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Reducing your ecological footprint
Nature & Environment

Reducing your ecological footprint

...changing world... Reducing your ecological footprint A short introduction to this album Eco-Renovations Reducing your carbon footprint at home. A couple from Oxford talk about the work they've done to their home in an effort to improve energy efficiency. Eco-Lifestyle Travelling Light. A couple from Oxford describe how they commute and shop for food in an ethical and...
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Audio 24 mins
Design for dementia care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Design for dementia care

...care home. Elmhurst: looking back on the refurbishment process. The practicalities of the refurbishment, and how the changes have resulted in better working practices and a better quality of life. The value of gardens in dementia care Garuth Chalfont of Chalfont Design reveals why good garden design promotes both mental and physical wellbeing for people with dementia....
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Audio 43 mins
The Final Cut
History & The Arts

The Final Cut

...change the mood of the picture. Dissolving transitions Usually the dissolve is used to show a connection between two locations, Ben Harrex demonstrates how the dissolve can be used as an effect. Cropping and resizing Cropping and resizing can be used to show multiple images on one screen as well as hiding something from the audience. Adding text to video Titles and...
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Audio 13 mins
Keeping Ahead in ICT
Science, Maths & Technology

Keeping Ahead in ICT

...changed everything. To reach the poorest communities, the government has had to adapt the technology and build new commercial partnerships. The six video tracks in this album introduce the size of the challenge, government policy and initiatives and the businesses that benefit. This material forms part of the course T324, Keeping Ahead in ICT... Keeping ahead in ICT A...
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Audio 30 mins
Religion in history: conflict, conversion and coexistence
History & The Arts

Religion in history: conflict, conversion and coexistence

...the cultural and historical context of the crusades, why they occurred, and the inconsistencies in modern interpretation. The Bengal Renaissance The 19th Century was a turning point in Indian religious and cultural history, with colonial expansion providing education and a hybridisation of East and West. This lively discussion tracks these changes and their legacy....
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Audio 2 hrs 2 mins
Mathematical models: from sundials to number engines
Science, Maths & Technology

Mathematical models: from sundials to number engines

...changing hands. Incas and their knots How South American Incas kept records by the use of knots. Wooden tallies for buying beer How wholesale beer sales were recorded using notches on wooden tallies. John Napier's mathematical creations John Napier's method of multiplication and logarithms, and how Charles Babbage corrected his calculations. Babbage's engine of precision...
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Audio 16 mins
Critically exploring psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Critically exploring psychology

...change over time. This requires them to move beyond synchronic ‘snapshots’ of human psychology in order to explore the lived experience and psychological functioning of individuals across their entire lifespans. From the time of Darwin’s first publication on his own child, children have been central to psychology. One of the most influential developmental...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy

...changes in cell structure during the development of diseases and are routinely used in pathology labs around the world. If you are interested to learn more about histology, the study of the microscopic structure of complex plant and animal tissues, the free OpenLearn course ‘Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease’ provides a lot more information. In this course,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs