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Software development for enterprise systems
Digital & Computing

Software development for enterprise systems

...community, and it has received the support of many people and organisations which considered the idea of a unified modelling language a valuable one. UML was then submitted for standardisation to the Object Management Group (OMG), a consortium of several large software companies that produces and maintains computer industry specifications. UML was formally adopted in...
Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...community of practitioners generating the ideas. Sometimes a classification of ideas may rely on more or less equal emphasis on both the situation and the practitioner. Making strategy, like systems thinking, involves dealing with situations often comprising many variables and with often contrasting perspectives held by different practitioners. In the late 1990s Henry...
Introduction to music theory 1: form
History & The Arts

Introduction to music theory 1: form

...communicate efficiently about music. Often, this means using specialist terminology – including words such as ‘verse’ and ‘chorus’. Not all the songs in the world are divided up into verses and choruses. There are many music cultures in the world, many kinds of songs, many song forms, and many sets of specialist or insider terminology to describe them. As this...
Getting started with German 2
Languages

Getting started with German 2

...communicate effectively in German in everyday contexts. After completing this course, you will be able to: understand how to use regular and irregular verbs in the present tense use the adverb gern or gerne in a sentence discuss food and drink likes and dislikes and talk about a typical breakfast table in German-speaking countries appreciate the different strategies for...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Children’s experiences with digital technologies
Education & Development

Children’s experiences with digital technologies

...communicating rather negative messages about the use of games by children. Yet, it does not consider factors such as the environment (for example parents) within which children interact with games that can mediate the relationship between gaming and addiction. The second piece of news presents a more balanced perspective on that issue. A significant question to have in...
Getting started with Italian 1
Languages

Getting started with Italian 1

...communicate effectively in Italian in everyday contexts! This OpenLearn course is an extract from the beginning of the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course, LGXI001 Beginners Italian 1: primi passi. After completing this free course, you may wish to register for the full course to continue your learning!...Introduction: Introduction - [Described image]...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Tamsin Edwards - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Tamsin Edwards - Stories of Change

...communicated that clearly at all. We never really thought about it happening in practice I guess. We never really thought about, ‘What if we get such a big change that it effectively looks like global warming has stopped; what would that mean for how society understands the science. And also it’s not just about natural variability. There have been some other changes...
Getting started with Spanish 2
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 2

...communication short courses. You can study a wide range of language and language related subjects with us anywhere in the world, in any time zone, whatever your motivation – leisure, professional development or academic. It’s the one stop shop for engaging with languages, professional communication and intercultural dialogue. Our short courses allow us to be agile and...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs