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Getting started with Italian 2
Languages

Getting started with Italian 2

...writing notes helps them to understand grammar points and to memorise vocabulary and expressions. Adding an example of your own to each rule, term and expression will help you fix them in your memory. Keeping a record of your learning Whether you keep your notes on paper or digitally, it’s important to organise them, so here is an idea that may help, based on your Week...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The Roman Empire: introducing some key terms
History & The Arts

The Roman Empire: introducing some key terms

...writing” history, our own identity and ideas from our own society are brought to bear. So issues of presentation and interpretation of the evidence are crucial to our investigation of culture, identity and power in the Roman Empire. Introducing the Roman World Discussion The answer to the first of these questions is that Rome saw its role as an imperial power with a...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs
IT in everyday life
Science, Maths & Technology

IT in everyday life

...write good music for instance. What will be left are those areas of work that need the human touch. We will quickly move through the information economy into the care economy, exploring what it is we want from each other when we can automate most of the physical and mental bits of our work. […] Equipment for the roaming worker will have access to the network via...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century
History & The Arts

Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century

...writing room. Like many male contemporaries, Murdoch is portrayed without any sign of her occupation, but is shown as a woman of culture – note the paintings, statue and books.] (By permission of the British Library, shelfmark: 010855.cc.8) © By permission of the British Library, shelfmark: 010855.cc.8 Figure 3 Portrait of Mary Murdoch in her writing room. Like many...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Successful IT systems
Digital & Computing

Successful IT systems

...write a sentence explaining why you regard it as a success or a failure. Discussion We hope you enjoyed finding these case studies. There are many rich case studies available online, although it can sometimes be challenging to separate genuine descriptions of an IT success story from what is basically a marketing piece by a vendor or consultancy. Failures are easier to...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Talk the talk
Education & Development

Talk the talk

...write a short guide on what you think makes for the best opening for a talk. Remember: There aren’t any hard and fast rules for introductions. What might suit one speaker’s presentation style may not work for everyone. You might want to think about Bill Davenhall’s talk or the one you will present yourself to give some focus...Week 1: Getting started: 1.2.3 From...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The Byzantine icon
History & The Arts

The Byzantine icon

...writings or with their lives. Such is the case of the monk Lazarus, who was tortured for refusing to give up the painting of icons during Iconoclasm. A miniature in the Ioannis Skylitzes chronicle (Codex Vitr. 26-2), dated to the twelfth century, depicts him at work within a church, painting an icon of the Virgin and Child (Figure 3). This is an important manuscript...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations

...write and we may anonymise and draw on some of what you say for future research – we see this as a circular relationship where we develop one another’s knowledge. The aim is to build a community of learning: we are all in this together. By sharing any contribution (including any text, photographs, graphics, video or audio) with The Open University, you agree to grant...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs