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Supporting Lifelong Learning with Blockchain
Digital & Computing

Supporting Lifelong Learning with Blockchain

...Coding applied our work to transform how Computer Science is accredited in the UK. This scenario is based on the use of Smart Badges, which are dynamic records of accreditation that follow the same principles as Open Badges and offer the same benefits in recording accreditation. However, Smart Badges are immutable and easily verifiable as they are stored on the...
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From Zero Day to Doomsday – Public Lecture
Digital & Computing

From Zero Day to Doomsday – Public Lecture

...comments box below this article. Study with The Open University Find out more about opportunities to study computing at the OU Find out about the OU’s lead role in the Institute of Coding Introduction to computing and information technology 1 (TM112) Introduction to cybersecurity: say safe online Information security Introduction to computing and information technology...
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Environmental management and organisations
Nature & Environment

Environmental management and organisations

...simple question, but there is no really simple answer. However, the dictionary definitions do give us some pointers. They make clear that there are systems ‘in the world’ as things. For the most part, you can consider the bodies of animals or people, industrial processes and everyday objects like a bicycle or car as these kinds of systems. There are also systems ‘in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Project management: the start of the project journey
Money & Business

Project management: the start of the project journey

...simple matrix diagrams to relate objectives to strategies name and describe the chief roles various people can assume relating to proposals and projects relate all these roles to the process of organisational planning explain different views of quality and show that a structured approach to planning improves quality...Project management: the start of the project journey:...
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Level 3: Advanced 35 hrs
The meaning of crime
Society, Politics & Law

The meaning of crime

...code – the normative definition of crime. So, the two meanings of crime cannot be reconciled because a great deal of legally-defined crime is not considered to be normatively-defined crime. However, norms come in different forms. Potentially criminal acts can be judged against formal moral systems, like religious beliefs. Quakers and pacifists, for example, would not...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
IT in everyday life
Science, Maths & Technology

IT in everyday life

...technologies'? This can be very difficult to define and explain, but here is a simple definition. Information technology (IT) is the technologies used in the conveying, manipulation and storage of data by electronic means. Let us give you some examples. In a landline telephone system, messages are conveyed as signals on wires. The message is conveyed electronically. Manipulation of data takes place when you speak ......
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Beginners’ Tamil: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Tamil: a taster course

...simple conversations in the language. You will also have plenty of opportunities to practise Tamil throughout the course with activities and quizzes...Beginners’ Tamil: a taster course: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate an awareness of the Tamil alphabet and sound, and a basic understanding of the Tamil language count up...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Why maps are made
Society, Politics & Law

Why maps are made

...codes and conventions that lie behind its production and, also, to understand both the obvious messages and the underlying, often hidden, meanings. Fundamental to producing a map is the relationship between data (the information you wish to display and convey) and space, both the geographic space being represented and the space available on the sheet of paper. Data is...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs