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Open education
Education & Development

Open education

...world but, uniquely, it also forms part of the module for students who are studying the Open University course H817 Openness and innovation in elearning...There are many different 'flavours' or interpretations of what openness means in education. This free course, Open education, is an example of a massive open online course (MOOC) and spans seven weeks. Like all the free...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows
Nature & Environment

Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows

...world...What affects the atmospheric and ocean flows? This free course, Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows, explores the mechanisms that are important; the most rapid carrier is the wind. The basic principle of global atmospheric circulation is simple: warm air rises and cold air sinks. How does this principle affect the atmosphere and flow of water in...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 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

...World Wide Web, more commonly known as the internet, is an example of a vast store of information, which can be searched. The internet and the web: what’s the difference? People sometimes confuse the internet and the World Wide Web. The internet refers to the physical interconnection of large numbers of smaller data communications networks to form a huge, publicly...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Як почати навчання онлайн
Education & Development

Як почати навчання онлайн

...World War (Hirschfeld et al., 2012) and The Cambridge History of the First World War (Winter, 2014). Анніка Тож, Вінсе, наше сьогоднішнє завдання — спробувати дізнатися, скільки людей загинуло під час Першої світової війни. Це не саме просте...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Dutch painting of the Golden Age
History & The Arts

Dutch painting of the Golden Age

...world that is recognisably continuous with our own. Even where an artist depicts activities that belong to a different era, such as the bleaching of cloth in the fields surrounding the city of Haarlem (Figure 4), this simply adds a further element of interest and value. It is therefore perhaps surprising to learn that there has been vigorous debate among art historians...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
What is poetry?
History & The Arts

What is poetry?

...world and see what I see.’ W.N. Herbert It’s a poem about where we always go on holiday, which my daughter assumes is just going to continue for ever and ever, which is the same little town in Crete and the bay. The poem’s actually named after the bay, so it’s got a Greek name – ‘Ormos Almirou’ – and it was about just one moment when we were playing in the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Young people’s wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young people’s wellbeing

...World Health Organization (WHO) in the years following the Second World War: Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. (World Health Organization, 1948) What work is the word ‘wellbeing’ doing in this definition? First, it signals an attempt to bring together different aspects of health –...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment
Nature & Environment

Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment

...World Health Organization (WHO, 2002), about 1.7 million people die each year due to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene. In this text we consider in outline the major sources of pollution and the effect that pollutants have on the aquatic environment. The activities located throughout the text will help you to review and remember what you have read. This OpenLearn...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs