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Mark Twain on whether Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare
History & The Arts

Mark Twain on whether Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare

...student a bewildering multitude of pilot-phrases so thoroughly and perfectly that he could talk them off in book and play or conversation and make no mistake that a pilot would not immediately discover. It was a triumph for me. He was silent awhile, and I knew what was happening--he was losing his temper. And I knew he would presently close the session with the same old...
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Philosophy: the nature of persons
History & The Arts

Philosophy: the nature of persons

...become objects of study in the social and psychological sciences’. He gives three specific instances of this. First, ‘increased historical and anthropological awareness of the great variety of forms these human attitudes may take at different times and in different cultures’. If some cultures can do without blame and resentment, it would make us wonder whether such...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Beginners’ German: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ German: food and drink

...OU in the Beginners' German module...This free course, Beginners' German: food and drink, provides materials that support the development of listening, reading, writing and speaking skills. The content focuses on food, restaurants and eating habits. The course also gives examples of how grammar, vocabulary, cultural aspects and study skills are taught by the OU in the...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Critically exploring psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Critically exploring psychology

...become far more central to psychology because of the growth and availability of technology. In particular, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) examines blood flow to infer which areas of the brain are actively processing information during specific tasks...Critically exploring psychology: 1.5 Individual differences - This final area of psychology takes a slightly...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
The search for water on Mars
Science, Maths & Technology

The search for water on Mars

...become a primary target for exploration. In this course, you will learn more about some of these exploration efforts, specifically those that have hunted for water on Mars. You will learn about how evidence for water in Mars’ past and present has been identified, and what this might mean for Mars’ history and the possibilities of finding life there. After studying...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Understanding musical scores
History & The Arts

Understanding musical scores

...become a map for his memory. GOLDIE Is it like this? One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one! (SINGING) Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum-- IVOR SETTERFIELD Yes. GOLDIE So it's 16 bars. [LAUGHING] [ORCHESTRA PLAYING] [CHEERING] On reflecting about the video of Goldie, we hope you noticed the importance of...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present
History & The Arts

The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present

...become the text of the Olympic Charter) reflected an emphasis on moral values and a concern with virtue and discipline as well as physical achievements. Promoting global peace (a modern ‘Olympian truce’) was also at the heart of the modern Olympic movement. Like the Ancient Greek Games, the first modern Olympics insisted on the principle of amateurism. (The...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language
Health, Sports & Psychology

From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language

...becomes /da/ The hearer cannot rely on the absolute frequency of formants to identify vowels, since, as we have seen, you can pronounce any vowel at any pitch, and different speakers have different depths of voices. So a transformation must be performed to extract the position of (at least) the first two formants relative to the fundamental frequency. But that is not all....
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs