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Animals at the extremes: polar biology
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: polar biology

...free course, Animals at the extremes: polar biology, explores the polar climate and how animals like reindeer, polar bears, penguins, sea life and even humans manage to survive there. It looks at the adaptations to physiological proceses, the environmental effects on diet, activity and fecundity, and contrasts the strategies of aquatic and land-based animals in surviving...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Supporting children’s learning in primary education today
Education & Development

Supporting children’s learning in primary education today

...free course explores different aspects of learning and teaching in primary education. It gives opportunities to engage with different types of activities that are designed to develop an understanding of learning and teaching in primary education...This free course explores different aspects of learning and teaching in primary education. It gives opportunities to engage...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Getting started with Chinese 2
Languages

Getting started with Chinese 2

...course is an extract from the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course, LGXC002 Beginners Chinese 2: 开始吧 kāishĭ ba! After completing this free course, you may wish to register for the full course to continue your learning!...Have you always wanted to speak Mandarin Chinese? Have you even started learning a few basic words ......
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...free course, Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP), is divided into two parts – Part 1 Understanding concepts of STiP, and Part 2 Understanding approaches to STiP. The two parts of this course complement each other by way of introducing elements of systems thinking in practice; with understanding threshold concepts of STiP coupled with understanding...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
Writing what you know
History & The Arts

Writing what you know

...free course, Writing what you know, will help you to develop your perception of the world about you and enable you to see the familiar things in everyday life in a new light. You will also learn how authors use their own personal histories to form the basis of their work...Do you want to improve your descriptive writing? This free course, Writing what you know, will help...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
An introduction to computers and computer systems
Digital & Computing

An introduction to computers and computer systems

...free course, An introduction to computers and computer systems, challenges how we view computers through the examples of processors in kitchen scales and digital cameras, as well as examining the work of art that, at heart, is a computer. You will also explore how computers are connected together to achieve even more than when working alone...This free course, An...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Kinematics of fluids
Science, Maths & Technology

Kinematics of fluids

...free course examines the basic kinematics of two-dimensional fluid flows. Section 1 introduces the differential equations for pathlines and streamlines. Section 2 introduces a scalar field, called the stream function, which for an incompressible fluid provides an alternative method of modelling the flow and finding the streamlines. Sections 2 and 3 derive the stream...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Linear programming – the basic ideas
Science, Maths & Technology

Linear programming – the basic ideas

...free course examines the formulation and solution of small linear programming problems. Section 1 deals with the formulation of linear programming models, describing how mathematical models of suitable real-world problems can be constructed. Section 2 looks at graphical representations of two-dimensional models, considers some theoretical implications and examines the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs