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Exploring Homer’s Odyssey
History & The Arts

Exploring Homer’s Odyssey

...thinking about some of the poem’s characters, poetic techniques and important themes. To get you started, the plot of the Odyssey has been condensed into an animation which is less than three minutes long. Your first activity involves watching this animation to get an overview of the story which this poem tells. Activity 1 Timing: Allow around 20 minutes for this...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Introducing philosophy
History & The Arts

Introducing philosophy

...think! We’d love to hear from you to help us improve our free learning offering through OpenLearn by filling out this short survey...Introducing philosophy: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand what is involved in the study of philosophy offer arguments for and against the main positions discussed in the study of philosophy...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Starting with psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Starting with psychology

...think and behave the way they do. Just when psychologists seem to understand one bit of 'who we are' up pops some new evidence to show a different side! It is not easy to pin down all the many influences. This free course, Starting with psychology, makes a start...The most 'important and greatest puzzle' we face as humans is ourselves (Boring, 1950, p. 56). Humans are a...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Financial methods in environmental decisions
Nature & Environment

Financial methods in environmental decisions

...system installed. The five lorries are now uneconomic to run. Diesel and repair bills have become prohibitive, breakdowns and lost running hours are excessive. With more lorry capacity, better reliability and a faster service you could easily obtain more business. You decide to rebuild the depot with better equipment, full insulation, an effective sprinkler system and...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Start writing fiction
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction

...think! We’d love to hear from you to help us improve our free learning offering through OpenLearn by filling out this short survey...Start writing fiction: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: identify strengths and weaknesses as a writer of fiction demonstrate a general awareness of fiction writing discuss fiction using basic...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Everyday English 1
Languages

Everyday English 1

...thinking about the speaking and listening you do in your everyday life. How can you speak so that people understand you? Why is this course about listening as well as speaking? And just how important is body language?...Speaking and listening: 1.1 Speaking - Whether you consider yourself to be quiet and shy or bubbly and chatty, you have to do some speaking from day to...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Methods in Motion: Politics is awash with large emotions... isn't it?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Politics is awash with large emotions... isn't it?

...think – but not the society as a whole). Still, such studies might get closer to how people feel than many of the big claims currently going around in journalism (and some social science writing) about politics. They might also help with the second problem: Can people feel more than one thing? Too often we assume people to be simple souls, capable of feeling or thinking...
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Methods in Motion: Finding a voice after Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Finding a voice after Brexit

...think when the result appeared to reflect the priority of visceral feelings over thought, and to privilege authenticity (who is speaking) rather than expertise (the authority of facts and evidence). And, if what you speak is dismissed as being politically correct, how can you speak? What’s your discursive armoury when language itself has been corrupted? I got over this,...
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