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Ratio, proportion and percentages
Science, Maths & Technology

Ratio, proportion and percentages

...Introduction - The topics in this free course, Ratio, proportion and percentages, are concerned with dividing something into parts. For example, if there are 200 people living in a small village, and 50 of these are children, this could be expressed as a percentage: 25% of the village population are children; or as a ratio: one in every four people is a child or there is...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis
Languages

A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis

...introduction to the history of writing, and the key role it plays in human communication. It tracks this history from the invention of writing around 5500 years ago to the mass popularity of emojis today...This free course, A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis, is an introduction to the history of writing, and the key role it plays in human...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Why use literature reviews in health and social care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why use literature reviews in health and social care?

...Introduction - Why use literature reviews in health and social care? is a free course which introduces and explains how literature reviews can support evidence-based practice in health and social care. A literature review can offer a systematic way in which to sift through information to produce relevant existing knowledge and discern knowledge gaps. This short course...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Introducing computing and IT
Digital & Computing

Introducing computing and IT

...Introduction - The profound technological, economic, political and ethical changes brought about by computing and information technology (IT) will affect every one of us. In this course we talk about digital technologies in relation to computing and IT. A fundamental idea is that a digital technology is any technology based on representing data as sequences of numbers....
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Getting started with French 1
Languages

Getting started with French 1

...Introduction: Introduction - Welcome to this free course, Getting started with French 1. [Described image] Figure 1 Bonjour ! This course offers you an excellent start to your French learning journey. Starting from the basics, simple greetings and saying your name, you’ll progress towards being able to start to understand conversations in French. Each week comprises...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts

...Introduction - With the announcement of the summer Olympics coming to London in 2012, fierce competition between football clubs in the domestic league, and developments in coaching and training throughout all areas of physical fitness, there has never been a better time to learn more about sport. Many of us take for granted what we know about sport, whether we participate...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Croeso: Beginners' Welsh
Languages

Croeso: Beginners' Welsh

...introductions, numbers and days of the week. By the end of the course you will have gained confidence in communicating in Welsh, and you will be able to understand language used by speakers from different areas of Wales. You will develop the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing in Welsh...This free course, Croeso: Beginners' Welsh, is taken...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Introducing environmental decision making
Nature & Environment

Introducing environmental decision making

...Introduction - We all make decisions in everyday life, both as individuals and in groups. These range from simple – for example, choosing what to eat, which route to take to work, which products to buy in the shop – to complex decisions about changing jobs, moving house, choosing schools and participating as a member of a local community in planning decisions and...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs