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Create stunning images of the Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

Create stunning images of the Universe

...Badged Course, Astronomy with an online telescope. The course begins with the factors involved in planning observations and why we use telescopes before requesting your first image (of a Messier object) from COAST. The course then moves on to explore stars in more detail considering how they produce light, how stars are grouped by type and how they evolve. Finally,......
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53 things you never knew about OpenLearn
Education & Development

53 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...Badged Open Course as part of their induction; take a look at Being An OU Student. Around 20% of our informal learners don’t speak English as a first language, luckily we have a course for that, English: Skills for Learning. 14% of learners on OpenLearn have a disability. We’re big on accessibility as a result of this. We’re advocates of employability and have a...
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Get started with OpenLearn
Get Started

Get started with OpenLearn

...badges. The following short video will show you: how to create an account how to enrol on a course how to manage and track your progress how to earn your statement of participation and/or digital badge and where to find them! Creating an OpenLearn account It takes just a minute to set up your OpenLearn user account and profile, but if you have any further questions about...
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Using OpenLearn as an OU Student
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Using OpenLearn as an OU Student

...badges Digital badges which you have earned for successful completion of Badged Open Courses on OpenLearn are listed in your OpenLearn profile, and also on your OU student record. They appear in your StudentHome online study record, and on your downloadable Student Academic Summary. [OpenLearn badge Forensic psychology] This means that ......
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Managing my money for young adults: in partnership with the Harrison Foundation
Money & Business

Managing my money for young adults: in partnership with the Harrison Foundation

...earn the badge. [This is a digital badge for the Managing my money for young adults course on OpenLearn Create. This circular badge features The Open University shield logo at the top followed by the course title and the sponsor's Harrison Foundation logo at the bottom of the badge.] Visit the OpenLearn Create ......
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Supporting Lifelong Learning with Blockchain
Digital & Computing

Supporting Lifelong Learning with Blockchain

...Open Badges and offer the same benefits in recording accreditation. However, Smart Badges are immutable and easily verifiable as they are stored on the Blockchain. The other novelty of Smart Badges lies in their dynamic features. For example, apart from just recording a learning achievement, a Smart Badge can also offer job or course recommendations......
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The relativistic Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

The relativistic Universe

...Open University's Department of Physics and Astronomy. They introduce the origin of relativistic cosmology and share the latest ideas about the structure and evolution of the universe. Einstein’s general theory of relativity predicts the existence of black holes and gravitational waves, and the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation allows cosmologists to picture the...
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What do you really know about autism?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do you really know about autism?

...the image to begin... Our badged course To learn more about autism, its history of diagnosis, and contemporary cross-cultural issues, consider taking our badged open course, Understanding autism. The course comprises approximately 24 hours of study. A brief overview If you're looking for something shorter right now, you may be interested in these......
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