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Creating open educational resources
Education & Development

Creating open educational resources

...family go into that. Again, it’s just exposing that a bit. Lowering the lifetime costs of developing OER. Of course that can be important by sharing these things. That’s one of the things that online learning does force us about, things like UK HE can be more cost effective. But collaborating, collaborating is not just for other universities. Public commercial...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Numbers, units and arithmetic
Science, Maths & Technology

Numbers, units and arithmetic

...family, they note the debt on a piece of paper headed ‘IOU’ (I owe you). Thomas puts the ‘IOUs’ into his piggy bank. IOUs represent a negative amount of money (or debts). Now suppose, at another time, Thomas’s piggy bank contains an IOU for £3 when Thomas receives a gift of £5 to add to his piggy bank. £3 of this pays off the IOU and he has £2 left in the...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Eutrophication
Nature & Environment

Eutrophication

...history as the type and intensity of human activities has changed. [Figure 1.11] Figure 1.11 Relationship between historical human activities and productivity of lakes in Cumbria, UK. (BP means ‘years before present’.) In the Norfolk Broads, the waters of the River Ant had a diverse macrophyte flora during the 19th century. The submerged species known as water soldier...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
The formation of exoplanets
Science, Maths & Technology

The formation of exoplanets

...History and Theory of the Heavens. Today, our understanding of protoplanetary discs stems from experimental observations and theoretical models of the behaviour of gases in the gravitational fields of stars...The formation of exoplanets: 1.1 Observations of protoplanetary discs - The presence of discs around newborn stars is a natural consequence of the collapse of the...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Teaching Spanish pronunciation
Languages

Teaching Spanish pronunciation

...history), piel (skin), limpio (clean). The falling diphthongs of Spanish are /ai̯, ei,̯ oi̯, au̯, eu̯, (ou̯)/, paisaje (landscape),rey (king), boina (beret), flauta (flute), Europa (Europe). Note that when the glide is word-final, it is generally spelt ‘y’. Some transcriptions use /j/ rather than /i̯/. A homogenous diphthong is created when two different high...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Digital communications
Digital & Computing

Digital communications

...history of optical-fibre communications in the UK can be found in a paper by Professor Midwinter of University College London, published in the ‘Millennium Issue’ of the IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics (Midwinter, 2000). Coherent optical communications: a cul-de-sac? In the 1980s, a lot of research effort was expended on developing a technique...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Everyday maths 2 (Northern Ireland)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2 (Northern Ireland)

...family and employers, and on social media. Badges are a great motivation, helping you to reach the end of the course. Gaining a badge often boosts confidence in the skills and abilities that underpin successful study. So, completing this course should encourage you to think about taking other courses, for example enrolling at a college for a formal qualification. (You...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Everyday maths 2 (Wales)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2 (Wales)

...family go on holiday together. They each pay £155. What is the total cost of the holiday? You make an insurance claim worth £18 950. The insurance company pays you £12 648. What is the difference between what you claimed and what you actually received? You go to the local café and buy a coffee for £2.35, a tea for £1.40 and a croissant for £1.85. How much do you...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs