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Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes
History & The Arts

Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes

...skill – traits commonly associated with hegemonic masculinity. Hegemonic masculinity is white, heterosexual, privileged/middle-class, and able-bodied masculinity which is generally represented as opposite and superior to femininity and homosexuality (Connell & Messerschmidt, 2005). Thus hegemonic hyper-masculinity marginalises other masculinities (e.g. black, disabled,...
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An expert’s take on AI
Digital & Computing

An expert’s take on AI

...study of technology that doesn’t exist yet, and artificial general intelligence is a machine that will be as intelligent or more intelligent than a human being and can do the full range of tasks a human could do. So, to give some examples from the movies. The most famous are the Terminators, which are bad! Then there’s also the very famous killer computer from 2001,...
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Icarus: entering the world of myth
History & The Arts

Icarus: entering the world of myth

...study the way in which Ovid’s Icarus myth has been reworked and transformed by later poets and painters...This free course, Icarus: entering the world of myth, will introduce you to one of the best-known myths from classical antiquity and its various re-tellings in later periods. You will begin by examining how the Icarus story connects with a number of other ancient...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Goya
History & The Arts

Goya

...studying this course...What influenced Goya? Did Napoleon's invasion of Spain alter the course of Goya's career? This free course will guide you through the works of Goya and the influences of the times in which he lived. Anyone with a desire to look for the influences behind a work of art will benefit from studying this course....Goya: Introduction - What influenced...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Introducing computing and IT
Digital & Computing

Introducing computing and IT

...study of online research into information on childhood vaccination, you will see how computer algorithms can shape our beliefs and actions. You will also be introduced to the field of digital forensics and learn how data are stored on and deleted from hard disk and solid-state drives. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University courses TM111...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Capacity and demand management
Society, Politics & Law

Capacity and demand management

...skill when decision-making. In this course you will take a look at capacity planning decisions as an example of effective data use. It seems obvious that resource plans should not be created without an understanding of the demand for resource, but you will find that demand is not always measured, or collated in a way that is not helpful to decision-making. This course...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Justice, fairness and mediation
Money & Business

Justice, fairness and mediation

...studying this course, you should be able to: understand the various ways in which fairness and justice can be perceived understand the concept of restorative justice appreciate various forms of alternative dispute resolution reflect on the value of mediation to resolve community disputes...Justice, fairness and mediation: 1 What’s fair for me may not seem fair to you...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Why could phosphorus depletion leave us all hungry?
Society, Politics & Law

Why could phosphorus depletion leave us all hungry?

...studies cited at the summit by the Global Phosphorus Research Initiative. Known reserves could be depleted in 50 to 100 years. Phosphorus accessibility is already an issue in many parts of the world where commercial fertilisers are too expensive for wide-scale use. Low crop yields in Sub-Saharan Africa — where they are a quarter of the global average — are largely...
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