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The People on the Notes: Jane Austen
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Jane Austen

...English’ that they can be regarded as being as good as Bank of England gold. The detail of the image is also illuminating. The portrait of Austen shows her as a young woman – not, at any rate, in her forties – and rather prettified by comparison even to Victorian prettifications. [Painting of Jane Austen ] Strangely, the quotation from Pride and Prejudice that runs...
Machine translation – using online tools to improve your language teaching
Education & Development

Machine translation – using online tools to improve your language teaching

...everyday millions of users translate billions of characters with its help, or the help of the similarly successful Google Translate. Research shows that 99% of language students at the OU – and indeed 100% of language teachers! – are familiar with online machine translation tools. Many students like these tools for enabling them to quickly look up words and phrases....
Why you should visit the OpenLearn sustainability hub
Nature & Environment

Why you should visit the OpenLearn sustainability hub

...everyday choices connect to the bigger picture and find practical ways to support the goals that matter most to you. 2. It covers lots of topics Whatever part of sustainability sparks your interest - climate change, biodiversity, ethical fashion, food systems, or circular economies - there’s something for you. The hub brings together a wide mix of content that makes...
Teaching citizenship: work and the economy
Education & Development

Teaching citizenship: work and the economy

...everyday discussions of citizenship. But a moment's reflection should demonstrate how important it is. The vast majority of us will spend the bulk of our adult lives working in some context or another, and our engagement with economic activity more generally is obvious (and not just as consumers). Many young people are also intimately tied up with work. School children...
Three Irish Poets – Ellen O'Leary
OpenLearn Ireland

Three Irish Poets – Ellen O'Leary

...English crown forces; but the ballad evokes a romantic past in which O’Neill yet rules over Tyrone ‘in high state, with his fair English bride’. The language of the poem is given a ‘Celtic’ flavour by the use of the Scots Gaelic ‘sheiling’ and the Irish words ‘sugaun’ and ‘bawn’. The dialogue suggests spoken idiom of English in Ireland: ‘Poor weeny...
53 things you never knew about OpenLearn
Education & Development

53 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...English and Welsh speakers, respectively). Transcripts STUDENTS Open University students who use OpenLearn are 5-10% more likely to pass and progress to their next module, than those who do not. Interested in our full course catalogue now? We understand studying after a number of years can be daunting so every new student about to take on an OU module studies a Badged...
Home education as a provocation for the future of education
Education & Development

Home education as a provocation for the future of education

...English, 2021), warranting additional attention. Many families are opting for home education not for a deliberate choice, but as the ‘last resort option’, especially in the case of children with special educational needs (Gillie, 2022; Kendall and Taylor, 2016; Maxwell et al., 2020). The pandemic schooling experience, related to the COVID-19 pandemic, also served as a...
Basic science: understanding experiments
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding experiments

...everyday food item contains. As you carry out these experiments you will develop important science-based skills including observation, record-keeping, data analysis and how to control an experiment. After examining your results, you will share them with other learners and discuss your findings. Requirements This free course is intended for anyone with an interest in...