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Travelling Objects
History & The Arts

Travelling Objects

...FREE course Developing good academic practice for guidance on proper referencing and formatting. Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Acknowledgements The text content within the interactive is made available under a Creative Commons...
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Activity 30 mins
History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts – a case study of Robinson Crusoe
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts – a case study of Robinson Crusoe

...free course, History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts a case study of Robinson Crusoe, is the second tutorial in a series designed to help users of the UK Reading Experience Database (UK RED) search, browse and use this resource, and explores the use of historical evidence to understand the reading and reception of a literary text, in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
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Science, Maths & Technology

Mathematics for science and technology

...free course, Maths for science and technology, will help you build a stronger grip with the maths helping hand. You’ll learn about how the power of algebra, the sense of scientific notation, the beauty of basic trigonometry and why 70 db (decibels) is 10 times more powerful than 60 db. As well as this you will delve into scientific measurement, including the importance...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences

...free course will enable you to understand how arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences. Using extracts from a Radio 4 broadcast, you will look at the different viewpoints that are taken by the participants and analyse how the different arguments are being put together...This free course will enable you to understand how arguments are constructed and used...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
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Languages

Describing language

...free course was written by Laura Paterson, with additional material from Liam Roger and Karen Angelosanto. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

Microgravity: living on the International Space Station

...free badged open course, Microgravity: living on the International Space Station, will help you to consider microgravity environments in more detail than before! You will make direct comparisons of some important physical values between the International Space Station (ISS), the Earth and the Moon...Welcome to this free badged open course on Microgravity! This ......
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Happy New Year
Miscellaneous

Happy New Year

...FREE tools and courses below and, to discover more about how we can help you, watch our short animation on to make the most of OpenLearn (and discover how it helps OU students in different ways too) Succeed in the workplace Is this the year you put your career first? Check out our Badged Open Course, and if you fancy a STEM career, feast your eyes on our collection. You...
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Article 5 mins
Soft skills training
Money & Business

Soft skills training

...free courses from OpenLearn, endorsed by Google...This content is associated with The Open University Open Degree qualification. The phrase ‘soft skills’ incorporates a wide variety of personality traits, communication and people skills, social attitudes and emotional intelligence. These qualities (also known as ‘core skills’) are increasingly important for...
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Article 5 mins