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Who belongs to Glasgow?
Society, Politics & Law

Who belongs to Glasgow?

...Public and private sector agencies have been to the fore in promoting the city as a place in which to invest and the dominant image of Glasgow is a much more ‘positive’ one. From being a city characterised by violence and conflict, Glasgow is now marketed by the Glasgow Development Agency's Business Location Service as ‘no mean city’ in which to do business. This...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
John Napier
Science, Maths & Technology

John Napier

...publication of his description of logarithms in 1614, three years before his death, Napier was best known to the world for his Protestant religious treatise A plaine discovery of the whole Revelation of Saint John (1594), a well-received work which was translated into several foreign languages. Napier’s interest in mathematics, and in computational methods in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Teaching secondary mathematics
Education & Development

Teaching secondary mathematics

...public interest in mathematics, and ultimately to ensure its continuation by bringing up the next generation of mathematicians. Mathematics develops statistical understanding that allows learners to test and weigh up many political claims and can develop an understanding of probability that assists learners in making sense of risk, chance and prediction. By working...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis
Languages

A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis

...publications in the middle of the decade. For example, an article cited in the Huffington Post in 2016 complained that ‘after 5,000 years of technological progress, we’ve returned to eking approximate meaning from pictograms’ (Smithurst, cited in Gage, 2016). Or there was the assertion on CNBC that emojis are evidence of the ‘the death of written language’, and...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...health in humans...Living psychology: animal minds: 4 From animal to human emotions - [Described image] Figure 6 Neuroscientist Jaak Panksepp (1943−2017) holding a degu Another way of conceptualising basic emotions is in terms of the motivations that they give the animal experiencing them. The neuroscientist Jaak Panksepp identified seven distinct primal (rather than...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Social care in the community
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social care in the community

...health and social care. All societies face the challenge of supporting people who, for a variety of reasons, are unable to function without assistance or supervision. It will focus on one important area of social care – home care for older people. Core Questions How do people access social care services? What do home carers do? This OpenLearn course is an adapted...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Fire ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Fire ecology

...health of the Fynbos. Fire clears away old vegetation, releasing important minerals to the soil. For proteas, the intense heat and smoke are also crucial catalysts for the next generation. Within hours of the fire passing, millions of seeds are released to the wind to await the next winter rains. Video 3 Fynbos on fire. The commentator mentions that fire is important in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Accessibility of eLearning
Education & Development

Accessibility of eLearning

...health conditions such as cancer, bipolar disorder or arthritis. [Described image] Figure 2 We are a diverse population Disabled people were among the early adopters of personal computers. They were quick to appreciate that word processing programs and printers gave them freedom from dependence on others to read and write for them. Similarly, although smaller devices like...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs