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Listen Up! Developing an appreciation of music
History & The Arts

Listen Up! Developing an appreciation of music

...learning about music enrich the listening experience and make it even more pleasurable? Well yes, of course it does – people working at all levels of music education would be out of work if it didn't! From my own experience I can say without hesitation that understanding how music works, learning how it's put together, can indeed enrich the listening experience and make...
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Article 10 mins
A hug for the brain: what does it mean to have a happy, healthy brain?
OpenLearn Ireland

A hug for the brain: what does it mean to have a happy, healthy brain?

...learn you change the structure of your brain. Multi-tasking is impossible. The brain switches between tasks so quickly it appears as multi-tasking. The average person has over 6,000 thoughts per day. If these thoughts are consistently negative, it's bad news for the health of our brain. And if we learn to control the negative thoughts, then we may benefit from better...
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Article 5 mins
Eco-anxiety and how to cope with the Climate and Ecological Crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Eco-anxiety and how to cope with the Climate and Ecological Crisis

Learning about the climate and ecological crisis can be very disturbing and overwhelming. We may feel a variety of different emotions often grouped under the umbrella label of eco-anxiety. But what is eco-anxiety and how can we learn to live with the reality of the crisis without falling apart?...The climate and ecological crisis: an uncomfortable truth The climate and...
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Article 5 mins
The Life of Saint Patrick
History & The Arts

The Life of Saint Patrick

...learning; the reputation of which, for the three succeeding centuries, drew many foreigners into Ireland. Nennius, abbot of Bangor, in 620, in his history of the Britons, 6 published by the learned Thomas Gale, says, that St. Patrick took that name only when he was ordained bishop, being before called Maun; that he continued his missions over all the provinces of Ireland,...
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Article 10 mins
Using generative AI in relation to legal issues
Society, Politics & Law

Using generative AI in relation to legal issues

...learning (ML) are sub-sets of the broader field of data science, which seeks to extract insights from a given set of data. GenAI is a form of AI that can generate, for example, text, images, video and other data in response to user queries, or 'prompts'. Large language models (LLMs) are a form of GenAI that have exploded in popularity and usage in both professional and...
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Article 20 mins
The business of film
History & The Arts

The business of film

...learning relevant to film and the creative sector as a whole, and provide pathways to further information and study. Throughout this course, you'll see video clips with Bharat Nalluri. Bharat is a film and television director, whose films include Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day and The Man Who Invented Christmas, and he's worked on shows such as Spooks, Life on Mars and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
What do historians do?
History & The Arts

What do historians do?

...learn about three aspects of the historian’s craft through three topic areas: landscapes, infant health and criminal justice. Through the activities in the course, you will experience a wide range of historical evidence and understand its importance for historians in constructing new knowledge...What do historians do? In this free course you will explore some of the...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
More working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

More working with charts, graphs and tables

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: reflect on the reasons for needing to improve skills in using charts, graphs and tables understand the following mathematical concepts and how to use them, through instruction, worked examples and practice activities: reflecting on mathematics; tables; line graphs; bar charts and histograms; pie...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs