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Trouble in paradise: The Dutch golden age
History & The Arts

Trouble in paradise: The Dutch golden age

...simple lessons to live peacefully and cooperatively together. Miracles or special claims to being God’s chosen people were false – all human beings are equal by Nature, which is governed by universal laws that science and philosophy can discover. Everything else is a matter of private conscience. The TTP immediately caused a scandal, with one contemporary describing...
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Are you ready for online study?
Digital & Computing

Are you ready for online study?

...simple steps you can take to prepare for online study. Check your device to ensure it meets your course requirements. [Vector image of clipboard with checklist on it] For example, before starting an OpenLearn course, check the Frequently Asked Questions – Technical questions to make sure your device meets the requirements. This can help you avoid problems later. Test...
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How Bitcoin works
Digital & Computing

How Bitcoin works

...simple. You need to download one of many special ‘wallet’ applications available for most computers and smartphones. You must then create a Bitcoin account, your wallet application will then generate a pair of public encryption keys – one private (known only to you) and one public (copies of which will be shared with other Bitcoin users). You are then ready to go....
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Article 5 mins
Can you manage a supply chain?
Money & Business

Can you manage a supply chain?

...simple - keep your supply chain costs as low as possible and your customers happy. An introduction to the Supply Chain game Dr Paul Walley of The Open University provides the story behind the game in a short video below. Transcript DR PAUL WALLEY Many years ago a professor from MIT in the United States developed a classroom game that simulated coordination across the...
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London inside out
Society, Politics & Law

London inside out

...simple story anyway cannot hold. For London is one of those places in which capitalist globalisation, with its deregulation, privatisation, 'liberalisation', is produced. Here we have also 'the local production of the global'. And yet a celebration of multiculturalism and a politics of anti-racism exist alongside a persistent obliviousness on the part of the majority of...
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Article 15 mins
Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work
Society, Politics & Law

Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work

...codes, the basic ethical principles remain the same. In the next activity, you will think about how these ethical principles can be applied to the research you will carry out in your project. Activity 2 Ethical principles on research projects Timing: You should allow yourself 25 minutes to do this activity. a.Watch the following video where Helen Kara outlines the basic...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Engineering: The nature of problems
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The nature of problems

...simple evaluations that can be done directly with or without an electronic calculator. Others need a line or two of algebraic analysis. Yet others are too tedious or too complicated to tackle without a computer-based approach using spreadsheets or more sophisticated software. In the end, the best motivation for learning comes from simply requiring the knowledge in order...
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Level 2: Intermediate 40 hrs
Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction
Education & Development

Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction

...simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’. What are your personal experiences with contraception? Open This is an open question. It invites interviewees to speak about their experiences. What sort of things do you consider when choosing a contraceptive method? Open This is an open question. It invites interviewees to speak about what is important to them when making a decision about...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs