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Battle of Thermopylae
History & The Arts

Battle of Thermopylae

...writing of history...Changing places and re-telling stories: Battle of Thermopylae In this introductory activity, we suggest you take a look at the Hestia project map to try to understand more about how we can interpret the importance of the geography and topography at Thermopylae, site of a significant battle during the Greek and Persian Wars. This is particularly...
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Activity 5 mins
Home education: levelling the playing field or increasing inequalities?
Education & Development

Home education: levelling the playing field or increasing inequalities?

...writing activity than one might typically expect if at a school, instead using more conversation and practical based learning with an emphasis on past papers, which helped them learn, analyse and understand exam technique, marking and timings. This more relaxed or informal approach was part of the reason that the system that replaced exams with TAG in 2021 did not work...
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Article 5 mins
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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Article 10 mins
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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Article 10 mins
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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Article 15 mins
Promoting the effective management of children’s pain
Health, Sports & Psychology

Promoting the effective management of children’s pain

...writing in a notebook or on your computer or tablet. There will also be free response box options inside the activities. Please note anything you add into these boxes will be saved for you to return to, provided you are signed into openlearn and enrolled on the course. But the information saved is only accessible to you and cannot be viewed by anyone else. At the end of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Inheritance of characters
Science, Maths & Technology

Inheritance of characters

...writing this course is to put you in a stronger position when you read about the science of genetics and listen to informed debates about modern techniques of manipulating genes, by increasing your understanding of the concepts and issues involved. Many thousands of genes have been discovered, including many that have roles in disease. These genes are scattered throughout...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Engineering: The nature of problems
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The nature of problems

...creativity'; and it's creativity that lies at the heart of all engineering. More than anything else in our professional lives, we engineers are excited by the prospect of being responsible for the creation of something better than we had before. This does not mean that all engineers are inventors in the sense that the word is normally understood (i.e. taking out patents...
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Level 2: Intermediate 40 hrs