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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
Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online

...OU. At the start of the course, you'll learn the basics of information security and how to take some easy steps to secure your digital life. We'll then begin to look under the hood, exploring some of the technologies underpinning the internet and information security. You'll see how data moves between computers over the internet, how it can be attacked, and how it can be...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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
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
Як почати навчання онлайн
Education & Development

Як почати навчання онлайн

...students, currently studying with The Open University – http://www.open.ac.uk/ choose/ ou/ open-content 2. Enjoyed this? Find out more about this topic or browse all our free course materials on OpenLearn – http://www.open.edu/ openlearn/ 3. Outside the UK? We have students in over a hundred countries studying online qualifications – http://www.openuniversity.edu/...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Understanding operations management
Money & Business

Understanding operations management

...become similarly dominant. The different approaches for managing operations that are currently popular include: Flexible specialisation (Piore and Sabel, 1984) in which firms (especially small firms) focus on separate parts of the value-adding process and collaborate within networks to produce whole products. Such an approach requires highly developed networks, effective...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
The psychology of cybercrime
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of cybercrime

...become ubiquitous in the developed world and is becoming progressively more common in much of the developing world as well (Naughton, 2016). Psychologists studying cybercrime, including its perpetrators and victims, are interested both in what makes cybercrime unique (e.g. does online anonymity increase the propensity of some people to commit crimes of harassment?) as...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
When the public speaks: How refugees welcome shows the public as dangerous giants
Society, Politics & Law

When the public speaks: How refugees welcome shows the public as dangerous giants

...become the symbol of the refugee crisis in the Middle East. The image and subsequent public outcry has led to an increase in charitable donations, impacted election campaigns, and prompted the public to demand more of their governments, resulting in western nations around the worldpledging to increase the number of refugees they will take. Although it is unfortunate that...
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Article 5 mins