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Esports: an introduction to the industry
Science, Maths & Technology

Esports: an introduction to the industry

...students competed in a game called Spacewar! for a year’s subscription to Rolling Stone magazine. The scene gained momentum in the 1980s with the rise of arcade games like Pac-Man and Donkey Kong and the launch of competitions such as the Video Game World Championships hosted by Atari. In 1990, Nintendo’s World Championships brought further attention to competitive...
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Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?
Education & Development

Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?

...students using the internet for learning. In this short course, you will review the idea of openness in networked practice and the links from this into wider areas and broader behaviour. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course H818 The networked practitioner...Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?: Learning outcomes - After...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Solving the perplexing mathematicians' problem of the spectre
Science, Maths & Technology

Solving the perplexing mathematicians' problem of the spectre

...OU mathematics MSc students can write a masters dissertation on in the module M840, Dissertation in mathematics. Research at The Open University: The hat and spectre tilings are currently being investigated by our mathematicians and engineers as part of their research into new materials. Visit A class of aperiodic honeycombs with tuneable mechanical properties for more...
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Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?

...becoming a headteacher in a little school in a perfect village when he grew up, but he was only able to get a place at the technical school learning woodwork and bricklaying. The careers tutor almost laughed when he told him of his dreams to teach. But Drummond was ambitious. He earned a place at college, became president of its student union. He found a teaching job,...
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Cultures
Languages

Cultures

...ou actuelles? - Les musiques traditionnelles ont envahi la scène artistique à partir des années soixante-dix. Vingt ans plus tard, portées par un regain de popularité, elles ont réapparu sous la bannière très éclectique des «musiques du monde». Ayant su profiter de l’intérêt grandissant du public pour ces musiques, les musiques traditionnelles se sont sans...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Tell us how you learn online
Education & Development

Tell us how you learn online

...OU is a partner in a project that's keen to discover how people learn online in 2016 - to shape how we all learn in the future. If you've got a couple of minutes, you could help them by sharing your thoughts...We invite you to complete a short questionnaire to help us identify needs, gaps and reasons for learners, businesses and universities to boost their Massive Open...
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Tomorrow's World
Science, Maths & Technology

Tomorrow's World

...OU research that's landed us on a comet - we've got it covered. We're also co-producing a number of programmes with the BBC for Tomorrow's World, including Britain's Greatest Invention and Horizon: 10 Things You Need to Know about the Future. In the meantime, enjoy an abundance of FREE learning on the ever-changing world of science: How is my life changing? How is my...
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