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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
Recovery strategies in sport and exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Recovery strategies in sport and exercise

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course E314 Exploring contemporary issues in sport and exercise...Recovery strategies in sport and exercise: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: recognise the importance of recovery in an exercise programme evaluate the role of recovery strategies in sport and exercise identify the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Modelling events in time
Science, Maths & Technology

Modelling events in time

...course. This free OpenLearn course, Modelling events in time, is an extract from the Open University course M343 Applications of probability, a third level course that develops ideas about probability and random processes that were introduced in the Open University course M248 Analysing data. The approach adopted is to develop a ......
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
An introduction to web applications architecture
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to web applications architecture

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course TT284 Web Technologies...An introduction to web applications architecture: Learning outcomes - After studying this course you should be able to: understand the development of web application architecture leading to a more modular approach sketch out the components that would be used in a range of approaches to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Goya
History & The Arts

Goya

...Open University...Goya: Acknowledgements - This course was written by Dr Linda Walsh. This free course is an adapted extract from the course A207 From Enlightenment to Romanticism c.1780-1830, which is currently out of presentation Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view
Society, Politics & Law

Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course DD209 Running the economy...Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand what economists mean by ‘models’ and how they can be used to inform economic policy define the concept of equilibrium and explain how it can occur at...
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Level 2: Intermediate 28 hrs
Assistive technologies and online learning
Education & Development

Assistive technologies and online learning

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course H810: Accessible online learning: supporting disabled students...Assistive technologies and online learning: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand what is meant by assistive technology recognise different forms of assistive technology understand some students’...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Studying the arts and humanities
History & The Arts

Studying the arts and humanities

...course originated at the Open University Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. 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...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs