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Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age
History & The Arts

Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age

...system matches human questions to items in the index. You could think of it as an automated librarian or archivist, and the success of the most powerful search engines relies heavily on the query system appearing to know what users want, almost before they articulate it themselves...Week 1: Digital transformations: 3.3 Web crawlers and metadata - For web search engines...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Working in teams Badge icon
Money & Business

Working in teams

...think about what this means for you? In this first week, you'll be looking at the difference between a group and a team, and why employers want their employees to be able to work well in the team. You'll consider your own reactions to this requirement, and start to evaluate what you perceive to be the advantages and disadvantages of this way of working. And you'll start...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
What is economics?
Society, Politics & Law

What is economics?

...think of economics, what do you think of? The Chancellor, the economy? Well it’s about much more, covering the personal, national and global aspects of our lives...[London Stock Exchange] Economics is about how, as individuals and groups, we get the things we want to buy and the services we need and want. From a £5 flight to Belfast to a penny off income tax, from a...
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Everyday English 2
Languages

Everyday English 2

...think about taking other courses, for example enrolling at a college for a formal qualification. (You will be given details on this at the end of the course.)...Introduction and guidance: How to get a badge - Getting a badge is straightforward! Here’s what you have to do: read all of the pages of the course score 70% or more in the end-of-course quiz. For all the...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Attention
Society, Politics & Law

Attention

...system has evolved so as to avoid a serious potential problem. Unlike our eyes, our ears cannot be directed so as to avoid registering material that we wish to ignore; whatever sounds are present in the environment, we must inevitably be exposed to them. In a busy setting such as a party we are swamped by simultaneous sounds – people in different parts of the room all...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Teaching secondary music
Education & Development

Teaching secondary music

...Think back to your own experiences as a young learner. Identify one example of teaching (from any subject), which you think resulted in you being ‘altered’ as a person. What did the teacher do in terms of presentation (e.g. explanations, resources, questioning) that resulted in this learning? Why did this teaching have such an impact and remain in your...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Teaching a robot how to speak
Languages

Teaching a robot how to speak

...think’ when they communicate? What are the challenges faced by researchers into trying to teach a machine how to speak? And what does this tell us about the nature of language itself? Transcript This material is from the Open University module L101 Introducing English language studies. See below for some other resources about the topics of artificial intelligence and...
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Video 10 mins
Creative Arts, Health and Wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Creative Arts, Health and Wellbeing

...think. The arts can also be a useful way of exploring the ideas, emotions and identities associated with health and wellbeing, whether in the present day or as part of historical research. While formal arts therapies have been in use for some decades, more recently health professionals and others have begun to recognise the broader role the arts might play in supporting...
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Article 5 mins