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The Four Generations of Computers
Science, Maths & Technology

The Four Generations of Computers

...world's first electronic computer (launched in 1944), and finishing with the BBC Micro (launched in 1981) and Fourth Generation Computers, looking at how technology changed throughout these years. Visiting locations such as The National Museum of Computing in Milton Keynes and The Centre for Computing History in Haverhill, we see an array of fascinating machines and learn...
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Video 16 mins
Paul Williams - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Paul Williams - Earth in Vision

...world started at a young age. He found his first fossil on a beach when he was 8 years old, and from that moment he was hooked. At University Paul studied palaeontology, before working as a researcher at the Natural History Museum in London. In 2003 he began work as a researcher at the BBC Natural History Unit. Since then he has filmed in more than 30 countries. He has...
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Video 30 mins
Introduction to child psychology
Education & Development

Introduction to child psychology

...world, or what role is played by biological changes within the individual? Because child psychology is so vast and tries to answer so many questions, researchers and practitioners often separate development into specific areas. Broadly, these tend to map onto children’s physical, cognitive (thinking, learning, memory, etc.) and social/emotional development. Child...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
School geography: Exploring a definition
Education & Development

School geography: Exploring a definition

...world without geography? - Many school systems around the world do not have geography with the status of a separate subject. Schools in England and Wales are different. Here, geography is a national curriculum subject (5–14 years) and the former Minister for Schools (Stephen Twigg) has asserted the subject's importance in several speeches in 2004. For example, he says:...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Lazarus: David Bowie's bio-obituary
History & The Arts

Lazarus: David Bowie's bio-obituary

...world of his 'scars that can't be seen', his 'drama that can't be stolen' and that he has ‘nothing left to lose’. Transcript Always re-creating himself throughout his long career in pop music, Bowie was the master of reincarnations. And it is as if 'Lazarus', who paradoxically was raised from the dead by Jesus, was Bowie's ultimate rebirth as he pronounces 'Oh I'll be...
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Video 5 mins
Make it Digital
Digital & Computing

Make it Digital

...world-class TV, radio and online content. Make it Digital will also amplify the great work already taking place across the UK through initiatives with partners. The Open University has co-produced three programmes in the season and the first two will be aired shortly. To celebrate the season, we have pulled together content from OpenLearn to get you delving into the...
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Activity 5 mins
The Acropolis and the Parthenon
History & The Arts

The Acropolis and the Parthenon

...world. Rising over the city of Athens 150 metres above sea level, it consists of several significant archaeological remains of temples dedicated to various deities, and civic buildings. This album offers a chance to tour the Acropolis and examine its many buildings, including its best preserved temple, the Parthenon, along with its friezes, known as the Elgin Marbles....
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Audio 28 mins
Regina Jonas: the first female rabbi
History & The Arts

Regina Jonas: the first female rabbi

...world’s first female rabbi, was ordained in Nazi Germany in 1935. However, for many years after her death at Auschwitz, she remained a largely forgotten figure until the discovery of her papers in the early 1990s. This collection explores Jonas’ story, which raises important issues in relation to the role of women in historiography and the connection between processes...
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Audio 32 mins