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An introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)
Education & Development

An introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)

...researchers who are studying what do we know about how people learn. The software engineers who are looking at what are the affordances of the technology, the human computer interaction experts who look at the interface between humans and computers, and the domain experts, the faculty who teach statistics, chemistry, philosophy. This is not just about online courseware....
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Introduction to finite element analysis
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to finite element analysis

...research by some of the earth’s most intelligent mathematicians and scientists, it can only answer the questions asked of it. So, as the saying goes, ask a stupid question. The frothy solution Current CAD [computer-aided design] vendors are now selling suites which have cut-down versions of FEA engines integrated with computer-aided design software. The notion is to...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
A tour of the cell
Science, Maths & Technology

A tour of the cell

...research has revealed that they have filaments assembled from proteins similar to those found in eukaryotic cells, e.g. actin. The prokaryotic cytoskeleton has roles in cell division and maintaining cell shape and polarity. Cytoskeletal proteins form long, filament-like assemblies. There are three types of filaments, formed from different proteins: microfilaments (also...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Diagramming for development 2: exploring interrelationships
Digital & Computing

Diagramming for development 2: exploring interrelationships

...centres, industrial activities or ecosystems). Since its inception in 1995, the Programme has offered people opportunities to acquire a living wage and new skills. In some project areas, the Programme provides childcare, community centres, national water conservation education and has also improved general health (the lack of water or use of polluted water can generate...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
An introduction to data and information in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to data and information in health and social care

...children as young as two can use. The nursery keeps its records on a computer and it has a website. At work, I write using a computer and find information both from the library catalogues and from the internet using my computer. I send and receive emails from colleagues down the corridor as easily as those from across the world. During my lunch break I stop at the bank....
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Why is there a tax on tampons - and why is it so hard to make sanitary protection tax free?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is there a tax on tampons - and why is it so hard to make sanitary protection tax free?

...children’s clothing. The negotiation was final and, crucially, did not include sanitary products. Sanitary products were charged at the standard rate in the UK until the 2000 budget at which point the VAT rate on sanitary products was reduced to 5%. The essential legal instrument regulating VAT application across the EU contains three provisions relevant to the tampon...
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Article 5 mins
Referendum Rhetoric: keeping a-hold of nurse or leaping into the dark?
Society, Politics & Law

Referendum Rhetoric: keeping a-hold of nurse or leaping into the dark?

...children, Jim, the little boy who let go of nurse’s hand, did indeed experience something worse: he was eaten by a lion. Instead of pointing that out, the Prime Minister David Cameron said that a vote to leave the EU would be ‘a leap in the dark’: ‘Our current access to the single market would cease immediately after two years were up; our current trade agreements...
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Article 10 mins
A new layer: Culture, the Irish language and identity in 2015
OpenLearn Ireland

A new layer: Culture, the Irish language and identity in 2015

...Children no longer play in Irish during playtime at school; our host families have reduced from twelve families to four and the English language is spoken daily by over 90% of the population. Oideas Gael is a strong force in the area, both economically and socially but, all in all, it is clear that reversing language decline is a particularly difficult challenge once the...
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Video 5 mins