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Five smart technologies helping the visually impaired
Society, Politics & Law

Five smart technologies helping the visually impaired

...University for BBC Radio 4's sociological discussion programme, Thinking Allowed. Bluetooth Beacons Bluetooth, the technology behind wireless speakers and headphones, has a role to play in navigation for the visually impaired too. Because GPS signals come from satellites, it only works well in open spaces where there is a clear line of sight to the sky. The webs of...
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Carnival and the performance of heritage
History & The Arts

Carnival and the performance of heritage

...guide, by some of the people who have made the Carnival what it is today. Its story reaches back to the darkest recesses of European tradition, through Colonialism and slavery, to racist Britain of the 1950’s and 60’s. It merges contemporary ideas with art forms reaching back via the Caribbean slave plantations to tribal Africa. And its setting in West London brings...
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OpenLearn Champions Hub | Hafan Hyrwyddwyr OpenLearn old
Education & Development

OpenLearn Champions Hub | Hafan Hyrwyddwyr OpenLearn old

...University in Wales advocacy programme that helps break down barriers to learning and widen access to higher education and higher-level skills. Our OpenLearn Champions help to inspire a love of learning and support adults across Wales to develop skills, raise their confidence and explore what OpenLearn and OpenLearn Wales has to offer...well over 1,000 free courses! On...
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Think like a scientist
Science, Maths & Technology

Think like a scientist

...University free courses Basic Science: Understanding Experiments and Basic Science: Understanding Numbers available from OpenLearn. http://www.open.edu/openlearn/free-courses... How to present your results A graph is a great way of telling a story with numbers but the same data can be presented using different ways. So how do you choose the right type of graph to use?...
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Your journey of learning and discovery with us
Education & Development

Your journey of learning and discovery with us

...University's Open degree qualification. We are proud to offer over 1,000 free learning resources on OpenLearn. Within this, you’ll be able to find something that meets your interests and works for your busy life. This short article contains some useful introductory information to help get you started. What is OpenLearn? The video below tells you a little bit more about...
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Sara Kay Aloe
Education & Development

Sara Kay Aloe

...Beginners’ Welsh, and then on How to learn a language, Discovering Wales and Welsh: first steps, and Contemporary Wales – but she also developed a passion for OpenLearn too. Sara has now amassed digital badges and statements of participation from completing more than 80 of our free courses! ‘The variety available on OpenLearn has kept me going back and I’ve been...
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Ethnicity as a Learning Tool
Education & Development

Ethnicity as a Learning Tool

...universities. An interesting report suggests that the attainment gap cannot be explained by background or prior educational qualifications implying the dominant influence of other factors on students learning experience. One of these important factors is ethnicity itself as a strong determinant of learning experiences and achievement levels. This article presents three...
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Dangoor Education
Science, Maths & Technology

Dangoor Education

...University and Dangoor Education, and provides links to the free courses we have created together...[The Open University logo, a blue shield] The Open University (OU) has a mission to be open to people, places, methods and ideas. We promote educational opportunity and social justice by providing high-quality education to all who wish to realise their ambitions and fulfil...
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