As part of Make it Digital Season we have curated some content on elements of the digital world for you to investigate in more depth:
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How Bitcoin works
Everything you need to know to get started with Bitcoin.
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Welcome to the future
How The Open University is leading a project that is transforming Milton Keynes into one of the world’s first ‘smart cities’.
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Everything you've ever wondered about Tor
We shine the light on the pros and cons of using Tor, a highly secure method of sending and receiving information across the Internet.
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Crossing the boundary - analogue universe, digital worlds
How does the computer's peculiar binary world of digital entities differ from our analogue world of colour, sound, taste and touch? This free course, Crossing the boundary analogue universe, digital worlds, explores the way in which information, in the form of text, still and moving images, and sound can cross the boundary from the analogue universe into a digital world.
Learn moreCrossing the boundary - analogue universe, digital worldsLevel: 1 Introductory
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The Virtual Revolution: Frontier thinkers
Some of the sharpest thinkers in the connected world tell us how we've got here - and suggest where we might be heading next.
Read nowThe Virtual Revolution: Frontier thinkersLevel: 1 Introductory
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The Four Generations of Computers
Computers play a huge part in almost all of our lives, but how did these machines become so powerful and important? And what were some of the earliest models like? This collection of videos takes us through the Four Generations of computers, starting with Colossus, the world's first electronic computer (launched in 1944), and finishing with the BBC Micro (launched in 1981) and Fourth Generation Computers, looking at how technology changed throughout these years. Visiting locations such as The National Museum of Computing in Milton Keynes and The Centre for Computing History in Haverhill, we see an array of fascinating machines and learn about them along the way. This material forms part of The Open University course TU100 My digital life.
Watch nowThe Four Generations of ComputersLevel: 1 Introductory
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From PCs to iPads: What makes an Open Platform?
It might sound like a schoolyard riddle: when is an open platform not an open platform? But it can be far from funny when millions of pounds hang on the answer.
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A potted history of Linux
An open operating system that actively encourages a community to make it better? However did that happen?
Read nowA potted history of LinuxLevel: 1 Introductory
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Virtual murder: Just a game?
Can playing violent video games be perceived as a bad thing even if the game player does not show aggressive behaviour in reality?
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Make it Digital
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Make it Digital
To celebrate the BBC's Make It Digital season, which includes three co-productions with The Open University, we have collated together a wide array of digital delights for you to get stuck into!
Take part nowMake it DigitalLevel: 1 Introductory
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Download your free 'Digital Technology Past and Present' information pack
Download your free information pack on 'Digital Technology Past and Present' to accompany the BBC Make it Digital season.
Read nowDownload your free 'Digital Technology Past and Present' information pack
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