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What is the genome made of?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is the genome made of?

...become two new ones with identical genetic material, the DNA in each chromosome must undergo a process in which an identical copy is made. As noted above, Watson and Crick postulated that DNA base-pairing provides a mechanism by which the DNA might be copied (see Figure 5). This DNA copying mechanism, usually referred to as DNA replication, is the process we consider...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy

...student using a fluorescence microscope in The Open University’s laboratories...Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy: 1.1 Why do we need microscopy? - Almost all cells are too small to be seen with the naked eye, so the study of cellular structure only began with the development of lenses and microscopes that could magnify cells many hundreds of times. A...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Professor Lord Nicholas Stern - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Professor Lord Nicholas Stern - Stories of Change

...OU and Radio 4. All our interviewees in this series are being asked the same first question which is: when did you first get interested in energy? NS: I’d been working on economics and development all my professional life, starting in the late sixties, so energy in relation to development has always been an important subject for me, but focussing on energy is really...
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An introduction to interaction design
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to interaction design

...become part of everyday life. But how can interactions be designed to best meet their purpose and offer good user experience? This free course, An introduction to interaction design, explores this topic. You will learn: what interaction design is; the importance of user-centred design - with its goals and principles; how interaction design focuses on the characteristics...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
The family at the centre of early learning
Education & Development

The family at the centre of early learning

...become more familiar with looking at the findings from research studies in order to understand complex ideas – in this instance, the influence of culture on children’s learning. Finally, the course closes by looking specifically at ‘stay and play’ or ‘parent and toddler’ sessions, so that you can consider whether family learning changes as children begin to...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution
History & The Arts

Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution

...Student protests (which peaked in 1968) and the sexual revolution were significant expressions of this. Music and musical taste became extremely important to the counterculture. In particular, rock and folk music became its soundtrack. Figure 2 Women's Liberation Parade on 5th Avenue, New York, 16 August 1971...Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution: 3.1 Authenticity -...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Exploring educational leadership
Education & Development

Exploring educational leadership

...become ‘senior leadership teams’ (Gunter, 2004). It is important to note that we are not suggesting that people are either leaders or managers, but rather that most roles are an amalgam of the two and that the proportions may vary according to the context or situation. It may not be helpful to force a distinction between leaders and managers as that narrows down the...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Oxygen, blood and the body
Science, Maths & Technology

Oxygen, blood and the body

...OU References Flexman, A.M., Del Vicario, G. and Schwarz, S.K.W. (2007) ‘Dark Green Blood in the Operating Theatre’, The Lancet, vol. 369, p. 1972. Hazes B., Kalk K. H., Hol W. G. J., Magnus K. A., Bonaventura C., Bonaventura J. and Daute Z., (1993) ‘Crystal structure of deoxygenated Limulus polyphemus subunit II hemocyanin at 2.18 A resolution: clues for a...
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