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OpenLearn's response to the pandemic
Education & Development

OpenLearn's response to the pandemic

...course is amazing and I get brownie points at the end with a digital badge. UK worker, with caring responsibilities, disabled and not able to work Students, parents and teachers Learners of all ages have been supported by OpenLearn in 2019-20, from secondary school pupils to undergraduates, those on furlough to those brushing up on skills or hobbies. OpenLearn moved...
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DIY: Measuring latitude and longitude
Society, Politics & Law

DIY: Measuring latitude and longitude

...Open University's Geography courses and qualifications. To pinpoint your position on a map of the world you need to work out your co-ordinates, known as latitude and longitude. Latitude is your position north or south of the Equator. Lines, or parallels, are drawn around the Earth at intervals. The North Pole is assigned the latitude 90º north and the South Pole latitude...
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What is the Sport and Fitness Hub?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is the Sport and Fitness Hub?

...badged courses that take up to 24 hours to study. When you select a resource it will tell you how long you might expect to spend on it. These are estimations and you may choose to spend less time and focus on certain parts of a resource that interest you. There are no time limits, so you can study at a pace that suits you. There are visual resources as well in the form of...
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A brief history of Science
History & The Arts

A brief history of Science

...Open University's Science courses and qualifications Humankind has always been inquisitive, needing to understand why things behave in a certain way, and trying to link observation with prediction. For example, since prehistoric times we have observed the heavens and tried to make sense of the seasonal changes in the position of the sun, moon and stars. [Astronomers...
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15 facts about number 15
Education & Development

15 facts about number 15

...badged course to be released on OpenLearn was… Developing Career Resilience. This free badged course will help you to understand the factors that influence career resilience, and offers examples and tactics for you to develop yours further. 14: In the UK, people aged 15 can be sent to prison to await trial [Prison barbed wire] Dr David Scott takes a look at the...
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Introduction to Green Social Prescribing — Mental Health and the Workplace Environment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to Green Social Prescribing — Mental Health and the Workplace Environment

...Open University in Wales and has co-created a badged online course (BOC) on OpenLearn ‘Supporting Children’s Mental Health and Wellbeing’. Mae'r erthygl yma hefyd ar gael yn Gymraeg. | This article is also available in Welsh. Further study with The Open University: More free learning on OpenLearn: Further reading Natural Resources Wales / Mending minds - the...
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Year of the Dragon: Lunar New Year
Languages

Year of the Dragon: Lunar New Year

...culture and study Mandarin Chinese, visit this page where you can find free courses to sample, as well as paid online short courses which provide digital badges for attendance, and accredited courses. Beginners’ Chinese with 30 credits will be open for registration in April/May for an October 2024 start.Details of how to register will be published on this page......
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Asteroids
Science, Maths & Technology

Asteroids

...astronomy searching] Revealing the surface of an asteroid using robotic telescopes How can studying asteroids allow us to have a better understanding of the formation of our solar system? Samuel Jackson, PhD student in The School of Physical Sciences digs into the research... [City lights - Central America. Elements of this image furnished by NASA] ​ Can a space rock...
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