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Welcome to the OpenLearn Resources for Educators hub
Education & Development

Welcome to the OpenLearn Resources for Educators hub

...certificate or a digital badge on an OpenLearn course) you must create an account, which will provide any learner with an OpenLearn profile. This profile can be made public or private and records your learning progress and achievements. There are no forums on OpenLearn courses but all learners with an account can do the following: leave a review for a course or comment on...
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Network security
Digital & Computing

Network security

...certification authority ciphertext circuit level gateway collision-free confidentiality cryptanalysis cryptography cryptosystem decryption demilitarised zone denial-of-service attacks digital signature encryption end-to-end encryption filtering rules firewall freshness hash value integrity key keyspace keystream link layer encryption masquerade attack message...
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Level 3: Advanced 25 hrs
Where to take your learning next
Education & Development

Where to take your learning next

...your study and identify what you are hoping to achieve through this module and your future study plans. Click here to find out more about this module. Click here to see some examples of the learning that could be included If you’re new to university-level study, find out more about the other types of qualifications we offer including Certificates, and Short Courses....
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Why has reaching the Chinese internet audience just got a little harder?
Digital & Computing

Why has reaching the Chinese internet audience just got a little harder?

...certificates to Internet service providers. Last year, Google and Mozilla found out that CNNIC had issued certificates to a corporate entity that subsequently launched a man-in-the-middle attack intercepting connections between users and their intended destinations by directing the users to another website — one that was disguised to look like their destination, but was...
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OU Carbon Calculator FAQs
Nature & Environment

OU Carbon Calculator FAQs

...certificates (issued for each megawatt hour of renewable energy generated) created at times of surplus to non-renewable energy generators. So, many so-called 100% green electricity tariffs are a mix of fossil fuel, nuclear and renewables purchased on the wholesale market and then ‘labelled’ green by buying REGO certificates. Other ‘greenwashing’ electricity...
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Jake Chapman On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Jake Chapman On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...Certificate (EPC) required for all home sales and rentals. Recently the UK Government has made it compulsory for landlords to improve properties to an EPC of C or above, thereby resolving the split incentives involved in rental homes...The business made me a lot of money – which is how I could retire when I was 55. “After that I promoted a different way of public...
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Effective digital pedagogy: new ways of engaging students
Education & Development

Effective digital pedagogy: new ways of engaging students

...Certificate in Education in Wales Transcript Utilising technology in new and innovative ways can develop new pedagogies and new approaches to developing learning. Moving beyond the desktop screen and keyboard with the widespread use of mobile technology allows the integration of the environment with technology in creative ways. In this article we consider the three Rs of...
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Perilous past-time of poison
Health, Sports & Psychology

Perilous past-time of poison

...in an attempt to ensure that this was never repeated. This included changes in the certification of death by doctors and the assessment of healthcare professionals to prove fitness to practise. Of course, it is now very difficult to get hold of poisons such as arsenic and polonium-210. So next time someone makes you a cup of tea, try not to wonder exactly what is in it....
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