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Achieving public dialogue
Science, Maths & Technology

Achieving public dialogue

...study in Science...Achieving public dialogue: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate a greater awareness of science-based issues of public importance demonstrate a greater insight into the phrase ‘the public understanding of science’ demonstrate a raised awareness of the ways in which the public can be consulted in relation...
Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
An introduction to minerals and rocks under the microscope
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to minerals and rocks under the microscope

...study of minerals using a polarising microscope. While the study of minerals can involve electron or ion beam chemical analysis, the polarising microscope remains the prime tool for the study of rock thin sections and is the foundation of learning to recognise, characterise and identify rocks...In this free course, An introduction to minerals and rocks under the...
Design thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Design thinking

...studying this course, you should be able to: have an awareness of how design thinking can be applied in a wide range of contexts, from the personal to the global investigate and think creatively about design problems and opportunities initiate an attitude of playfulness to aid design thinking develop visual literacy and articulacy to explain design decisions use computing...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Beginners’ German: Places and people
Languages

Beginners’ German: Places and people

...skills which will help you to cope in a range of situations...Do you want to learn the basics of the German language? This free course, Beginners’ German: Places and people, will take you on a journey through German-speaking countries. You will read and hear about a range of places and people. This OpenLearn course will give you the opportunity to develop language...
Changing cities
Society, Politics & Law

Changing cities

...studies, planning, political science and sociology. The framework developed in this course is meant to serve as an analytical heuristic, a device for framing the questions that should be asked when seeking to understand any particular urban issue or a place-based problem. Find out more about studying with The Open University by visiting our online prospectus...Changing...
Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
The meaning of crime
Society, Politics & Law

The meaning of crime

...study in Sociology...The meaning of crime: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: give a definition of crime (in terms of society) state the steps and factors that lead from a crime to conviction illustrate how society views crime ‘with fear and fascination’ give examples of the relationship between crime rates and the evidence to...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Beginners’ Tamil: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Tamil: a taster course

...studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate an awareness of the Tamil alphabet and sound, and a basic understanding of the Tamil language count up to 10 in Tamil name some of the traditional musical instruments used by Tamils name some of the fruits grown in Tamil Nadu greet a person in Tamil, and say simple phrases related to numbers, musical instruments and...
Schubert's Lieder: Settings of Goethe's poems
History & The Arts

Schubert's Lieder: Settings of Goethe's poems

...study in Arts and Humanities...Schubert's Lieder: Settings of Goethe's poems: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand Schubert's place as a composer in early nineteenth-century Vienna understand the place of Schubert in the history of German song and the development of Romanticism follow the words of songs by Schubert while...