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An introduction to school librarianship Badge icon
Education & Development

An introduction to school librarianship

...law. For the day-to-day running of your library, you also need to be familiar with the school's policies on the use of mobile phones and computers. It's always nicer if we can make the rules so well understood without repeating them that we spend our time emphasising what we can do, and not what we can't. It may sound like there's a lot of dry reading to do, but in truth,...
Discovering chemistry Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Discovering chemistry

...Law of conservation of mass which is the cornerstone of any chemical reaction. The mass of reactant(s) you start with must equal the mass of product(s) you end up with...Session 5: Chemical reactions: 1.1 Chemical reactions – a first-hand experience - This is an account from around 150 years ago when American chemist Ira Remsen discovered, in no uncertain terms, what...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
An introduction to computers and computer systems
Digital & Computing

An introduction to computers and computer systems

...law - [An artistic concept of a processor.] Computers today are smaller, faster and cheaper than they have ever been. This statement could have been made at pretty much any time over the last 30 years and it would have been true; it’s doubtful that any other product has maintained such rapid development over such a long period of time. But just how fast has computer...
A Europe of the Regions?
Society, Politics & Law

A Europe of the Regions?

...laws; but there are also small newly created regions such as Murcia and tiny La Rioja which filled awkward gaps between more established regions...A Europe of the Regions?: 2.4 Summary - ‘Regions’ and ‘regionalism’ in Western Europe display great diversity in economic, social, cultural and political terms, varying not only between states but also within particular...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Information technology: A new era?
Society, Politics & Law

Information technology: A new era?

...Law’), (2) is applicable across a wide variety of industries, from online trading to inventory control in factories, (3) has created the need for new products and processes, such as the production of portable printers, and (4) is often used alongside older technologies, such as the use of computer-aided design/manufacturing (CADCAM) to reduce inventory alongside...
Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
More working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

More working with charts, graphs and tables

...Law in Flickr made available under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Licence. All materials included in this course are derived from content originated at the Open University. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and...
Language and thought: introducing representation
History & The Arts

Language and thought: introducing representation

...laws of physics like other objects in the universe, and apt for study using scientific methods. Critics of the materialist world view are keen to stress how hard it is to show how both these assumptions could be true...Language and thought: Introducing representation: 1.4 Three characteristic difficulties in discussions of representation - I have hinted that accounting...
Grammar matters
Languages

Grammar matters

...law in the previous section shows that ‘meaning’ can be a more complex affair than we might normally assume. It’s not only about the dictionary meaning of the words used, for example, or about the logical function of an utterance. In the case of the cross-examining example, the second, more assertive style of questioning conveyed the speaker’s superior authority...
Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs