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Life on the wall: Vindolanda
History & The Arts

Life on the wall: Vindolanda

...excavation at Vindolanda, a fascinating and vivid picture has been presented. But to complete the examination of the site, another 100 years of work will be needed, and many new stories will emerge. Find out more Explore Hadrian's wall Study history with The Open University This article was originally published in 2006 as part of the OpenLearn Timewatch collection...
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Article 10 mins
Mary Colwell - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Mary Colwell - Earth in Vision

...open a piece of limestone and inside was a shellfish, just beautifully preserved, a whole shellfish. And I can remember now the amazement at seeing this shellfish just sitting there, the first human beings to have seen this creature for 360 million years! And that stuck with me. I think of it actually quite often, maybe once, twice a day sometimes, going back to that...
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Video 20 mins
10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn
History & The Arts

10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn

...opened a ‘domestic school’ in her own home. Her eight-month long course offered a more comprehensive instruction than either the university or the Bologna Institute. Students came from all over Italy and from elsewhere in Europe to study with her as her skill in combining the theoretical and experimental aspects of physics became well known. She was a key figure in...
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Article 15 mins
Simple coding
Digital & Computing

Simple coding

...open the link in a new tab and work from there. Go ahead, click ‘Run’ (the ► icon) to execute the following program (I’ll explain it later). You should see a message showing the output of running the code. You can also change the code. Click with the mouse next to the 7 on the first line, and use the keyboard to replace it by 2 (or another number of your choice)....
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Delacroix
History & The Arts

Delacroix

...opened up by the Enlightenment’s consideration of such places gave way to the application of those ideas to a process of artistic self-exploration and self-expression. And yet, as we shall see, Delacroix was not always so clearly on the side of Romanticism. His 1832 journey to Morocco would be a crucial, transforming influence on his career. First, it is necessary to...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Squares, roots and powers
Science, Maths & Technology

Squares, roots and powers

...Commons Attribution 2.0 Licence. All written material contained within course originated at The Open University. 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...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Reading visual images
Society, Politics & Law

Reading visual images

...Open University courses. What is the status of photographs as evidence? Is there any real difference between news and advertising pictures, for instance? How, as social scientists, should we approach the ‘reading’ or analysis of documentary photographs? Can we use photographs to inform us about key dimensions of modern society such as gender, ethnicity, class and...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Language and thought: introducing representation
History & The Arts

Language and thought: introducing representation

...1971) ‘What is a speech act?’, in J.R.Searle (ed.) The Philosophy of Language, Oxford, Oxford University Press 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...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs