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Getting started with Italian 3
Languages

Getting started with Italian 3

...family and friends; let them know you’ve decided to start learning Italian and maybe they can help you or leave you in peace when you need to study. Buon lavoro!...Introduction: Open Centre for Languages and Cultures - This course has been developed from extracts of LGXI003 - Beginners Italian 3: stai andando bene!. The Open University have launched a dedicated learning...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Pain and Aspirin
Science, Maths & Technology

Pain and Aspirin

...family of compounds called alcohols, all of which have an —OH group attached to a hydrocarbon chain that is often depicted simply by the symbol R. Table 1: The structures of the main functional groups...Pain and aspirin: 4.3 Aspirin - Question 1 Compare the structure of aspirin, 2.8, with that of salicylic acid, 2.7. What similarities and differences can you see?...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

Mathematics for science and technology

...history. Coins have no memory!...Week 6: Probability: 4 Ways of expressing probability - According to Equation 1, probability is defined as a fraction. However a fraction such as one divided by four may also be expressed as a decimal number or as a percentage: equation sequence one divided by four equals 0.25 equals 25 percent The following statements: the probability of...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Making social media work in Higher Education
Education & Development

Making social media work in Higher Education

...family member who is studying or just interested in social media, you may also find aspects of this course useful. We encourage you to dip into those sections which seem most relevant to how you use social media. Social media is constantly evolving, so we have included findings from the latest research, alongside our own experiences of using social media and of talking to...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Transport and Sustainability
Science, Maths & Technology

Transport and Sustainability

...history of politic unrest. Newer low cobalt batteries contain 75–90% less cobalt than earlier generations of batteries, although they use twice as much nickel (which is also in short supply). This perhaps stresses the need for cobalt and nickel recycling from used battery packs. The high efficiency electric motors used in electric vehicles have also created an increased...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Introducing consciousness
History & The Arts

Introducing consciousness

...history of the words. The original meaning of ‘consciousness’ was awareness or knowledge, either shared or private, and some of our modern uses reflect this. Self-consciousness is awareness of oneself as an individual; class-consciousness is awareness of belonging to a particular socio-economic group; to be conscious of one's appearance is to be very aware of it; and...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Psychological research, obedience and ethics
Society, Politics & Law

Psychological research, obedience and ethics

...history of psychology is the research on obedience carried out by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s. In his research Milgram demonstrated the lengths to which people are willing to go just because someone in authority tells them to do something. The studies Milgram conducted also raised the issue of ethics in research, as some critics argued that he failed to take sufficient...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
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Education & Development

Succeeding in postgraduate study

...family, for example. You may need to reorganise how you use your time in order to fit sufficient study hours into your week. Use daily or weekly ‘to do’ lists to help you to plan and prioritise. These can help to clear your mind and clarify what is really important for your studies, but they can also result in you making a commitment to yourself that you will do what...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs