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Attention
Society, Politics & Law

Attention

...Social Sciences...Attention: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand different cognitive psychological aproaches used to examine such forms of attention as attention to regions of space, attention to objects and attention for action summarise the different cognitive psychological approaches under a fairly abstract definition of...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Making sense of art history
History & The Arts

Making sense of art history

...social media, images pervade our lives. From magazines to book design, houses to swimming pools, the study of art informs you about the world, improving your visual literacy and analytical skills. From the Renaissance to surrealism, A level History of Art with the NEC will provide you with the skills to read imagery and to better understand the world around you. Enrol...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Vaccination
Science, Maths & Technology

Vaccination

...social history of polio epidemics in the USA in the twentieth century. Click to view the Polio Case Study...Vaccination: 2.1 From passive to active - Since Jenner's pioneering discovery, many new vaccines have been developed (Table 1). The country in which a vaccine was first introduced is usually the one that developed it; France and the USA are among the most prominent:...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Learning how to learn
Education & Development

Learning how to learn

...Press, Buckingham, 1996 A Guide to Learning Independently, by L. Marshall and F. Rowland, published by Open University Press, Buckingham, 1996 Calculating and Computing for Social Science and Arts Students, by R. Solomon and C. Winch, published by Open University Press, Buckingham, 1994...Learning how to learn: 10.2 Other sources of help - The Good Study Guide ...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
The Byzantine icon
History & The Arts

The Byzantine icon

...social perspective. Sir Steven, like El Greco did with Vasari, concluded that ‘for all his [Gibbon’s] greatness as a historian, the spirit of Byzantium eluded him’. Sir Steven underlined that Gibbon had no interest in Byzantine art, and in fact (in another echo of Vasari) ‘never saw Byzantine art in its homelands’. The two most dismissive opinions to have been...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Introduction to ecosystems
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to ecosystems

...social activity. It’s little wonder that witnessing such a site has been described as a ‘memorable auditory and olfactory experience’. Such concentrations of flying foxes are ‘visible, audible and smellable for miles’ and therefore inevitably attract predators. But congregations of this type may decrease the likelihood of any one individual falling prey to...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Everyday maths 2
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2

...social media. Badges are a great motivation, helping you to reach the end of the course. Gaining a badge often boosts confidence in the skills and abilities that underpin successful study. So, completing this course should encourage you to think about taking other courses, for example enrolling at a college for a formal qualification. (You will be given details on this at...
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Free course 48 hrs
From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language
Health, Sports & Psychology

From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language

...social encounters. Thus the incoming signal has to be analysed and matched to a stored representation of one of the three calls. The human case is more complex. The first stage is to extract which phonemes are being uttered. Phonemes come in two major classes, consonants and vowels. Vowels are harmonic sounds. They are produced by periodic vibration of the vocal folds...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs