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Tell us how you learn online
Education & Development

Tell us how you learn online

...Open Online Course (MOOC) activities. The survey was created by the EU-funded project BizMOOC, of which The Open University is a partner. You can find out more about the project and the project partners on the website bizmooc.eu. With the help of your input, the BizMOOC project will produce and publish an interactive, open access MOOC BOOK containing contain good practice...
An introduction to computers and computer systems
Digital & Computing

An introduction to computers and computer systems

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Session 2: The components of a computer: Introduction - In this session, you will explore some of the many components, such as processors and memory within a computer, and attached devices (or peripherals as they are called) such as keyboards for input and screens for...
60 Second Adventures In Astronomy: Life on Mars
Science, Maths & Technology

60 Second Adventures In Astronomy: Life on Mars

Discover how asteroids and microbes flying through space could hold the secret to life on Earth - and maybe even Mars...Find out about The Open University's Natural Sciences courses. Transcript Read Dave Rothery's exploration of what might happen if we found life on Mars Discover more about studying physics and astronomy with The Open University
60 Second Adventures In Astronomy: Exoplanets
Science, Maths & Technology

60 Second Adventures In Astronomy: Exoplanets

How have scientists studied distant stars to learn more about exoplanets, the invisible planets that orbit them?...Find out about The Open University's Natural Sciences courses. Transcript Read Andrew Notron on what can be learnt from observing exoplanets The SuperWASP project Discover how you can study physics and astronomy with The Open University
Rocks in the field
Science, Maths & Technology

Rocks in the field

...Open University's Glynda Easterbrook and fellow geologist Tony Lee as they visit Northern Ireland to look at some amazing rock forms and some fascinating successions of different depositional environments. This material forms part of The Open University course S260 Geology... Rocks in the field Intro to album, as per album description. Giant's Causeway The Open...
60 Second Adventures in Astronomy: Special relativity
Science, Maths & Technology

60 Second Adventures in Astronomy: Special relativity

Who had more fun in life, Albert Einstein or Richard Feynman? Whichever one of them was travelling faster...Find out about The Open University's Natural Sciences courses. Transcript Read Andrew Norton on the framework of special relativity and examples of measured time dilation and length contraction Discover how you can study physics and astronomy with The Open University
Language in professional life
Languages

Language in professional life

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Week 2: Exploring corpus linguistics in EAP: Introduction - [Described image] You’ve probably seen word clouds like the one above before. They’re often used in newspapers and in social media as illustrations. This one was generated using a free word cloud generator...
60 Second Adventures in Astronomy: Event horizons
Science, Maths & Technology

60 Second Adventures in Astronomy: Event horizons

...is the point of no return? German physicist, Karl Schwarzchild calculated the event horizon of black holes. And it can tell us more about the eventual fate of all the galaxies...Find out more about The Open University's Natural Sciences courses. Transcript Read Stephen Serjeant on the speed of light Discover how you can study physics and astronomy with The Open University...