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Dynamics
Science, Maths & Technology

Dynamics

...Introduction - Please note: a Statement of Participation is not issued for this course. This free course, Dynamics, is an adapted extract from the Open University course MST210 Mathematical methods, models and modelling, a core second level applied mathematics course for several mathematics and mathematics-related degrees. The course is designed to teach ‘pencil and...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective
Society, Politics & Law

The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective

...Introduction - The body has traditionally been treated as a biological object in psychology. However, some psychologists believe there is more to our bodies than that as they recognise that it is through the body that we relate to other people and the world about us. This free course, The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective, explores one particular...
Surfaces
Science, Maths & Technology

Surfaces

...Introduction - This course is concerned with a special class of topological spaces called surfaces. Common examples of surfaces are the sphere and the cylinder; less common, though probably still familiar, are the torus and the Möbius band. Other surfaces, such as the projective plane and the Klein bottle, may be unfamiliar, but they crop up in many places in...
Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
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Money & Business

Effective communication in the workplace

...Project management company Mosaic Projects (no author, no date) has produced a detailed white paper on active listening and effective questioning, which includes the following list of question types: Open questions – to gather information and facts, for example: ‘What are your concerns and worries about this situation?’ Probing questions – to gain additional...
What is Britain's most sacred site?
History & The Arts

What is Britain's most sacred site?

...more Explore the sacred with The Open University - and find out why Milton Keynes has something in common with Stonehenge and Glastonbury CORRECTION: When originally published, due to an editing error, the introduction to the video originally described the Glastonbury site as a Cathedral. It is, of course, the site of an Abbey and we've revised the text to reflect this....
Modelling pollution
Science, Maths & Technology

Modelling pollution

...The material forms part of course MSXR209 Mathematical Modelling... Modelling pollution A short introduction to this album. Pollution in the Great Lakes From equations to models – experts explain water quality modelling and describe types of pollution. Modelling pollution Finding solutions to subtle and complex problems. Exploring how chemicals impact the environment....
Reading Political Philosophy: From Machiavelli to Mill
History & The Arts

Reading Political Philosophy: From Machiavelli to Mill

...introduction and an in-depth insight into the leading theorists in this field and their most important works. In a series of lively and invigorating discussions, leading political philosophers examine canonical texts and seminal thinkers from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Century, highlighting their intellectual and cultural impact and the context in which the texts...
The Physical World
Science, Maths & Technology

The Physical World

...introduction An introduction to quantum physics. Quantum physics: Einstein and Neils Bohr A look at the relationship between Einstein and Bohr and a look at their work. Quantum Physics: the basics The basic principles of quantum theory. Quantum physics: Einstein's objections to Bohr's theories Einstein's objections to Bohrs theories. Quantum physics: The EPR experiment...
Audio 1 hr 36 mins