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An introduction to floodplain meadows
Nature & Environment

An introduction to floodplain meadows

...skills in critical reasoning, and offering you an opportunity to contribute to future research priorities...This free course, An introduction to floodplain meadows, explores how these traditional landscapes can deliver a range of nature-based solutions that will improve our environment. The course will help you to learn about this unique environment, increasing your...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
An introduction to interaction design
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to interaction design

...studying this course, you should be able to: understand what interaction design is, the importance of user-centred design and methods of user information gathering understand how the sensory, cognitive and physical capabilities of users inform the design of interactive products understand the process of interaction design, including requirements elicitation, prototyping,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Challenging ideas in mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Challenging ideas in mental health

...study in Health and Social Care. You might be particularly interested in the Open University course K240 Mental health and community...Challenging ideas in mental health: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the complexity and dilemmas of diverse perspectives in the field of mental health and distress understand the importance...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Microgravity: living on the International Space Station Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Microgravity: living on the International Space Station

...skills, by locating information and studying online read a published article on quantum effects and consider how nature uses quantum mechanics apply the PROMPT approach to assessing the reliability of online sources successfully complete the Week 4 compulsory badge quiz...Week 4 Researching online sources: 1 Do weird physics effects also occur in nature? - In January...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Voice-leading analysis of music 2: the middleground
History & The Arts

Voice-leading analysis of music 2: the middleground

...study of Mozart's harmonic style that was begun in AA314_1. Once again, we will analyse the voice leading of extracts chosen from the piano sonatas. At the end of AA314_1, you saw that analysing the ‘foreground’ of the music – that is, the structure outlined by the consonances in the harmony – leads on to the discovery of deeper levels of structure. These deeper...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Intermediate French: 14 July
Languages

Intermediate French: 14 July

...skills in order to communicate more easily and effectively in French. Intermediate French: 14 July focuses on the French national holiday which commemorates the storming of the Bastille prison (la prise de la Bastille) in 1789...This free course, Intermediate French: 14 July, is taken from Ouverture, a language module that concentrates on French as a tool for...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Life in the Palaeozoic
Nature & Environment

Life in the Palaeozoic

...study creatures living in the Ordovician seas, including the extinct trilobites. Next, we'll investigate the invasion of land by plants and invertebrates that occurred in the Silurian Period, and look at life in Silurian seas. You'll also learn about the Devonian Period, when vertebrates first moved onto land. The course finishes with a brief outline of vertebrate...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Equity – law and idea
Society, Politics & Law

Equity – law and idea

...skills in and knowledge and understanding of legal principles. Beyond the confines of the Common Law of England and Wales Equity is rarely discussed or understood, but has long played a vital role in the social, economic, cultural and political life of the nation. As a principle of justice however, equity can be traced back millennia and found, for example, in many...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs