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An introduction to artificial intelligence
Education & Development

An introduction to artificial intelligence

...laws of thought”, often expressed using special systems of symbols deriving from mathematical logic, and thereby build computer systems which are able to reason similarly to humans (assuming logic adequately models human thought). One major challenge for such approaches is that human thought is typically full of contradictions and uncertainties, and so the sorts of...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Investigating a murder with forensic psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Investigating a murder with forensic psychology

...law enforcement officers or judges, for example) do not tend to hold this bias towards assuming people are telling the truth. Instead, they hold a lie bias (Bond and De Paulo, 2006) which, it has been suggested, may be caused by a generalised suspicion resulting from their professions (Masip et al., 2005). In the next activity you can consider how your own responses might...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The Byzantine icon
History & The Arts

The Byzantine icon

...laws of our natural world. You are, paradoxically, seeing the invisible. Turning to the Christ-Child, note that it is extremely difficult to ascertain His age. He is supposed to be a baby (certainly no more than a toddler), but He looks more like a miniature grown man. Closer observation reveals that His Mother’s left arm, which should be supporting Him physically,...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Talk the talk
Education & Development

Talk the talk

...law path. And in some respects, I think that that would be most effective, but the problem is we'd actually have to do it. Observing our political process in action makes me think it's highly unlikely that we're going to get a bunch of representatives to sit down, learn about this, and then enact sweeping changes to intellectual property law in the U.S. so users control...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Climate change: transitions to sustainability
Nature & Environment

Climate change: transitions to sustainability

...laws also act as guarantees of the rights of a state's citizens in relation to the state and each other. Ideally, and often in practice, the population of the state forms a community of feeling or identity based on its own sense of national identity. Members of a nation state are citizens; they are not purely subject to, but also participate in, processes of government....
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes
History & The Arts

Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes

...law and she'll be one of the family members’. He brought the girl home and we talked, and I think the girl is alright. Then we ask her and her to bring her parents. The first thing the parents asked, 'I would not like my daughter to be converted'. I said ‘we Hindus don't convert anyone. Is the Christian people or Muslims who convert.’ I said openly. I said if she...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Murals in Belfast
OpenLearn Ireland

Murals in Belfast

...laws and daily practices were a constant reminder that the Nationalist/Republican community was a minority in a state that belonged to the majority Unionist/Loyalist community. Nowhere was this exclusion felt more strongly than in the policing of Northern Ireland. Jon Tonge notes that the Special Powers Act of 1922 gave the predominantly Protestant security forces in...
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Article 5 mins
Julie Asumu: mother, grandmother, stalwart of Manchester’s Black community, activist and care giver
Education & Development

Julie Asumu: mother, grandmother, stalwart of Manchester’s Black community, activist and care giver

...law had given birth to twins and my son was desperate for me to come back to England to help look after my grandchildren. As I was no longer a first timer, I knew I’d be better prepared for life in England this time so, I heeded the call and set out for a second journey to Manchester. My community work in Africa had engaged my interest in family support, therefore my...
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Article 15 mins