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Studying mammals: The insect hunters
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The insect hunters

...et al. (1997) Eckert Animal Physiology: Mechanisms and Adaptations, W. H. Freeman and Company © Figure 6: Adapted from Schmidt-Nielson (1975), Animal Physiology, Adaptation and Environment, Cambridge University Press and reprinted in Randall et al. (1997) Eckert Animal Physiology: Mechanisms and Adaptations, W. H. Freeman and Company Figure 6 Graph of basal metabolic...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Approaching language, literature and childhood
Education & Development

Approaching language, literature and childhood

...articles and books (e.g. Rhetorics of Fantasy (2008) by Farah Mendlesohn). While adult fantasy has traditionally been categorised as popular rather than prestigious literature, the fantastic has been a more acceptable and sometimes highly valued feature within children’s literature. Perhaps this is because it can be appreciated both as pleasurable play in relation to a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Veiling
History & The Arts

Veiling

...article covering head, shoulders, and face or in the sense of ornamentation over a hat drawn over the eyes. In this usage ‘veil’ is not confined to face covering, but extends to the head and shoulders. The spatial sense specifies veil as a screen dividing physical space, while the communication sense emphasizes the notion of concealing and invisibility. ‘Veil’ in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
The search for water on Mars
Science, Maths & Technology

The search for water on Mars

...et l’Activité) instrument, which can detect minerals on the martian surface. Clay minerals and hydrated sulfates, which can only form in the presence of water, were found at Terra Meridiani, Mawrth Vallis, Nili Fossae, Aram Chaos, and Valles Marineris - as well as in isolated locations in the martian Highlands. Combining relative age information obtained from craters...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
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Money & Business

Effective communication in the workplace

...article/ 239840 (Accessed 15 February 2019). Mitchell, O. (no date) ‘Mehrabian and nonverbal communication’ [Online]. Available at https://speakingaboutpresenting.com/ presentation-myths/ mehrabian-nonverbal-communication-research/ (Accessed 10 July 2019). Morrissy-Swan, T. (2018) ‘What your handshake says about you’, The Telegraph [Online]. Available at...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Understanding language and learning
Languages

Understanding language and learning

...articles I read recently from both Mexico and Germany where people say, you know, we have a variety of our own. So it looks like these countries are not norm dependent. They are evolving norms of their own. So in a sense a lot of people now doubt this tripartite distinction even native speakerhood is being critiqued and there are others outside the traditional native...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
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Education & Development

Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits

...articles to explore how different combinations of subjects can be applied to specific, interdisciplinary contexts: The Environment What are the benefits of interdisciplinary study? Can science make you a better leader? You can also explore a wide range of other subjects on OpenLearn using audio, videos and interactive content. All of this may help inform the subjects you...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Early modern Europe: an introduction
History & The Arts

Early modern Europe: an introduction

...et simples dignités (‘Treatise on orders and plain dignities’); the other is from an article by Defoe (1660–1731), a novelist and social commentator, in an eighteenth-century newspaper. Read the two quotations then answer the following questions: How many groups or orders do Loyseau and Defoe identify? What is the basis for their division of society? Loyseau,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs