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Water for life
Nature & Environment

Water for life

...write down the proportion as a fraction. If the numbers involved are too large to enter on your calculator, you will need to reduce the fraction to an equivalent fraction with smaller numbers on the top and the bottom by cancelling out some zeros. Then use your calculator to work out the required percentage.) Answer From Table 1, the volume of water stored in ice and snow...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Algorithmic Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Algorithmic Design

...creative potential of designing with algorithms. This is part of the new BDes Design qualification at The Open University. Learn to think algorithmically and tweak code to create your own wallpaper patterns and be part of contemporary design practices. Through hands-on graphical experimentation using p5.js JavaScript, you'll get to experience concepts like repetition,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
What is Blockchain?
Digital & Computing

What is Blockchain?

...one vote’. In this way, a blockchain can act as a provenance protocol for sharing data across disparate semi-trusting organisations. An overview of OU research on blockchain can be found at this link. Click here to download the video transcript (PDF) This article is adapted from an OpenLearn Create course under a Creative Commons license. Visit the original course....
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Article 5 mins
Year of the Rabbit: Chinese New Year
Languages

Year of the Rabbit: Chinese New Year

...creative Chinese New Year greetings. As many people in the world now speak both Chinese and English, the two languages are mingled to create what is known as ‘translanguaging’ , i.e. making use of one’s existing language(s) and knowledge to convey the meaning. On Chinese social media, the following has gone viral: Happy New Year 兔 you! The character in the middle o...
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Audio 5 mins
Tales of Trump told in Trumpian tones: Michael Wolff's Fire And Fury
Society, Politics & Law

Tales of Trump told in Trumpian tones: Michael Wolff's Fire And Fury

...writing style, methods and failure to separate clear falsehoods from certainties, Jonny Hall concedes that the book remains a gripping read that is at its most revealing when discussing the warring factions shaping Trump’s Presidency...[Donald Trump welcomes the New England Patriots to the White House] Donald Trump hosts the New England Patriots at the White House...
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Article 5 mins
What are waves?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are waves?

...writing this first law would be to say that an object does not accelerate unless it is acted on by an unbalanced force, or equivalently, if an object is acted on by an unbalanced force it will accelerate. When the water level is at its lowest point and the forces are most out of balance, in which direction is the force acting to restore the water surface to its mean...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Difference and challenge in teams
Money & Business

Difference and challenge in teams

...writing, in the UK, much of the political system seems grounded in conflict. Opposing parties ‘attack’ each other’s positions, a shadow cabinet tracks the every move of government – keeping it in check and arguing vehemently for issues to be seen from an alternative perspective. In such systems, two (or more) teams are involved in the opposition – though we...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
How I wrote Frankenstein
History & The Arts

How I wrote Frankenstein

...write her most famous novel...[Mary Shelley painting] The Publishers of the Standard Novels, in selecting "Frankenstein" for one of their series, expressed a wish that I should furnish them with some account of the origin of the story. I am the more willing to comply, because I shall thus give a general answer to the question, so frequently asked me—"How I, then a young...
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Article 5 mins