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Scoring the Shoreline
History & The Arts

Scoring the Shoreline

...mathematics and number symbolism. The orchestral work Lighthouses of England and Wales by Benedict Mason (b. 1955), which won first prize in the 1988 Benjamin Britten Composers Competition, works with sounds made by the sonic beacons used by ships to locate specific lighthouses. The work derives from a journey, in which the composer visited lighthouses between the Solway...
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Article 15 mins
Children’s experiences with digital technologies
Education & Development

Children’s experiences with digital technologies

...mathematics and science knowledge and skills earlier development of fine motor skills enhanced problem-solving improved social interaction skills boost of children’s general confidence enhanced peer interactions in the class enhanced self-efficacy and self-worth from completing game tasks. (Herodotou, 2017) Yet, there was no clear evidence as to whether mobile devices...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Meiosis and mitosis
Science, Maths & Technology

Meiosis and mitosis

...mathematical idea of probability...Meiosis and mitosis: 1 Meiosis and the life cycle - You will begin this course by learning about the type of nuclear division called meiosis. This process is intimately linked to the life cycle of organisms that reproduce sexually...Meiosis and mitosis: 1.1 Chromosomes and the life cycle - Chromosomes are present in the cells of all...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth
Education & Development

Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth

...mathematics teachers. And I’ll talk a little bit about why and how that focus came about. It really arose from my professional practice and experience. I was a secondary maths teacher and later a consultant supporting teacher professional learning. At the time I started the research I was a teacher educator. So, I worked with beginning teachers and also designed and led...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Earth from above, 18th Century style
History & The Arts

Earth from above, 18th Century style

...mathematical equation to test mental acuity at altitude, went alongside checking height and air pressure. In some cases, science funding had got them up there in the first place. The first successful manned balloon flights were conducted in France with state support. The ascents themselves became known as “experiments”, and were concerned with an exploration of the...
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Surfaces
Science, Maths & Technology

Surfaces

...mathematics. In this free course, you will learn to classify surfaces and will be introduced to such concepts as homeomorphism, orientability, the Euler characteristic and the classification theorem of compact surfaces...Surfaces are a special class of topological spaces that crop up in many places in the world of mathematics. In this free course, you will learn to...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Systems diagramming
Digital & Computing

Systems diagramming

...mathematical relationships dominate, but in this course we deal mainly with non-mathematical relationships and so exclude the charts and graphs most commonly found in scientific and technological texts. Figure 1a...Systems diagramming: 2.3 Structure and process - Diagrams are normally intended to describe either structure or process and not both. Table 1 gives a...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Human use of animals
History & The Arts

Human use of animals

...to hear more philosophy podcasts. Did you enjoy this? Why not try another episode of Ethics Bites? Learn more ​ BBC Religion and Ethics: Animal Ethics The Moral Status of Animals Singer and His Critics edited by Dale Jamieson, published by Wiley-Blackwell Editor's note: The website Open2.net mentioned in this programme merged with OpenLearn in 2011....
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Audio 15 mins