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Science, Maths & Technology
The selective breeding of dogs
How does the selective breeding of dogs work? Why are poodles and German Shepherds different? What about designer dogs? This science article explores.
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Science, Maths & Technology
DIY: Generate your own electricity
Do you want to make your own electricity? Here's a step-by-step guide to making your own generator.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Co-design approaches
There are many different approaches, methods and tools that can be used to enable co-design at different stages in the process.
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Science, Maths & Technology
A brief introduction to co-design
Co-design is becoming important in the face of complex social, political, environmental, educational and technological issues.
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Science, Maths & Technology
About the Design Hub
Welcome to the Design Hub where you can find out more about design and innovation at The Open University.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Astronomy: images of the Universe
Modern astronomy utilises a range of techniques across the electromagnetic spectrum that allow astronomers to measure the brightness, size and shape of astronomical objects, as well as their structure in many cases. This free course enables you to explore multiwavelength images of the Universe and make your own measurements of stars, nebulae and...
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Science, Maths & Technology
Interested in a STEM career?
Browse our collection of FREE resources offering useful skills and solutions to help you get into a STEM career or return to one.
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Education & Development
The Open University and SWAP Learning Hub
The site, a partnership between The Open University in Scotland and the Scottish Wider Access Programme (SWAP), brings together introductory level OpenLearn courses relevant to students studying SWAP courses. SWAP students can find courses that offer new topics to explore, build on their study with SWAP, and help prepare for further study at ...
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Science, Maths & Technology
Academic versus AI
We wondered how easy it was to tell the difference between the work of a real-life human, and a machine… so you tell us!
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Digital & Computing
Tips for using a large language model
How should you use Chat GPT and other language models for work, study and life? This article gives you eight top tips for using this sort of artificial intelligence.
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Digital & Computing
Large language models - the chatty computer
Chat GPT is a large language-model based chatbot but is the information it gives accurate? This article looks at the limitations of this advanced open artificial intelligence.
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Digital & Computing
From boom to bust: the AI winter
This article explains perceptrons and what this had to do with an AI hiatus from the late 1960s.