were administered to 200 children across England and Wales, and I will present data showing its efficacy in maintaining key skills. We are now recruiting and training North Wales school teachers...
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Video 2 hrs
Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision

...technology and not just explain what it is but actually talk to someone who uses it every day and see it from their point of view and the benefits of it. And with those sort of films we try and really get the humanity from the people, so it’s a much more relatable film and a much more relatable way of communicating things like technology, which can seem a little bit...
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Video 30 mins
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
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
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
Five ways to mark Menstrual Health Day
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five ways to mark Menstrual Health Day

...Educate: Take some time to learn more about menstrual health and related topics. There are an increasing number of academic publications that showcase historic and contemporary issues in understanding and treating gynaecological issues, including menstruation. Follow: Social media, and particularly Instagram, is a key place of education and raising awareness on...
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Article 5 mins
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