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Ecosystems: the carbon cycle
Science, Maths & Technology

Ecosystems: the carbon cycle

...cycle A short introduction to this album How plants make food The influence of differing levels of light, water, CO2 and nutrients on plant photosynthesis around the world Recycling carbon How carbon is returned to the atmosphere through decomposition of organic matter The peatbog problem Why peatbogs are crucial carbon containers, and how atmospheric methane is measured...
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Audio 19 mins
Building on History: The Church in London
History & The Arts

Building on History: The Church in London

...world? This is addressed in Building On History, a collaborative project between The Open University, King’s College London, the Diocese of London and Lambeth Palace Library. The project aims to give participants within the diocese an archived insight to historical research in order to understand how the church has responded to societal change in the last two centuries...
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Video 9 mins
Technology, networks and international order
Society, Politics & Law

Technology, networks and international order

...world of whose making?... Technology, networks and international order A short introduction to the album. Technological revolutions Helen Yanacopulos and Simon Bromley discuss technological revolutions and waves of innovation. The benefits of ICT's Simon Bromley and William Brown discuss the benefits and development of ICT's (information and communication technologies). A...
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Audio 24 mins
James Joyce’s Dublin
History & The Arts

James Joyce’s Dublin

...world James Joyce created reflect his own experiences of Dublin? Did Joyce write about a distinct Irish identity that had been ignored by many writers in the past? James Joyce was born in1882 and during the course of his life became one of the most influential Irish poets and novelists of his age. This discussion takes place in Mulligan’s pub, a venue featured in...
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Audio 23 mins
Introduction to computational thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to computational thinking

...world phenomenon creating a mathematical model of the physical-world phenomenon and then analysing the abstraction doing some manipulations of the abstraction and in fact automating the abstraction, which then tells us more about the physical-world phenomenon that we are actually modelling. When I talk about automation and this is the whole of the talk that I am going to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
OpenLearn Ireland

The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

...world wars actively shaped the work these writers were producing, but the social and political upheavals of Irish politics at home—from the Easter Rising to the Troubles—contributed to a truly distinctive form of Gothic writing produced in Ireland. You will be looking specifically at two examples of this writing: the short story ‘The Demon Lover’ (1945) by...
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Article 45 mins
Religious diversity: rethinking religion
History & The Arts

Religious diversity: rethinking religion

...world. It will explore some religious places and practices and will give more confidence to interact with contemporary religious diversity in an informed way...Religion is not necessarily what you think it is! This free course, Religious diversity: rethinking religion, introduces you to a selection of the vast variety of religious beliefs and practices in Britain today....
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Camille Parmesan - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Camille Parmesan - Stories of Change

...World - Part 1: A Chronic Condition," Texas Impact, Camille Parmesan video interview: "So You've Got Climate Change: Living In A Warmer World - Part 2: Small Changes, Big Impacts," Texas Impact, Camille Parmesan video interview: "So You've Got Climate Change: Living In A Warmer World - Part 3: Local and Global Action," Texas Impact, Camille Parmesan video interview: "So...
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Audio 5 mins