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Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?
Education & Development

Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?

...skills and eyesight, especially in under-fives, for whom so much brain development is taking place. Technology companies and app developers are throwing their marketing prowess at the problem, slapping words like “educational” and “e-learning” on their products, often without any scientific basis. So what are parents to do? [A six week old baby gazes at a first...
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One minute methods - meta analysis
Health, Sports & Psychology

One minute methods - meta analysis

Discover how meta-analyses can help researchers see the bigger picture that no one study alone can show...Transcript.
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The Industrial Revolution and Time
History & The Arts

The Industrial Revolution and Time

...skills, in ancient Greece and in medieval Europe, puzzled over the construction of time-measuring devices whose motive power derived either from an unwinding spring or falling weights and whose ‘escapements’ might be regulated in some way. From the late seventeenth century the accuracy of the mechanisms gradually improved, especially to the benefit of astronomers and...
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What Commercial Pilots can learn from Sports Psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

What Commercial Pilots can learn from Sports Psychology

...skills. This article looks at these psychological attributes that helps with performance in more depth...Akin to some sporting disciplines (e.g., motorcycling, Owton, 2022), aviation requires a pilot to remain cool under pressure, be attuned to a fast and constantly moving environment, thinking ahead all the time of expected and unexpected possibilities. This enhancement...
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Billions are spent on educational technology, but we don’t know if it works
Education & Development

Billions are spent on educational technology, but we don’t know if it works

...study learning to embed existing research and knowledge into the design. Research consultancy firms can carry out swift assessments to provide EdTech developers with information on how well what they are offering works. Transparency and integrity in the research process are vital, though, to prevent bias. Ways of ensuring this include pre-registration: reporting that a...
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Critically exploring psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Critically exploring psychology

...study of psychology. In particular, it will help you to think about how to use it when doing independent research. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course D810 Critically exploring psychology 1 and D811 Critically Exploring Psychology 2...This free course introduces you to critical thinking as a tool for psychology. As you work your way...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Grammar matters
Languages

Grammar matters

...study is that, combined with vocabulary choice, it is our main way of making meaning. Linguists have studied the relationship between word and grammar choices on one hand and meaning or function on the other. This free course, Grammar matters, introduces you to one particular way of understanding how meanings relate systematically to different aspects of grammar – the...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution
History & The Arts

Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution

...studying this course, you should be able to: understand the notion of the academic study of popular music (sometimes referred to as Popular Music Studies) consider the extent to which the sexual revolution brought about greater equality of opportunities for female popular musicians, such as Janis Joplin situate the position of female American popular musicians, such as...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs