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Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship
History & The Arts

Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship

...worked together to animate the ‘art of listening’. ‘Beyond The Babble’ was an interactive and participatory audio-focused installation, part of the ‘Who Are We?’ Tate Exchange Programme every day from the 14th-19th March. It explored questions of identity, belonging and the more limited impact that more nuanced voices may have. We argue that these voices go...
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Article 15 mins
Virtual reality, 19th Century style: The history of the panorama and balloon view
History & The Arts

Virtual reality, 19th Century style: The history of the panorama and balloon view

...worked by moving audiences between two different “sets” showing scenes from nature in changing time and seasons, the transitions effected by lighting. [Patent image of Daguerre’s London Diorama] Patent image of Daguerre's London Diorama, 1823 With the viewer at the centre of the view, the frame was dissolved. No longer was the experience of landscape representation...
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Article 5 mins
An introduction to electronics
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to electronics

...work in the Firefox and Chrome browsers, so you will need to use one of these browsers if you want to access the interactive content. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course T212 Electronics: sensing, logic and actuation...An introduction to electronics: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: recognise a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour
Money & Business

Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour

...working environment. Your first meeting was with Mr Jones, the company manager. Mr Jones gave you a very brief idea about the company’s internal control system and organisational structure. Mr Jones explained that he reports directly to the CEO, Mrs Ramy, who strives to meet family owners’ expectations and is under continuous pressure to achieve high returns. Mr Jones...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective

...work; musicians imitate recordings (thus reducing diversity). Source D (Manuel): cassette recording aids diversification of repertoire, and the preservation of archaic, endangered forms. Most observers seem to agree that recording has led to the unification of different styles and a consequent lessening of musical variety, as the recordings themselves are imitated. There...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Continuing classical Latin
History & The Arts

Continuing classical Latin

...works, was the variety which evolved into the Romance languages: Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian and other languages. Whether two different linguistic varieties are deemed to be the same language or not is not wholly a linguistic issue, but relies upon political and cultural factors as well. Latin vocabulary survives in these languages, although sometimes...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Studying mammals: The social climbers
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The social climbers

...work through the course. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Environment & Development...Studying mammals: The social climbers: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: identify the charactistics of primates and explain the main differences between the two suborders, prosimians and anthropoids describe the detection of...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Business communication: writing a SWOT analysis
Money & Business

Business communication: writing a SWOT analysis

...work surroundings, but also used the internet to gather more information about her own and other companies in the same line of business. She wrote the report in response to this assignment question: Assignment question Write a report analysing your organisation in its business environment, and the issues that are important to it at the present time. Use appropriate...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs