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Creating open educational resources
Education & Development

Creating open educational resources

...free course, Creating open educational resources, will help you to write a learning course and provide you with links to various resources for open-learning materials. You will learn about the different purposes of self-instruction and receive advice about the techniques and strategies to help the learner...Are you interested in creating your own open educational...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Childhood in the digital age
Education & Development

Childhood in the digital age

...free course, Childhood in the digital age, delves into the lives of children and discuss the potential benefits and limitations of technology in their lives...Are you a technology optimist or a technology pessimist? Are you worried about how children and young people are using digital technology so much more during this pandemic, or do you think it can only be good for...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Basic science: understanding numbers
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding numbers

...free course, Basic science: understanding numbers, explains how you can use numbers to describe the natural world and make sense of everything from atoms to oceans...This practical, hands-on free course will help you to start thinking like a scientist, by using numbers to describe and understand the natural world. It might be the size of the Greenland ice sheet, the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introducing International Relations
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing International Relations

...free course you will be introduced to the subject of International Relations (IR). You will learn how IR seeks to analyse vital global problems and the key actors and issues involved. In the course you will explore two contemporary case studies: the competition between great powers like the USA and China for access to Africa’s resources; and the global efforts to combat...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Successful IT systems
Digital & Computing

Successful IT systems

...free course focuses on success, to help you understand what is meant by a successful IT system...Information technology (IT) systems are a critical part of our world, in business and the public and voluntary sectors. They are often highly complex and interconnected combinations of technology, organisations and people. Success and failure of IT systems can be seen in many...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?
Science, Maths & Technology

What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?

...free course, What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?, examines the chemical compounds that occur in drinking water. A high level of certain anions in water can cause environmental pollution and health problems. Cations are also important. For example, calcium salts contribute to the hardness of water and water treatment uses aluminium compounds....
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Vaccination
Science, Maths & Technology

Vaccination

...free course that will help those with a background in biology understand the historical development of vaccination, assess the various types of vaccines used today, examine their production and explore the limitations that are placed on vaccination programmes...Vaccinations are now considered a part of everyday life, but how do they work? Vaccination is a free course that...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Climate change: island life in a volatile world
Society, Politics & Law

Climate change: island life in a volatile world

...free course, Climate change: island life in a volatile world, examines the potential problems faced by the people of the Pacific Island of Tuvalu as a result of rising sea levels. Where would you go if your island is only a few feet above sea level? Who would you blame?...What impact will global warming really have? This free course, Climate change: island life in a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs