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Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world

...OU students and staff, and provides access to a wide range of high-quality resources, including books, journals, images, videos and music. It is also possible to take out your own individual subscription to online journals and magazines for a fee. Specialist search engines Specialist search engines can be useful. For example, Google Scholar is useful for tracking down...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Using film music in the classroom
Education & Development

Using film music in the classroom

...becomes a development of that, and at its worst I suppose it's a series of repeats of the same idea without really developing it. Trevor Herbert Right George, at this point I think we have to come clean and own up to the fact that I've set you a task in which you are asked to... prepare a fairly short melody with very simple harmonies specifically in C major, specifically...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Reducing the digital carbon footprint of the cloud
Nature & Environment

Reducing the digital carbon footprint of the cloud

...becoming less prone to the evolving software demands – thereby, extending their usable lifetimes. How much carbon in the cloud?We can begin to understand the carbon impact of data centres by analysing their energy use. Cloud technologies live in data centres, and data centres are estimated to account for 1% to 1.5% of global energy consumption. The data transmission...
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Article 5 mins
Who are Europeans?
Society, Politics & Law

Who are Europeans?

...becomes ever more multicultural in character. This course examines the ways in which European identities are – or are not – being forged across Europe. It assesses the various mechanisms through which a potentially new identity commitment is being formed, and the limitations of, and oppositions to, this process. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 1 study...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
A reader's guide to The Luzhin Defence
Health, Sports & Psychology

A reader's guide to The Luzhin Defence

...becomes disturbed by the reappearance of the man who once regarded him as his protégé. [Chessboard] The book traces Luzhin’s mental breakdown. This fascinating character was based on the author’s friend, a German Count named Curt von Bardeleben. He was a chess master, who committed suicide in 1924 by jumping out of a window. Prospective readers should note that the...
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Article 5 mins
Structural Integrity: Materials Testing
Science, Maths & Technology

Structural Integrity: Materials Testing

...become crucial in engineering design. Concepts within stress analysis have wide applicability, as there are very few manufactured components and products that do not experience any loading during their life. The tracks on this album demonstrate a selection of specialised tests designed to tell us about the behaviour of materials under certain conditions. They also show...
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Audio 41 mins
Norma Waterson: English Folk Singing
History & The Arts

Norma Waterson: English Folk Singing

...Becoming a folk singer Norma Waterson remembers her childhood and reveals how she became a traditional English folk singer. Telling a Story Stories as the foundations of traditional folk music. Tradition and History How traditional songs relate to other musical movements. Differences in gender within the music. Rituals and Ceremonies The meanings behind the songs, where...
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Audio 39 mins
Growing up with Disability
Health, Sports & Psychology

Growing up with Disability

...organisations like Plus are so important. Taking part at Plus, from the perspective Angus, a young boy with Ashberger's Syndrome. PLUS - Risk A look at an outdoor activity organised by Plus focusing on water confidence. PLUS - A Circle of Support A look at the Circle of Support project set up by PLUS, to help children with disabilities to become more socially included....
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Audio 1 hr 6 mins