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Mary Shelley: the expert view
History & The Arts

Mary Shelley: the expert view

...write ghost stories. Mary’s effort, Frankenstein, was penned at a time when scientists were investigating the possibility of using electrical power to regenerate corpses. Her novel concerned Victor Frankenstein’s attempt to re-animate a dead body, and the dreadful consequences of his actions. Her own life was fast becoming a nightmare: Fanny Imlay committed suicide;...
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The People on the Notes: Jane Austen
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Jane Austen

...writing at a table on a writing-slope. This image does identify Austen as a writer, but in distinctly amateur and even secretive mode; her face is averted, her shoulder turned to the viewer, and her arm cast protectively across her work. There is, in short, something unusually shifty about this depiction of a writer, and it is confirmed by the image of the house to the...
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Learning how to learn
Education & Development

Learning how to learn

...write these down in a notebook, or use word processor, whichever you feel most comfortable with. Find out more about studying with The Open University by visiting our online prospectus...Learning how to learn: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: think about and understand personal ways of learning apply the ideas and activities in this...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
The winding garden path: Radicalism amongst the flower beds
History & The Arts

The winding garden path: Radicalism amongst the flower beds

...Creative Industries at King's College, London. It is difficult in a way, George isn't it to start off with to think about the garden as being radical? I mean let's talk about its general image. Generally it's suburban, it's restful. George McKay: Look at that song you've just played. They want to go down to a farm, back to the garden. Why do they want to go there? In...
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Introduction to computational thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to computational thinking

...write an algorithm to solve it." [Described image] Figure 3 (a) Human computers working on test flight calculations at the predecessor of NASA in 1949 (b) two NASA employees in 1990 programming a computer so it can automatically calibrate aircraft equipment Having met the ideas of algorithms and computational problems, let us state what computational thinking is not:...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
On-screen graphic design: The early years of television
Science, Maths & Technology

On-screen graphic design: The early years of television

...creativity. There was also a lot more innovation with the increasing knowledge of the effects a film rostrum camera could achieve. The greater use of calligraphy was apparent at this time too. The introduction, firstly of 625-line broadcasts and later colour, had obvious benefits to designers although in a way they were also a hindrance. It has to be remembered that even...
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Do music lessons help with children's other classes?
Education & Development

Do music lessons help with children's other classes?

...educational outcomes, it is still one of the main ways human beings express their feelings and creativity. It is a universal language everybody can understand and enjoy – so there are still plenty of good reasons to teach, perform, and listen to a variety of music.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Witnessing war through a smartphone lens
Society, Politics & Law

Witnessing war through a smartphone lens

...creative uses that Syrian refugee children make of the phone camera, for example, to capture their living conditions in Pikpa camp on the island of Lesvos. They may be victims of war, but they continue actively to imagine new lives through their photography – as we have found in our research with refugees at Pikpa and captured in our book Communities of Solidarity: The...
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