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Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas
Science, Maths & Technology

Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas

...students in mathematical and statistical problems today and it even appears in chemistry. It is known as Pascal's triangle (named after Blaise Pascal who was a 17th century French mathematician who studied the properties of this triangle) and the first part of it is shown below. [Figure 2] Figure 2 You can continue the triangle indefinitely by following the pattern. Each...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Introducing the Classical world
History & The Arts

Introducing the Classical world

...OU course, viewing it should prepare you for your work in this course. It should also whet your appetite for further studies in this fascinating area! Activity 1 Watch the video clips below. Click below to view part 1 of the course introduction. Paula James voice-over The Classical world is a world of the past. But in numerous ways it's still present today. Exploring the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Hybrid working: planning for the future
Money & Business

Hybrid working: planning for the future

...become a more sustainable organisation in the face of continuing change and evolving employee expectations...In 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic organisations had to plan and adapt within a week to move almost their entire workforce to remote working, and those who had to remain in ‘onsite’ environments had to quickly implement safety measures. This was an...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
A short introduction to the English language
Languages

A short introduction to the English language

...OU. Activity 4 Watch the video and try to identify the most important points. Make some notes in the text box below and save your answer. There is no comment for this activity. [INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR It’s October 1599. Shakespeare has finished writing his history play, Julius Caesar, and is visiting a fair in his hometown of Stratford with his daughter....
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Cymorth i chi a’ch lles meddyliol
Health, Sports & Psychology

Cymorth i chi a’ch lles meddyliol

...Student Minds Mae Student Minds yn elusen sydd yn cynnal grwpiau cymorth i fyfyrwyr sydd yn cael trafferth efo’u hiechyd meddwl. Maent yn cynnig rhaglenni cymorth a gweithdai i ddatblygu’r wybodaeth a’r sgiliau sydd eu hangen arnoch chi i ofalu am eich iechyd meddwl. Mae cyngor hefyd ar sut allwch chi gefnogi ffrind allai fod yn cael amser anodd. studentminds.org.uk...
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Article 10 mins
Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision
Nature & Environment

Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision

...become a professional zoologist. But it was really the Wiltshire countryside that triggered it. I think if I’d been… I don’t know, I was lucky to grow up in the countryside in the thirties and to see… natural life at close quarters. My studies in animal behaviour Back in the 1950s I was working here in Oxford with Niko Tinbergen as a comparative ethologist. I was...
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Video 1 hr 40 mins
Ireland and the Battle of The Somme
OpenLearn Ireland

Ireland and the Battle of The Somme

...become aware of the scale of its losses; casualty lists from the battle were still being published in Ulster’s newspapers in early August, and ‘a hush of mourning fell over the whole province… In house after house, blinds were drawn.’ The annual 12th July demonstrations were cancelled. Instead, five minutes silence was observed at noon, when traffic halted and...
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Article 10 mins
Learning to swim in murky seas: Exploitation of the Electorate via Social Media
Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning to swim in murky seas: Exploitation of the Electorate via Social Media

...becomes your brand.” The effect described in this quote is a tried-and-tested influencing method psychologists call the mere-exposure effect. Simply by exposing people to things, causes them subconsciously to develop a preference for it. There is no reason that this would not work for messages such as: “We want our country back” “No border, No control” “Who...
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Article 10 mins