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Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...account for the ‘success’ of capitalist societies over other forms of economic and social relations (Harvey, 2010). Approaching this issue from entirely different ideological perspectives, Karl Marx in the nineteenth century and Joseph Schumpeter in the mid twentienth century both recognised technological and organisational innovation as a fundamental feature of the...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons
History & The Arts

Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons

...account of the effects of nuclear weapons. As devastating as the destruction witnessed on 6 and 9 August was, these nuclear attacks caused many further victims over the following months and years. The levels of radiation unleashed by the bombs caused radiation sickness, cancer, leukaemia, and other fatal illnesses among survivors. Among them was Sadako Sasaki, who was...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Making creativity and innovation happen
Money & Business

Making creativity and innovation happen

...account, not to mention the need to manage tight budgets and varying stakeholder requirements. Joanne describes her job as trying to complete a three-dimensional jigsaw without knowing what size or shape the pieces really are or what the end result is meant to look like. In that sense, her role involves not just problem solving, but also problem finding! John is an...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Introducing computing and IT
Digital & Computing

Introducing computing and IT

...account in an electronic filing system known as a database. Financial services have undergone huge changes in recent years as a result of developments in the digital technologies driving them. The examples just described show how convenient and accessible such services have become. Yet at the same time, issues of identity and security have become a concern. New ways of...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding dyslexia

...account of conditions like dyslexia. The course therefore presents dyslexia as a ‘case study’ in how different perspectives might be complementary to each other. In the UK, dyslexia is relatively common, and you may know about it through friends or family, or your own personal experience. Awareness has not always been widespread, however, and in some countries, there...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Studying mammals: The opportunists
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The opportunists

...account that mixes examples of mammalian diversity with the identification of characteristics that are common to many omnivores...Studying mammals: The opportunists: 2.1 Trophic levels - 'All flesh is grass'; this somewhat paradoxical biblical quotation really is only a restatement of what was more formally explained in previous units in this series. The materials needed...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Minerals and the crystalline state
Science, Maths & Technology

Minerals and the crystalline state

...account free of charge. This only takes a few minutes to do. Note that the interactive activities on the OpenScience Laboratory website require a modern web browser, such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Apple Safari or Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 or later. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course S209 Earth science...Minerals and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
An introduction to energy resources
Nature & Environment

An introduction to energy resources

...account for all the carbon in the natural surface system. Figure 1.12 The 2002 eruption of the volcano Mount Etna, which added carbon to the global carbon cycle. The plume of gas and ash that shows up was blown towards the south-south-east from the volcano's vent...Energy resources: An introduction to energy resources: 4.6 The fossil fuel 'bank' - During the period of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs