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What is a password manager - and should I be using one?
Digital & Computing

What is a password manager - and should I be using one?

...simple password managers allow stored passwords to be copied and pasted into log-in boxes. More sophisticated managers let users launch and log in to an application or website by clicking on their entry in the manager itself, while some password managers include browser ‘plug-ins’ so that you can complete a log-in on a web page simply by pressing a button. How do...
COVID-19: Making decisions based on flawed statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Making decisions based on flawed statistics

...simple statistical modelling assumptions and severe extrapolations (estimating unknown values using trends in values we know already, but going far beyond the current range of values). So where did these researchers go wrong? The core analysis of this study is based on a simple regression (a statistical technique of estimating the relationship of one variable with...
Software development for enterprise systems
Digital & Computing

Software development for enterprise systems

...code is designed from scratch, making no allowance for the reuse of existing software. Because the development is carried out as a linear process, the waterfall process does not allow previous phases of the development to be repeated without repeating the whole sequence of steps. [Figure 1] Figure 1 The waterfall development process Exercise 2 What are the disadvantages...
Global Handwashing Day
Science, Maths & Technology

Global Handwashing Day

...simple, cost effective way to prevent many of these deaths. Find out more about disease prevention and the importance of handwashing, hygiene and sanitation in these free courses from The Open University. The theme of this year’s Global Handwashing Day is “Clean hands are within reach”. Changes in handwashing behavior are often temporary; think how often a small...
Wild Weather Kitchen Experiments
Science, Maths & Technology

Wild Weather Kitchen Experiments

...events which you will be able to investigate with simple home experiments to understand the science behind them. We hope that you will investigate further and you can share and discuss your results with us on the OpenLearn social media channels. Just tag us or @ us in your posts on Facebook or X. Watch these instructional videos and recreate your own wild weather...
Rocks in the field
Science, Maths & Technology

Rocks in the field

...simple experiment explains all Metamorphism of rocks Explore the variety of rock types in this geological excursion along the Causeway Coast. The Antrim Coast There are many types of rock on the Antrim Coast. Chalk is one of the most interesting. Discover its secrets: microfossils, flints and much more. Two more igneous rocks Glynda Easterbrook of The Open University...
TESSA: Active Learning
Education & Development

TESSA: Active Learning

...The Maths Game Titus, the teacher, is multiplication tables. Some children are not paying attention and fail his test. Later he sees them playing a game using multiplication and asks them to teach it to the other children. TESSA - Seven Rivers in Africa Kevwe finds geography difficult but is taught a simple song to help her remember the names of seven rivers in Africa....
Getting started with SPSS
Society, Politics & Law

Getting started with SPSS

...simple instructions in order to achieve these tasks. All of this activity takes place in a simulated desktop tutorial below. No software is loaded onto your computer. To proceed with the activity follow these instructions: click once anywhere on the tutorial image below follow the instructions that appear in the tutorial. Warning – these tutorials sometimes don’t...
Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs