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Technological innovation: a resource-based view
Science, Maths & Technology

Technological innovation: a resource-based view

...introduction to a range of related concepts, ideas and debates which enable you to develop a critical understanding of capabilities in relation to technological innovation. It will enable you to develop a critical understanding of the development, management and application of some of the most important capabilities for technological innovation...This free course,...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Selling Empire
History & The Arts

Selling Empire

How was Empire marketed? How did British authorities and companies try to persuade people that Empire was a ‘good thing’: worth supporting by showing preference for empire goods, travel, emigration and investment? Read our introduction first for an overview of this collection.
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Article 5 mins
Auftakt: intermediate German
Languages

Auftakt: intermediate German

...introduction to different aspects of everyday life in German speaking countries. The tracks contain recordings of German and Austrian native speakers and have been taken from the audio-visual materials for the Open University module L130 Auftakt, intermediate German... Introduction Three German cities City Tour Graz A tour of Graz Das Schlupfhaus Emergency shelter for...
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Video 55 mins
Noise Pollution
Science, Maths & Technology

Noise Pollution

...introduction to this album. Noise Levels A fun, easy introduction to the scale of noise pollution and what kind of exposure leaves the ear irreparably damaged Driving Out Noise Car manufacturer Lexus insulate their trademark luxury cars, but what is the impact of 'white noise' on people living near motorways. Tuning Car Engines Experts from the Motor Industry Research...
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Audio 27 mins
World Archaeology
History & The Arts

World Archaeology

...introduction to archaeology and its methodologies for excavation of sites that can be more than 12000 years old. Like piecing together a jigsaw puzzle but without a picture guide, archaeologists can establish how cities and civilisations developed, why humans started farming, and how empires formed and collapsed. This material forms part of The Open University course A251...
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Audio 1 hr 6 mins
Life with the lions: Why relocating South African lions to Rwanda might create its own problems
Science, Maths & Technology

Life with the lions: Why relocating South African lions to Rwanda might create its own problems

...managers spent a lot of time and effort in finding a suitable source population. Many arguments were taken into account. Prevalence of diseases need to be known and selecting individuals for the translocation cannot negatively influence the source population. One of the guidelines for this is that priority should be given to a source population in close geographic...
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Article 5 mins
The importance of interpersonal skills
Money & Business

The importance of interpersonal skills

...Introduction - Much of what is most important about management is interpersonal, how we deal with others. Awareness of our own and others’ interpersonal skills can help us enormously in dealing with the work tasks we are responsible for. This course is also available in Welsh on Openlearn Cymru. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Business &...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Number theory
Science, Maths & Technology

Number theory

...introduction to Number Theory. Section 1 provides a brief introduction to the kinds of problem that arise in Number Theory. Section 2 reviews and provides a more formal approach to a powerful method of proof, mathematical induction. Section 3 introduces and makes precise the key notion of divisibility. The Division Algorithm, concerning the division of one integer by...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs