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Guide to diagrams
Money & Business

Guide to diagrams

...type of communication than most of us are used to—but it allows us to think in new ways and encourages us to approach problems differently. In this series of videos and animations, The Open University's Simon Bell and Kevin Collins explain why diagrams are so useful, and discuss 5 different diagramming types that you can use to help solve problems and explore issues....
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Activity 30 mins
Understanding musical scores
History & The Arts

Understanding musical scores

...types of music and how they are written down, and what that notation means. This course includes some musical terms which you may not be familiar with. We have produced a glossary of terms which you may find useful. When new musical terms appear they are in bold text, and will have a definition in the glossary. In the following video, Open University lecturers Catherine...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Getting started with German 3
Languages

Getting started with German 3

...des Westens) in Berlin (the largest is Harrods in London). Read the information about the KaDeWe given in German below. Then complete the activity that follows. [Described image] Figure 1 KaDeWe in Berlin Es ist das bekannteste Kaufhaus Deutschlands und mit 60.000 Quadratmetern Verkaufsfläche das größte Warenhaus auf dem europäischen Festland: das Kaufhaus des...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Hot forging (closed die)
Science, Maths & Technology

Hot forging (closed die)

...type of material being formed. The higher the forging temperature, the lower the die life: e.g. forging steel at 1000–1150˚C lives are typically 10,000–15,000 parts. Materials: The majority of all metals and alloys are readily closed die forged to varying degrees. The list of materials is arranged in ascending order of difficulty of forging. Forging temperature range...
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Article 5 mins
Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Norway
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Norway

...De norske korte somre, kaldt klima, begrensede områder av dyrkbar jord og nærhet til havet har påvirket tradisjoner for matproduksjon, inkludert brød, kaker og baking. Det er et bredt utvalg av tradisjonelle brød og kaker i Norge, og det sies at nordmenn sannsynligvis spiser mer brød enn noen andre europeere. Norsk brød er vanligvis laget av hvete eller rugmel....
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Activity 5 mins
Getting started with Italian 1
Languages

Getting started with Italian 1

...phrases from travelling across Italy, this introduction gives you a chance to start an exciting new learning experience, with a range of activities. This introduction offers the perfect opportunity to develop the skills needed to communicate effectively in Italian in everyday contexts! This OpenLearn course is an extract from the beginning of the Open Centre for Languages...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Fast, fun, free: Try some of our Spanish language items
Languages

Fast, fun, free: Try some of our Spanish language items

OpenLearn is full of short items where you can learn something fast, for free - and have some fun doing so. Here's a selection of easy ways to start with Spanish...[Espana Cani restaurant, Madrid] [The Bilbao Guggenheim] [Bread in the Mercardo Medieval market] [Tacos De Luz taco truck]
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Article 5 mins
Psychological drama: Writing fictional crime drama for a forensic psychology course
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychological drama: Writing fictional crime drama for a forensic psychology course

...types on a typewriter] (Actually, we don't make our academics use typewriters, but we've burned through our collection of stock photos of people typing on laptops for our cybersecurity course...) "The city awoke to clouds, dank with a sense of heavy regret, crying rain that washed the detritus of the night down the dark, dreary drains. Jake Bullet pulled the cloying...
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Article 5 mins