The Open University
We created animated promos for the launch of two new courses on the Open Universities Open Learn platform. Both are centred around the use of language.
English In The World
English today is a truly global language. It’s used all across the world, for everything from finance to popular culture. But how did a language that was once spoken by just a few tribes on an island off the coast of continental Europe end up becoming the world’s pre-eminent lingua franca? And how has the language changed over the centuries as it has spread around the globe? This short animation about English in the world explains all!
The Future of Language
Language is one of the essential characteristics of what it means to be human. It’s the foundation for our culture and civilisation. But with the rapid rise of new communication technologies, there’s been speculation in some places that language as we know it may become obsolete in the near future! This short animation examines how social and technological changes are likely to transform the way we communicate over the coming decades. Will machine translation make learning a foreign language redundant? Will a mixture of brain-computer interfaces and artificial intelligence mean that we’ll soon be able to talk to each other via computer-enabled technology? And what will all this mean for issues such as privacy, surveillance and the future shape of society?
