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Artificial intelligence
Digital & Computing

Artificial intelligence

...such as the brain, process information. * Robot A device that can move and react to sensory input. * Robotics The study and technology of robots. * SAINT Symbolic Automatic INTegrator, an early problem solving program. * Search The finding of a path from a start state to a goal state. The BBC and the Open University are not responsible for the content of external websites...
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Article 15 mins
Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas
Science, Maths & Technology

Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas

...sources for permission to reproduce material in this course: The content acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons licence). See Terms and Conditions. © Keith Glover Photography All other material contained within this course originated at the Open University. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Advanced German: Language, culture and history
Languages

Advanced German: Language, culture and history

...sources have been left in the spelling convention of their time, all other parts follow the new spelling reform. This course is an adapted extract from the Open University course L313, Variationen: advanced German...Advanced German: Language, culture and history: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate improved language skills;...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator
Languages

Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator

...source language should generally not be attempted by interpreters, as the result will probably not be funny.” Quite. Many of the delegates spoke in English, so the pressure on Anne Miles in the into-English booth down the hall was sporadic. Miles speaks French, German, Italian and Russian, and has been interpreting for 30 years. In between translating she told me about...
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Introducing the philosophy of religion
History & The Arts

Introducing the philosophy of religion

...Open University course A222 Exploring philosophy...Introducing the philosophy of religion: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the meaning of the words ‘God’ and ‘religion’ understand what the main questions are in philosophy of religion have a better sense of the differences between philosophical questions or...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Meiosis and mitosis
Science, Maths & Technology

Meiosis and mitosis

...source of variation. It is conventional in genetics to represent each allele by a letter (either upper or lower case), printed in italics; alleles are given the same letter symbol to show that they are forms of the same gene. In the case of grain colour we will use the letter G (for grain) for the allele that is associated with purple grains and g for the different allele...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Amanda Theunissen - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Amanda Theunissen - Earth in Vision

...open issues where you can actually get involved and you can actually do something. It’s being able to do something, it’s a sense of helplessness, I think, not that it’s doom and gloom, it’s the helplessness. And it’s the helplessness in the face of political intransigence, which is why I feel social media is probably the way forward, not main broadcasters....
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David Allen - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

David Allen - Earth in Vision

...opening up archives...David Allen David is a multi Emmy-award winner with a prolific twenty-year career as a leading Producer in his field. He now heads up a large team of leading creatives, producers and experts across Passion Planet’s specialist output at Passion Pictures Films. These include a wide and varied range of tailored approaches, formats and genre – from...
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