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Machines, minds and computers
Digital & Computing

Machines, minds and computers

...becoming smarter and may soon become intelligent. This free course, Machines, minds and computers, looks at what intelligence is, how computers may become so, and whether they ever will really be intelligent. It is aimed at people interested in understanding what intelligence and thinking really are, and who want to understand the underpinnings of our ideas about...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Introduction to Arabic
Education & Development

Introduction to Arabic

...student heard the teacher. The teacher heard the student. The change that occurs at the end of words in Arabic is called إِعْرَاب - Iʿrāb (declensions). Each of these vowels is a sign of a case: kasra: is a sign for the genitive case which concerns nouns only. ḍamma: is a sign for the nominative case which concern both nouns and verbs. Fatḥa: is a sign for...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
The science of alcohol Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of alcohol

...become beer. Now, the final stage of the malting process after we've sold the grains and allowed them to germinate is kilning. And that basically dries the grains out, which means that we can store them for long periods of time and use them whenever we want. But by kilning using different temperatures and for different amounts of time, we can end up with different types...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Social science and participation
Society, Politics & Law

Social science and participation

...become a full and active members of their society. NARRATOR Social scientists, since the days of Booth and Rowntree, have played an important role in measuring and documenting poverty. And over time, this has shifted people's understandings of poverty. The aim has been to inform and shape public debate and policy making so that the lives of the poorest members of society...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Climate change
Nature & Environment

Climate change

...become established through the IPCC, the complexities and uncertainties of the science provide opportunity for climate sceptics to challenge the Panel's findings...Climate change: 1.1 Introduction - At the beginning of the 21st century, terms such as the 'greenhouse effect', 'greenhouse gases' and 'greenhouse warming' are printed or spoken thousands of times a week in the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 18 hrs
Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality Badge icon
Money & Business

Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality

...becoming an employer with all the responsibilities and obligations that implies. Jyoti Banerjee of the M-Institute (a not-for-profit organisation that supports and promotes growth of medium-sized businesses) observes that leading a small business versus a medium-sized business is very different and requires quite different behaviours and attitudes. Watch this short video...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Unsolved problems in cosmology
Science, Maths & Technology

Unsolved problems in cosmology

...become aware that there are several major unknowns in cosmological theory. These knowledge gaps are frustrating for cosmologists, students, and members of the public who would like to understand the nature of the Universe. This course will discuss the three most crucial unresolved problems in modern cosmology: the nature of dark matter, which is suggested to explain the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Pum awgrym ar sut i gynllunio arferion hunanofal newydd
Health, Sports & Psychology

Pum awgrym ar sut i gynllunio arferion hunanofal newydd

...student sitting on carpet and writing] Ar ddiwedd pob diwrnod, gwnewch yn siŵr eich bod yn iawn. Gofynnwch i chi eich hun beth wnaethoch chi heddiw a helpodd i chi gael ymdeimlad o gydbwysedd a'r bobl hynny a gafodd effaith negyddol ar eich hwyliau. Yna, ewch ati i fyfyrio ar sut y gallech newid pethau yfory. Gwnewch hyn ar ffurf dyddiadur ysgrifenedig os yw'n helpu....
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