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An introduction to software development
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to software development

...system is organised, the device in the case of a software controller, or the internet for a web application. The recognised need in Rogers’ definition relates to the problems the software is meant to solve – what we commonly capture as requirements in software development. These problems are the reason why the software should exist, and express how software should...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences

...system on trial. Sequences from the radio programme are interspersed by analysis of the way the arguments are presented. Participants in the audio programme were: John Clarke Professor of Social Policy at The Open University; Dr Digby Johnson a member of The Social Affairs Unit (a registered charity); Bea Campbell a writer and journalist. Activity 1 Listen to the linked...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts

...systems that operate in our bodies. The third is to think about the different parts of the body, the individual bits that we are all made up of...Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts: 2.2 The body as a machine - This is a useful way of thinking if we want to understand some basic aspects of how the body works in its relation to sport. We can think of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Synthesis as a way of understanding the changing uniqueness of rural Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland

Synthesis as a way of understanding the changing uniqueness of rural Ireland

...systems of interdependence...Explore the articles in this collection . [The image shows Killala Harbour with boat in the water on the left side and the promenade and walkway around the right side and across the back of the picture. There are two houses overlooking the promenade at the back of the picture, with dark green leafed trees behind them. The sky has heavy grey...
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Activity 5 mins
Here's how we can save the car – and the planet at the same time
Science, Maths & Technology

Here's how we can save the car – and the planet at the same time

...system? If car travel is going to remain common, perhaps we need to be smarter about how we build and use them. Our cars currently spend 92% of their time parked – and, when driving, most of their weight is used only to carry one person most of the time. Cars could be produced in fewer numbers, to be smaller, longer-lasting and shared by more people. And instead of...
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Article 10 mins
Using sources: Considering breadth as well as depth
Education & Development

Using sources: Considering breadth as well as depth

...systems that can capture and store the huge quantity of [big] data it interacts with - often referred to as Customer relationship management (CRM) or Marketing information systems (MIS), so we have the ability increasingly to source valuable information from these systems. If you don’t have direct access to query such systems in your organisation, you may well be able...
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Article 10 mins
People make terrible eyewitnesses – but it turns out there’s an exception
Society, Politics & Law

People make terrible eyewitnesses – but it turns out there’s an exception

...system in the UK has been slow to catch on...Find out about The Open University's Law courses. People are often poor eyewitnesses. Psychologists have been demonstrating this in experiments for years, but the justice system in the UK has been slow to catch on. There have been improvements, but lawyers and judges continue to rely regularly on eyewitnesses to convict or...
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Article 5 mins
What do volcanoes tell us about the possibility of life on Mars?
Science, Maths & Technology

What do volcanoes tell us about the possibility of life on Mars?

...system and branching river valleys being formed. But now planetary scientists have identified what looks like more recently formed volcanoes, in geological terms. Excitingly, they may have once provided the perfect environment for microbial lifeforms to thrive. Mars’ Olympus Mons is the solar system’s largest volcano – 22km high and more than 500km across its base....
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Article 5 mins