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Shared documents and constructive collaboration
Education & Development

Shared documents and constructive collaboration

...course of action. You can see this in the use of questions, and of hedges – words indicating possibility rather than certainty – like maybe, I assume, would it be worth. Note that, in all cases, the tone is respectful and professional: there is no criticism of a person’s skills or ideas, only constructive suggestions tightly focused on the document itself! Key...
15 minutes on Mars
Science, Maths & Technology

15 minutes on Mars

...Upgrade to the latest version of Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari. [AstrobiologyOU logo]This article is part of the Astrobiology Collection on OpenLearn. This collection of free articles, interactives, videos and courses provides insights into research that investigates the possibilities of life beyond the Earth and the ethical and governance implications of this....
How to read a rock
Science, Maths & Technology

How to read a rock

...language to describe various phenomena. But language is much more than just the words that are used. It is about how the words interact with each other and come together to tell stories. And that is precisely what rocks do; they tell us stories about the history of our earth. To reveal these stories, we have to be able to understand the languages of rocks. So, how do you...
OpenLearn Cymru
OpenLearn Cymru Wales

OpenLearn Cymru

Dysgu gydol oes, ar gyfer gwaith, am ddim. Cartref dysgu dwyieithog am ddim yng Nghymru. See OpenLearn Wales for English language content.
Using generative AI in relation to legal issues
Society, Politics & Law

Using generative AI in relation to legal issues

...Course to Large Language Models Learn Prompting: Your Guide to Communicating with AI Google's 'Prompting Essentials' Course Glossary of key terms AI: 'Artificial intelligence' is an umbrella term that refers to computer systems designed to perform tasks and processes typically characterised as requiring human intelligence or input, such as reasoning, translation,...
10 billion dollar companies that didn't exist 10 years ago
Money & Business

10 billion dollar companies that didn't exist 10 years ago

...an Airbnb place in Rome, Florence or another Italian city? Learn the lingo first with our free course _Beginners' Italian: Food and Drink._ 2: Instagram [Instagram icon] Where would we be without Instagram's 'Valencia' filter to capture the perfect #ShamelessSelfie? The online photo/video-sharing and social networking service was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, and launched in October 2010 as a ......
Writing across cultures
History & The Arts

Writing across cultures

Xiaolu Guo explains how she approached her novel, A Concise Chinese–English Dictionary for Lovers - making creativity work across the English and Chinese languages...[Xiaolu Guo] Transcript
The birth of a word
Health, Sports & Psychology

The birth of a word

Just like acquiring any other skill, learning language requires a lot of practise. Listen to how the son of researcher Deb Roy homed in on the pronunciation of ‘water’ over six months...Transcript.