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Modelling events in time
Science, Maths & Technology

Modelling events in time

...free course develops ideas about probability and random processes. Sections 1 and 2 introduce the fundamental ideas of random processes through a series of examples. Section 3 describes a model that is appropriate for events occurring ‘at random’ in such a way that their rate of occurrence remains constant. Section 4 derives the main results from Section 3. Section 5...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
An introduction to web applications architecture
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to web applications architecture

...free course, An introduction to web applications architecture, provides an overview of the design and implementation of computer software that runs on web servers, instead of those running solely on desktop computers, laptops or mobile devices...This free course, An introduction to web applications architecture, provides an overview of the design and implementation of...
Goya
History & The Arts

Goya

...course of Goya's career? This free course will guide you through the works of Goya and the influences of the times in which he lived. Anyone with a desire to look for the influences behind a work of art will benefit from studying this course...What influenced Goya? Did Napoleon's invasion of Spain alter the course of Goya's career? This free ......
Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view
Society, Politics & Law

Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view

...free course, Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view, looks at how Keynes's theories revolutionised thinking about the causes of crises and unemployment. Keynes's thinking on how to reduce these problems was very influential with economists and policy makers for several decades following the 1930s. The economic downturn that started in 2008 led to a widespread...
Assistive technologies and online learning
Education & Development

Assistive technologies and online learning

...free course, Assistive technologies and online learning, you will explore some of the technology that disabled students use when accessing computers. We will take a look at the tools and techniques that make it possible for disabled students to engage with online learning...In this free course, Assistive technologies and online learning, you will explore some of the...
Studying the arts and humanities
History & The Arts

Studying the arts and humanities

...free course is an introduction to studying the arts and humanities. It takes you through a series of exercises designed to develop your approach to study and learning at a distance and improve your confidence as an independent learner...This free course is an introduction to studying the arts and humanities. It takes you through a series of exercises designed to develop...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period
History & The Arts

Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period

...free course, Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period, demonstrates how a number of specific features indicate that the interwar period was a distinctive and important moment of modernity in the twentieth century, from the rise of the metropolis and the emergence of new forms of mass media, to the changing lifestyles of women and the increasingly interventionist...
Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare
History & The Arts

Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare

...free course, Medicine transformed: On access to healthcare, shows that in the early twentieth century, access to care was unequally divided. The rich could afford care; working men, women and children were helped by the state; others had to rely on their own resources...Access to healthcare is important to all of us. Did the arrival of state medicine in the twentieth...