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Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation
History & The Arts

Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation

...thinking about how pitch systems are organised more globally...Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation: 6 Frequency and note identity - Western musicians often assign specific frequencies to the notes of the gamut. In the most widely used system for allocating frequencies, the A below middle C vibrates at 220 hertz, or 220 vibrations per second. Table 1 lays...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Voices from the Global South: confronting climate coloniality
Society, Politics & Law

Voices from the Global South: confronting climate coloniality

...systems, alongside hierarchies of power relations that persist. Transcript. Decolonising to reimagine better futures We need to reimagine better futures. What I found in observing these films is that some of these voices do help us think about how this is possible and rethink what’s at stake and what are the challenges we need to recognise and confront. Transcript....
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Video 50 mins
Innovation Design: Sustainable Communities
Science, Maths & Technology

Innovation Design: Sustainable Communities

...think that living an "alternative" lifestyle has to mean painful and radical changes to the way you live now. This album looks at various small scale initiatives which show that living sustainably may not be as unpalatable as you might imagine. Bedzed, Findhorn, Hockerton, Samsoe Island; these are all decentralised communities at the forefront of a major social and...
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Audio 55 mins
Future Technologies: Designing with vision
Science, Maths & Technology

Future Technologies: Designing with vision

...system detects what you are looking at and offers you a range of on-screen alternative shapes. This is computing that works with your own creativity rather than replacing it – this research, a collaboration between the OU and the University of Leeds is aimed at stimulating and generating ideas for designers, the result could have a global effect on the industries of the...
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Video 4 mins
The fascination with crime
Science, Maths & Technology

The fascination with crime

...systems: making sense of complexity... The fascination with crime An introduction to this album. The notion of crime Open University criminology lecturer Louise Westmarland shares her interest and knowledge of criminology, justice and crime. Crime fiction versus crime reality Why are we so obsessed with crime fiction? Two novelists of the genre offer us an insight and...
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Audio 30 mins
Will players be fit to perform or ready to burnout at Euro 2020?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will players be fit to perform or ready to burnout at Euro 2020?

...thinking they would rather be resting up on a beach in Portugal than playing in a major football tournament this summer. Remarkably, most of the English, Scottish and Welsh players seem to be fit to be selected for their respective squads and available to play. Of course, burnout due to a compressed season may affect players from all nations, as English Premiership teams...
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Article 15 mins
‘Lydios logos’: the story of Croesus
History & The Arts

‘Lydios logos’: the story of Croesus

...Think about the extent to which Herodotus deserves his title ‘father of history’...We have selected the Croesus story from Herodotus Book 1 chapter 6 - 95 as the basis for this intermediate activity in the OpenLearn Herodotus Collection. Our aim is to help you start enquiring into how the Herodotus narrative is linked with places in the Classical world and later...
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Activity 5 mins
Neurodivergence and the menopause: a personal journey
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodivergence and the menopause: a personal journey

...system. Around my mid-forties, I was a successful senior manager in mental health social work and then in charities across adult services. I also taught for The Open University and delighted in the variety of my work, which included teaching, practice tutor roles and delivering residential schools, which were large, a real thrill and great fun. Gradually, despite enjoying...
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