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A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis
Languages

A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis

...alphabetic writing. They’re adding to it. Specifically, they’re adding a way to convey what we might call ‘emotional framing’ to online conversations. They fill a particular need in modern-day communication – a need produced by the fact that social media platforms (such as Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp) are part of a trend over the past few decades towards more...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Introduction to music theory 1: form
History & The Arts

Introduction to music theory 1: form

...alphabetical designations (e.g., AABA), genre-specific terminology (e.g., terms such as ‘verse’ and ‘chorus’) and visual representations (e.g., diagrams, tables). This course is adapted from the Open University course A234 Understanding Music. It is first in a planned sequence of courses that will each introduce different aspects of music theory...In this free...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Crowdsourced annotation: what do you think?
History & The Arts

Crowdsourced annotation: what do you think?

...alphabet, alongside their English commentary. [Cyrus cylinder] Extract from the Cyrus cylinder, an account of the conquest of Babylon by Cyrus, 539 BC Although 'The Histories' was written on papyrus, other writings have been found on clay tablets, for example the Cyrus Cylinder, illustrated here as an example of cuneiform Babylonian in 539 BC. The Cyrus Cylinder provides...
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Activity 5 mins
Managing our personal financial risks from the changed climate
Nature & Environment

Managing our personal financial risks from the changed climate

...alphabet soup of acronyms. Do we need another attempt? The answer is yes. TCFD requires a new perspective. Earlier frameworks have asked organisations to report how their activities impact the environment and climate. In contrast, TCFD asks organisations to report on how the change in climate is impacting them. It requires them to quantify the financial risks that climate...
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Article 10 mins
Are we taking the fun out of reading?
Education & Development

Are we taking the fun out of reading?

...us to see the world through someone else’s eyes. Are we making it harder for our children to discover the joy of books, the joy of reading and the joy of learning precisely by turning literacy practices into a utilitarian duty that is all about school-readiness and learning the alphabet? This article was originally published by Language On The Move under a CC-BY licence...
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Article 5 mins
Why is the iPhone X a thousand-dollar gamble?
Money & Business

Why is the iPhone X a thousand-dollar gamble?

...Alphabet (Google), at US$649 billion. Apple’s pricing move for its top iPhone is an example of the essence of strategy: making tough decisions, real choices that are meaningful for company performance. No move is risk-free, but at the very least this courageous move will create some distance from competing brands in terms of exclusivity. This article was originally...
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Video 5 mins
Introduction to Ukrainian language and culture
Languages

Introduction to Ukrainian language and culture

...alphabet. [Described image] Figure 1: Kyiv is the capital of Ukraine: view of Kyiv city centre and St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery from the Church of St. Sophia, Kyiv...Week 1: Greetings: 1 Greetings - [Described image] Figure 2: Ukraine flags in London [Described image] Figure 3: The village shop in Litton, Derbyshire, flies the Ukrainian flag and the village has...
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Level 1: Introductory 25 hrs
A brief history of Science
History & The Arts

A brief history of Science

...alphabet developed (Palestine) 3 500 first use of iron 2 600 era of Greek science, based on philosophy (Aristotle, Pythagoras) 1 000 Chinese invented printing 700 experimental science of William of Occam 500 Earth orbits the Sun (Copernicus) first printing press (Caxton) 400 circulation of blood (Harvey) 300 theory of gravity (Newton); invention of telescope 200...
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Article 5 mins