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Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth
Education & Development

Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth

...free course, Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth, you will build on your understanding of how to evaluate research by thinking about a fundamental part of the research process: research perspectives and approaches. Some of the different ways of researching situations that can arise when working in education and working with children and young...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
So, you want to be a nurse? A brief introduction to nursing
Health, Sports & Psychology

So, you want to be a nurse? A brief introduction to nursing

...free course, So you want to be a nurse? A brief introduction to nursing, provides an overview of what nursing entails. Focusing on nursing in the UK specifically, but also looking at its place globally, you will learn about the four fields of nursing in the UK, what nurse training involves, as well as what makes a great nurse. This course offers a brief introduction to...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Electronic applications
Science, Maths & Technology

Electronic applications

...free course, Electronic applications. An interactive website with videos and interactive software will show how electronic systems pervade everything we do; review some basic ideas of signal processing, control and communications; and allow you to use a digital filter to remove Gaussian noise from a signal...Electronics is fundamental to modern life. Take for example this...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Artists and authorship: the case of Raphael
History & The Arts

Artists and authorship: the case of Raphael

...free course, Artists and authorship: the case of Raphael, takes the life of Raphael as a case study. You will examine sixteenth-century sources to explore the creation of artistic authorship in the early modern era. The course explores past and current approaches to the artist in terms of authorship, identity and subjectivity. You will consider issues such as the...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting
Money & Business

Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting

...free course is an adapted extract from the Open University course B253 and related to the Open University qualification BSc (Honours) Accounting and Finance....Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting: Introduction - This course is designed to provide you with a solid understanding of the principles and practices of cost accounting....
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
What do historians do?
History & The Arts

What do historians do?

...free course you will explore some of the ways that historians work to develop our understanding of the past. You will learn about three aspects of the historian’s craft through three topic areas: landscapes, infant health and criminal justice. Through the activities in the course, you will experience a wide range of historical evidence and understand its importance for...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Aquatic mammals
Nature & Environment

Aquatic mammals

...free course, Aquatic mammals, you are going to meet some aquatic mammals, find out how we can study them, consider their evolutionary history and read about human impacts on one iconic group. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Environment & Development...Aquatic mammals: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to:...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Exploring Homer’s Odyssey
History & The Arts

Exploring Homer’s Odyssey

...free course introduces Homer’s ancient Greek epic poem, the Odyssey, which tells of Odysseus’ long journey home after fighting in the Trojan War, and his eventual reunion with his wife Penelope. Odysseus is famous for his cunning and his courage, and for the exploits he undertakes on his travels; meanwhile Penelope is renowned for her patience and faithfulness as she...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs