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The search for water on Mars
Science, Maths & Technology

The search for water on Mars

...Introduction - In 1972, the crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft took an iconic photograph of the Earth as they travelled towards the Moon. The photograph (Figure 1a), known as ‘The Blue Marble’, shows the extent of the Earth’s water held within oceans, polar ice and clouds. You may be familiar with Earth being known as the ‘blue planet’. Indeed, the Earth’s...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Music and its media
History & The Arts

Music and its media

...Introduction - This free course will provide an introduction to some of the main ways in which music is transmitted. There are three case studies, each of which focuses on one form of musical media during a specific historical period in a particular geographical location. You will begin by looking at a copyist of music manuscripts in the sixteenth-century Low Countries;...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Data and processes in computing
Digital & Computing

Data and processes in computing

...Introduction - This course provides an introduction to data and processes in software, and provides a basis that enables these fundamental ideas to be developed in a clear and precise way. It has two main aims. The first is to illustrate how we can describe ways in which data may be structured and processed. The second is to introduce you to some vocabulary and concepts...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema
Languages

Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema

...Introduction - Cinematography first became something the public could enjoy at a screening in Paris in 1895, at the Salon Indien of the Grand Café, Boulevard des Capucines. Since then, cinema has become a crucial part of French culture. In this free course, Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema, you will learn about the art, the industry and the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Engineering: environmental fluids
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: environmental fluids

...Introduction - We all have constant daily experience of fluids, from breathing air to taking showers and checking weather forecasts, which means that we all have a great deal of intuitive knowledge about how they behave; this course will build on that knowledge. The Earth’s atmosphere and oceans are two of the most important fluids for engineers, and a working knowledge...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Approaching poetry
History & The Arts

Approaching poetry

...Introduction - This course is designed to develop the analytical skills you need for a more in-depth study of literary texts. You will learn about rhythm, alliteration, rhyme, poetic inversion, voice and line lengths and endings. You will examine poems that do not rhyme and learn how to compare and contrast poetry. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 2 study...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Squares, roots and powers
Science, Maths & Technology

Squares, roots and powers

...Introduction - This free course, Squares, roots and powers, reminds you about powers of numbers, such as squares and square roots. In particular, powers of 10 are used to express large and small numbers in a convenient form, known as scientific notation, which is used by scientific calculators. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Electromagnetism: testing Coulomb’s law
Science, Maths & Technology

Electromagnetism: testing Coulomb’s law

...Introduction - Electrical charges can be positive or negative. Charges of the same type repel each other, and charges of different types attract each other. For example, static electricity can cause hair to stand on end as similarly charged strands of hair all try to avoid each other, while in lightning a build up of negatively charged electrons moves rapidly to a region...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs