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Everyday maths 2
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2

...multiplication knowledge – to work out the cost! Figure 1 Floor plan of a house This session of the course will draw upon the skills you learned in the ‘Working with numbers’ and ‘Units of measure’ sessions. Throughout this session you will learn how to find the perimeter, area and volume of simple and more complex shapes – if you’ve ever decorated a room...
Free course 48 hrs
Revision and examinations
Education & Development

Revision and examinations

...multiple-choice answers. Others ask for essay or short paragraph answers. Some require technical or numerical answers. Reading the instructions on the exam paper is particularly important, as the following quote from a student indicates: ‘I could have kicked myself… as I walked out of the exam room, I looked again at the instructions and saw, to my horror, that...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Migration 2018: What's currently happening?
Society, Politics & Law

Migration 2018: What's currently happening?

...multiple rescue operations conducted in the Gibraltar Strait. On Sunday, four migrants were rescued from a sinking boat 18 miles south of Cabo de Gata, Almería. According to their testimonies, 47 people were on the boat when they departed from Morocco. A merchant vessel retrieved one body in the Alboran sea on Sunday evening; therefore, an estimated 42 people remain...
An invisible group: Young people’s experiences of living with a loved one who is seriously ill
Health, Sports & Psychology

An invisible group: Young people’s experiences of living with a loved one who is seriously ill

...multiple sclerosis while Amy was at primary school in year 6 (approximate age: 11 years) and had experienced continuing poor health as a result over subsequent years. ‘In year 5, my aunty was diagnosed first and then my mum a year later. So my aunty was diagnosed in 2007 and my mum in 2008’ (Amy). Now aged 20, Amy’s late childhood and teenage years had been spent in...
The Balakot Earthquake: Ten years on
Science, Maths & Technology

The Balakot Earthquake: Ten years on

...multiple fault lines passing under the town. The graphic way survivors described it made it sound as if the whole valley was expected to disappear into a giant sink hole. The “red zone” status meant that the government banned the building of permanent structures within a 5km radius. The reconstruction authority also announced that survivors would be shifted to “New...
FabLab Nepal: creative learning as a way towards equality
Science, Maths & Technology

FabLab Nepal: creative learning as a way towards equality

...multiple disciplines and expose students to the Project Based Learning (PBL) approach with hands-on, project-based learning sessions conducted at FabLab Nepal. The goal was to expose children that had only experienced a traditional, theoretical and text-based way of learning to playfulness and experiential learning, to promote engagement, group work, and the development...
How to make the best of your digital badge
Education & Development

How to make the best of your digital badge

...multiple formats. It’s relevant, topical and for many of OpenLearn courses, it is rewarded with a digital badge. As we celebrate the extraordinary achievement that is the issuing of our quarter of a millionth digital badge, it’s heartening to reflect that the initial drive to enable digital credentials on one of the world’s largest free learning platforms has...
Getting started with a Password Manager
Digital & Computing

Getting started with a Password Manager

...multiple machines If you use more than one device, you will need to download LastPass for each phone, tablet or computer that you use. Simply follow the instructions at the top of this article to obtain the necessary version of the software. After installing LastPass, log-in to your existing LastPass account – you do not need to create another account for each machine...