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People-centred designing
Science, Maths & Technology

People-centred designing

...introduction to engineering, manufacturing and business studies...Designed products surround us all and range from bus tickets to buildings. This free course, People-centred designing, focuses firmly on usability and the increasingly important phenomenon of people-centred design. It aims to inform consumers of design (i.e., all of us) about this crucial characteristic of...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Cultures
Languages

Cultures

...Introduction - This course concentrates on popular music. Through examples taken from the Norman heritage, rock in Louisiana or slam in Bordeaux, you will enjoy, we hope, the diversity of what is called "musiques actuelles’’. A few favourite themes of the Norman and Breton heritage will be covered in more detail. Finally, we will take you on a mini tour of the...
Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
IT: Information
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: Information

...Introduction - This course looks at the technologies used to acquire information about the world. A particular focus is the technology used by television businesses in gathering news reports. The course draws upon the expertise of two individuals who have worked in senior positions in the UK television industry. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in...
Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Sir David Attenborough - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Sir David Attenborough - Earth in Vision

...Project What first sparked your interest in the natural world? Finding fossils, I think, but then I don’t think that’s in the least remarkable, I don’t know any four-year-old who’s not interested in the natural world, I truly don’t. I think that every child starts with a fascination of the world, whether it’s watching tadpoles change into frogs or splitting a...
Introducing engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing engineering

...management is a practice with processes, methods, and tools for managing risks in a project, activity or event. It provides a disciplined environment for proactive decision making to: assess continuously what could go wrong (identify risks) determine which risks are important to deal with implement strategies to deal with those risks. It is a decision-making process that...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Why is Croatia adopting a more welcoming approach to the refugees?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is Croatia adopting a more welcoming approach to the refugees?

...managed to handle the refugee crisis alone. So it should know what to do now. There was a stark reminder of just how physically present the remnants of war are in Croatia when the incoming migrants were warned to stay on specified routes into the country. If they strayed, they risked running into landmines still thought to be planted in cornfields along the way. The...
Safer battery could spark investment in renewables
Nature & Environment

Safer battery could spark investment in renewables

...in storage,” Professor Keith says. “We could cut electric sector carbon emissions to less than a third of their current levels using variable renewable, with natural gas to manage the intermittency. But this will require us to keep growing the electricity transmission infrastructure.” This article was originally published by Tim Radford on The Climate News Network....
How is Khat adding to the food crisis in Yemen?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How is Khat adding to the food crisis in Yemen?

...manager of Agricultural Extension and Media at the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation in Yemen, points out that significant efforts were made over the past years to reduce the cultivation of khat and to find effective alternatives, yet “implementing programmes to reduce its cultivation in light of the war and conflict is very difficult.” This article was...