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Transport and Sustainability
Science, Maths & Technology

Transport and Sustainability

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course T213 Energy and Sustainability. ...Transport and Sustainability: Introduction - Transport has considerable environmental impacts. It creates problems of urban air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. There is also the problem of determining who is the most important urban road user; the private car, public...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
The Roman Empire: introducing some key terms
History & The Arts

The Roman Empire: introducing some key terms

...course are derived from content originated at the Open University. Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions...
Modelling and estimation
Science, Maths & Technology

Modelling and estimation

...course, Modelling and estimation, is an extract from the Open University course M248 Analysing data, a second level course that aims to bring you a wide-ranging, data-oriented presentation of many of the basic tools of modern practical statistics. Modelling and estimation consists of selected material from M248, Books A and B. It has three sections in total. You should...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
The search for water on Mars
Science, Maths & Technology

The search for water on Mars

...overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses....
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
An introduction to design engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to design engineering

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course T192 Engineering: origins, methods, context...An introduction to design engineering: Learning outcomes - After studying this course you should be able to: understand the broad scope of design engineering recognise the main drivers for design engineering describe how human variation impacts on design engineering...
Working in groups and teams
Money & Business

Working in groups and teams

...Table 4: Adapted from Hill, L. A. and Farkas, M. T. (2001) ‘A note on team processes’, Harvard Business Online. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Dance skills
Education & Development

Dance skills

...inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
What is a metal?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is a metal?

...Open University course S111 Questions in science...What is a metal?: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand metallic bonding and how it is related to metallic characteristics understand the role of metals in everyday life...What is a metal?: 1 What is a metal? - To begin, have a look at the following questions. Write down the...
Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs