Astronomy
Thanks to cutting-edge radio and infra-red astronomy, our understanding of the universe is moving very fast. Ideas about black holes and cosmic jets are constantly being refined as new discoveries are...
View ArticleScience Communication and Public Engagement
The adaptation of H.G. Wells’ novel ‘The War of The Worlds’ in 1938 showed the power of radio to capture listeners’ imagination through science-fiction - and in doing so demonstrated how mass media...
View ArticleRoaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period
While recognising the shadows cast by two world wars (one concluded and one imminent) over European society during the 1920s and 1930s, this unit demonstrates how a number of specific features indicate...
View ArticleLearning to Teach
Would you give up a successful broadcasting career to become a teacher? What are the challenges facing modern teachers? Becoming a teacher requires learning a variety of skills, from reflective...
View Article25th International Radio Playwriting Competition
The only global competition for radio playwrights. Find out more about 2015-16's event and explore drama and dramatists with OpenLearn. First published on Tue, 20 Aug 2013 as 25th International Radio...
View ArticleRadio and the English language
Barbara Mayor, lecturer in the Centre for Language and Communication at The Open University, thinks radio has had the biggest impact on thedevelopment of the English language Barbara Mayor. Barbara...
View ArticleThinking Allowed: The Harvard Business School and the cultural history of pain
This week's Thinking Allowed focuses on the complex moral world of Harvard Business School and the cultural history of pain. First published on Mon, 09 Feb 2015 as Thinking Allowed: The Harvard...
View ArticleThe Ravens: 24th International Radio Playwriting Competition winner
A social work student brefriends a sex worker in Sydney - but how easy is changing a life? The second of two prizewinning plays. First published on Thu, 24 Sep 2015 as The Ravens: 24th International...
View ArticleOU on the BBC: Inside The Ethics Committee
Joan Bakewell profiles more cases where the right thing isn't always obvious. The Ethics Committee web team. In 2009, The Open University linked up with BBC Radio 4's long-running programme exploring...
View ArticleThe Bottom Line - The Spring 2014 series
Catch up with the episodes from the Spring 2014 series. First published on Wed, 28 May 2014 as The Bottom Line - The Spring 2014 series. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website....
View ArticleThe Bottom Line - The Summer 2014 series
Catch up with the episodes from the Summer 2014 series of The Bottom Line. First published on Mon, 29 Sep 2014 as The Bottom Line - The Summer 2014 series. To find out more visit The Open University's...
View ArticleTransistors and thermionic valves
Without the valve and the transistor there would be no radio, no television and no computers. How did these vital inventions come about? The Quantum Leaps team.First published on Tue, 03 Aug 1999 as...
View ArticleOU on the BBC: Background Brief - Magnetic Mayhem: The Story So Far
The background to the risks of the planet swapping its polarity - magnetic reversal The Background Brief team.First published on Sat, 01 Jan 2000 as OU on the BBC: Background Brief - Magnetic Mayhem:...
View ArticleB92 Interview
Find out how the Internet aided transmission during the Milosevic regime, in this interview with Sasa Mirkovic, Director of B92. The OpenLearn team.First published on Wed, 30 Mar 2005 as B92 Interview....
View ArticleB92 Serbia FM
A look at how one of Serbia's radio stations survived by using the Internet The OpenLearn team.First published on Wed, 30 Mar 2005 as B92 Serbia FM. To find out more visit The Open University's...
View ArticleCommunicating science in the 'digital age'
These are exciting times to be communicating science as developments in technology, increasing de-regulation and the legacy of previous high-profile science-based issues combine to produce new...
View ArticleDebate: Barenboim on Desert Island Discs
Richard Langham-Smith of The Open University asked if anyone had caught 2006 Reith Lecturer Daniel Barenboim on his related visit to Sue Lawley's music-and-memory programme. Richard Langham Smith.First...
View ArticleRollout
How do advertisers seek to attract your attention? It's all in the rollout. The OpenLearn team.First published on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 as Rollout. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn...
View ArticleOU on the BBC: Digital Planet: Learning Zone - Fighting For Space
Will our increasing desire to communicate with each other stop us from hearing from intelligent life beyond the Earth? The Learning Zone Digital Planet team.First published on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 as OU on...
View ArticleFighting for space: Transcript
Are the radio waves becoming so overcrowded as to make us deaf to voices from elsewhere? Find out in this full transcript of Digital Planet. The Learning Zone Digital Planet team.First published on...
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