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Creative writing and critical reading
History & The Arts

Creative writing and critical reading

...adapted extract from the Open University course MA in Creative Writing...Creative writing and critical reading: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the importance of reading as part of a creative writer’s development engage analytically and critically with a range of literary and media texts recognise how critical reading...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Engineering: environmental fluids
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: environmental fluids

...adapted extract from the Open University course, T229 Mechanical engineering: heat and flow....Engineering: environmental fluids: Introduction - We all have constant daily experience of fluids, from breathing air to taking showers and checking weather forecasts, which means that we all have a great deal of intuitive knowledge about how they behave; this course will build...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?
Science, Maths & Technology

We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?

...Adaptive Systems Research Group, likens Care-O-bot to a butler. Decidedly unbutlerish is the powerful articulated arm that it kept tucked discretely behind its back until it needed to serve my water. An arm “powerful enough to rip plaster off the walls,” says Saunders cheerfully. “This robot’s a research version,” he adds. “We’d expect the real versions to...
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Video 15 mins
IT in everyday life
Science, Maths & Technology

IT in everyday life

...adapted extract from T175 Networked living: exploring information and communication technologies, which is no longer available to new students. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence Cover image: ITU Pictures in Flickr made...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Information security
Science, Maths & Technology

Information security

...adapted extract from the Open University course M811 Information security...Information security: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: define what information is appreciate the value of information to the modern organisation understand the CIA triad of Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability appreciate the difficulties that arise when...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Information technology: A new era?
Society, Politics & Law

Information technology: A new era?

...et al., 1998). As you read the list, consider how a new technology such as electricity or information technology fulfils each criterion. It must have a wide scope for improvement and elaboration. This means that the technology does not appear as a complete and final solution, but as a technology that can be improved through the different opportunities for technological...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Supporting babies and toddlers
Education & Development

Supporting babies and toddlers

...adapt. At this time the brain can accommodate an incredible range of experiences and interactions. For example, within its first year, the parts of a baby’s brain that differentiate sounds can recognise the difference between their mother’s language and another language. All aspects of a baby’s development are becoming established in these early days and the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Dutch painting of the Golden Age
History & The Arts

Dutch painting of the Golden Age

...adapted extract from the Open University course A226 Exploring art and visual culture. Figure 1 Johannes Vermeer, The Milkmaid, 1658–60, oil on canvas, 45 × 41 cm. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, SK-A-2344. Photo: Collection Rijksmuseum. Figure 2 Pieter de Hooch, A Boy Bringing Bread, c.1663, oil on canvas, 74 × 59 cm. Wallace Collection, London, P27. Photo: © Wallace...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs