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Algorithmic Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Algorithmic Design

...Introduction - Unleash your creativity and discover the fun of designing with code in this free OpenLearn course, Algorithmic Design. In this hands-on course, you’ll learn to think algorithmically and explore the aesthetics of code through playful experimentation with JavaScript and the p5.js library. You’ll engage with design ideas such as repetition, modularity, and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

Succeed with maths: part 2

...Introduction - Welcome to the first week of Succeed with maths – Part 2. The first two weeks of this course will focus on measurement and the units that are used to communicate this. People use numbers to solve a wide variety of different problems, including when designing buildings, navigating and working out the fuel consumption of an aircraft. These examples all use...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Studying mammals: A winning design
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: A winning design

...Introduction - Mammals come in a bewildering variety of shapes and sizes and yet all of the 4700 or so species have some characteristics in common. Indeed, it's the existence of these common features that justifies the inclusion of all such diverse types within the single taxonomic group (or class) called the Mammalia. This is the first in a series of units about studying...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Discovering music: the blues
History & The Arts

Discovering music: the blues

...Introduction - This free course, Discovering music: the blues, will introduce you to a musical tradition with roots in the nineteenth century but is still relevant to making music today. You will learn about how the lyrics of blues songs reflect the social environment in which they were created, and about the musical techniques that underpin the structures of blues songs....
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course

...introduction to the Chinese language, its scripts and sounds, and how words are formed. You will hear short conversations where people greet each other and introduce themselves, and learn how to count from one to ten. You’ll learn different ways of saying your name and greeting people, as well as give your telephone number. This OpenLearn course is introductory material...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Introducing Homer's Iliad
History & The Arts

Introducing Homer's Iliad

...Introduction - The Iliad and the Odyssey, the two epic ancient Greek poems attributed to Homer, are widely considered to be foundational texts in Western literature. Yet, the poems contain many features that seem unusual or just plain weird to the modern reader. In order for you to be able to read and better understand the poems, you will be introduced to some of the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences
Education & Development

Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences

...Introduction - Ethics is an established area of academic interest, but it is only fairly recently that the relevance of ethics to Information and Computer Sciences (ICS) started to emerge clearly outside philosophical studies. Professional bodies in Engineering and ICS have begun to require, as a condition for accreditation, the study of ethics-related topics, and,...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
The technology of crime control
Society, Politics & Law

The technology of crime control

...Introduction - This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 2 study in Sociology...The technology of crime control: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: illustrate how CCTV is used for general surveillance give examples of how CCTV can be used for crime control...The technology of crime control: 1 The purpose, efficacy and regulation...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr