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Working mathematically
Science, Maths & Technology

Working mathematically

...Introduction - In this course you will explore a number of major issues in mathematics education. For example, when you think about mathematics, do you see it mainly as a collection of topics (mathematical content) or as a way of thinking (mathematical process)? Later in the course you will be asked to consider further the distinction between content and process in...
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
АНГЛІЙСЬКА НА КОЖЕН ДЕНЬ
Languages

АНГЛІЙСЬКА НА КОЖЕН ДЕНЬ

...Introduction to Psychology course [Book called Introduction to Psychology] Football fans [Newspaper report on a football match] Pop music fans [Magazine called Pop & Rock News] Vegetarians or those cooking for them [Book called 50 Vegetarian Favourites] Two lists follow, match one item from the first with one item from the second. Each item can only be matched once. There...
The moral equality of combatants
History & The Arts

The moral equality of combatants

...Introduction - This OpenLearn free course introduces and explores the idea of the moral equality of combatants and discusses the question of the basis of liability to killing in war. It invites students to understand and assess the epistemological argument for the moral equality of combatants and other arguments for and against this idea. This OpenLearn course is an...
Can we get to a world without suicide?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can we get to a world without suicide?

...manages hospitals, clinics and emergency rooms across Detroit, Ed Coffey, then the CEO of its Behavioural Health Services, remembers discussing Crossing the Quality Chasm, a report published that year by the US Institute of Medicine that called for sweeping healthcare reforms. The report had triggered a debate about the idea of ‘perfect care’, and Coffey wondered what...
What happens to you when you read?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens to you when you read?

...Introduction - Reading as a form of entertainment has a long history. Not only does a good book entertain us though, it can be an activity that brings us comfort. In this course you will discover that people have often turned to reading as one way of meeting times of difficulty across history, stretching back from the present day’s pandemic to, for example, the...
Numbers, units and arithmetic
Science, Maths & Technology

Numbers, units and arithmetic

...Introduction - This free course, Numbers, units and arithmetic, will help you to revise whole numbers, decimals and fractions, both positive and negative. You should know when and how to add, subtract, multiply and divide. Although you may have a calculator, you still need to do simple calculations in your head or on paper. Such calculations could be to estimate the size...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Datblygu strategaethau astudio effeithiol
Education & Development

Datblygu strategaethau astudio effeithiol

...Introduction - Gellir gwella eich gallu i ddysgu drwy: gael eich ysgogi bod â diben clir dadansoddi sut rydych yn gwneud pethau bod yn barod i roi cynnig ar bethau newydd cydnabod beth sy’n gweithio orau i chi. Os cymerwch ychydig o amser i feddwl sut rydych chi fel unigolyn yn dysgu’n effeithiol, fe welwch: y bydd astudio yn fwy pleserus y bydd yn haws deall deunydd...
Metals in medicine
Science, Maths & Technology

Metals in medicine

...Introduction - This free course, Metals in medicine, is comprised of two parts, which illustrate the key role metals play in medicine. The main focus of sections 1 – 3 is the role metals play in medical imaging, whereas sections 4 and 5 show how metal containing compounds play a crucial role in the treatment of many diseases including cancer. After studying this course...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs