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The world's busiest railway - Mumbai, India and rail
Science, Maths & Technology

The world's busiest railway - Mumbai, India and rail

...language, region, religion and politics. But India’s railways, a complex network, with the densest commuter services in the world, are an extraordinary example of engineering, technology and systems in action. India’s busiest city, Mumbai, is right at the heart of the world’s busiest railway. Mumbai is situated on a peninsula of land on the west coast of India,...
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Supreme streets: an adventure into employee-ownership
Money & Business

Supreme streets: an adventure into employee-ownership

...associated with The Open University's Business and Management courses and qualifications. [Supreme Streets - start] Select the image above to begin your adventure into employee-ownership or click here. Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari....
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Online mathematics discovery centre
Science, Maths & Technology

Online mathematics discovery centre

...free learning resources - including courses, videos and games...Mathematics is important across many disciplines: science, medicine, engineering, technology, communications, AI and Big Data, finance, economics and more. It is a fundamental tool enabling us to analyse and comprehend the world around us, and to solve some of the most urgent problems facing society in...
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Simple Coding - Summary
Digital & Computing

Simple Coding - Summary

...language provides: variables and assignment (=) to store and update data arithmetic operators (+, -, *) simple data types (strings and numbers, both integers and floating point) data structures (lists) sequence (one instruction per line) iteration (for and while loops) selection (if-else and if-elif-elif-...-else), comparisons (>, <, ==, !=, >=, <=) functions (len and sum...
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Learning through spoken interaction
Education & Development

Learning through spoken interaction

...language? ...[Talk button on a phone] Much (perhaps most) of what people learn is through interaction with other people, especially, but not only, those who know more about a topic than they do. This happens from the beginning of a person’s life. It is a natural instinct for babies to want to find out more about the world from their parents or other people they...
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Article 10 mins
What is Systems Thinking in Practice Hub about?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Systems Thinking in Practice Hub about?

...free resources - articles, videos, audios, and courses - that explore systems thinking in practice (STiP). The hub has drawn on content already on OpenLearn, but also includes new content created specifically for the hub. This hub is a work-in-progress with new learning resources added regularly. Many of the courses are derived from modules, some no longer taught, but...
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Article 10 mins
How technology can challenge our understanding of Frankenstein
History & The Arts

How technology can challenge our understanding of Frankenstein

...free literature collections such as Project Gutenberg. This gives us the opportunity to examine new ways of reading with the help of specialised text analysis software. Computers excel at tasks that humans find challenging, such as identifying and counting repeating patterns. Digital reading can thus draw our attention to textual phenomena that deserves further...
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Article 4 mins
Studying social work law
Society, Politics & Law

Studying social work law

...free courses introduces the role of social work and explores how the law influences social work practice. You will learn the role of social workers in the UK and how the profession is regulated across the four nations. The courses also examine how the law is applied by social workers in their practice with the people they support. ...Transcript The four OpenLearn courses,...
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