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Simple coding
Digital & Computing

Simple coding

...world go round. Cars and TVs have software that controls how they work, and global commerce and finance are impossible without software that control the stocks, carry out payments, find the best transport route, etc. Coding (or programming) is the construction of software. Coding involves writing a ‘recipe’, which in computing is called an algorithm, in a so called...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding dyslexia

...world of dyslexia. Some key terms and ideas will be introduced, including: how society’s views on disabilities have changed over time two different ways of thinking about disability and the idea of ‘intersectionality’ in-depth exploration of the world of dyslexia definitions. You’ll start your journey by looking at the disability rights movement that took place in...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

Returning to STEM

...world of work in science, technology, engineering, and maths. The Open University has produced this course because we know there are many people, women and men, who are already qualified or experienced in STEM, but not working in these sectors. I left school at 16 with five O levels. At 25, I was a single parent with three kids, wondering how on Earth I was going to earn...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
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Society, Politics & Law

Scottish courts and the law

...world legal history. WOMAN: Thank you. Thank you. NARRATOR: For in her Stevenson manufactured bottle of ginger beer, May Donoghue didn't just get ginger beer. She discovered something else as well. JOHN CAIRNS: It's got, you know, Paisley, a cafe, a friend, ice cream, ginger beer, and this decomposed snail. It's just kind of perfect. NARRATOR: The decisions of courts in...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Education & Development

Succeed with learning

...world’. As you now know, the ‘real world’ and academic study are not completely separate from each other. Many everyday skills can be useful for becoming a successful student and academic skills can have useful applications in everyday life. Being able to use academic skills in the real world can help you get used to being a student and to see this role as part of...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...world situations, observing animals in their natural habitats (known as ethology). It is widely accepted in psychology that the brain is the part of the body where the functions that involve the ‘mind’ take place. Everything you experience, feel, think, dream, remember, imagine and decide happens in your brain (although certain philosophers have questioned this...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Understanding ADHD
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding ADHD

...world as shown in Figure 1. [This is a map of the world with each continent shown in a different colour. Prevalence estimates are: North America 6-7% from 32 studies; South America 4-19% from 32 studies; Europe 4-6% from 32 studies; Africa 1-16% from 4 studies, Asia 3-5% from 15 studies and Oceania 1-8% from 6 studies.] Figure 1 The worldwide estimated prevalence of ADHD...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Helen Langdon's ‘Caravaggio’
History & The Arts

Helen Langdon's ‘Caravaggio’

...world or his art? Behind this questions lies a problem central to art history. Do we need to know about artists to know about their art? Martin Kemp gives the link between an artist and his art a historical complexion: The notion that there was something inherent in each artist at the deepest level found expression in the idea that ‘every painter paints himself’ – a...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs