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Ocean explorer
Nature & Environment

Ocean explorer

...content is associated with The Open University's Environment courses and qualifications. Click here to launch the game now. [Launch image for Ocean Explorer game.] Select the image above to begin. Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser . Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari....
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Activity 20 mins
Legal conversations
Society, Politics & Law

Legal conversations

...these audio discussions, Phil Bates and Marc Cornock of The Open University’s Law School, discuss these, and similar issues surrounding ethics in law... Clinical decision making: A legal perspective Phil Bates and Marc Cornock look at what is meant by clinical decision making. Researching people who cannot consent Marc Cornock and Phil Bates discuss laws and consent....
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Audio 26 mins
Search Engines of the Future: The Pharos project
Science, Maths & Technology

Search Engines of the Future: The Pharos project

...The Open University is one of fifteen European partners in The Pharos project which aims to advance audio-visual search using an integrated search platform paradigm... Future technologies: The Pharos project This track demonstrates some of the ways in which the Pharos project is advancing audiovisual search engines, we take a closer look at photo recognition software....
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Video 7 mins
What do you really know about autism?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do you really know about autism?

...the image to begin... Our badged course To learn more about autism, its history of diagnosis, and contemporary cross-cultural issues, consider taking our badged open course, Understanding autism. The course comprises approximately 24 hours of study. A brief overview If you're looking for something shorter right now, you may be interested in these introductory articles:...
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Activity 5 mins
Studying mammals: The opportunists
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The opportunists

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses This free course was written by Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Listening for form in popular music
History & The Arts

Listening for form in popular music

...Open University course A234 Understanding music....Listening for form in popular music: Introduction - This free course, Listening for form in popular music, explores form, or how music is organised in time. You will study the form of several popular songs, including ‘Be My Baby’, ‘Suspicious Minds’, ‘Midnight Special’ and ‘It’s Only a Paper Moon’. You...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Birth of a drug
Science, Maths & Technology

Birth of a drug

...this video is gratefully acknowledged. Adaptation of works by Simone Diolaiuti [Details correct as of 1st May 2009] Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Understanding different research perspectives
Money & Business

Understanding different research perspectives

...Open University course B865 Managing research in the workplace...Understanding different research perspectives: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the different perspectives from which a problem can be investigated consider the researcher’s involvement in the research process as insider and/or outsider reflect on the...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs