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I decided to sign up to another free open learn course with the Open University. Unsolved problems in cosmology is an extract from a level 3 course, S385 Cosmology and the distant Universe.

After studying this course, you should be able to:

• understand the basis of modern cosmology based on the hot big bang
• summarise the main candidate dark matter particles, and the prospects for directly detecting them
• compare models to explain the late-time acceleration of the Universe's expansion, i.e. dark energy and the cosmological constant
• discuss observational prospects for understanding the nature of dark energy
• explain the theoretical problems that led to the theory of inflation, how an early inflationary period solves them, and how researchers are investigating inflation.

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Just found this posted to Mastodon by Science Daily bot. May make interesting reading.

• Which role models are best for STEM? Researchers offer recommendations in new analysis

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Jessica R. Gladstone, Andrei Cimpian. Which role models are effective for which students? A systematic review and four recommendations for maximizing the effectiveness of role models in STEM. International Journal of STEM Education, 2021; 8 (1) DOI: 10.1186/s40594-021-00315-x

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This is a repost

Hopefully reposting this here, will inspire people.

I completed Essay and report writing skills [3] with OpenLearn [2], earlier this year. This is part of the Open University [1]. In fact, this course mirrors a student tool kit book I have here, also from the OU. It is nice to have a printed and bound version.

Very useful course, lots of useful ideas, pointers to writing good essays and reports. Topics included structure, referencing, quotations,drafting, polishing and letting go. So probably just as applicable in the workplace as it is in the Academic world

I am looking forward to further study.

The UK government want all adults to spend time learning. To this end have created the skills toolkit [4] to help adults find learning and development courses.

This is a great idea, provided that employers:-

• Support employees in learning
• Value any learning an employee undertakes
• Value the commitment and work put in in order to learn new skills
• Recognise employee achievements on their CV
• See potential in their employee(s)

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1 Open University 2 OpenLearn 3 Course Website 4 Skills toolkit

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AlmaLinux OS Sees First Stable Release as a Drop-In Replacement for CentOS Linux 8 – 9to5Linux

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• 9 to 5 Linux : Alma Linux Review
• AlmaLinux OS
• 9 to 5 Linux
• Free Software Foundation
• GNU
• Free Software Foundation Europe

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Did you know there is a #libre alternative to #zoom respects privacy, can be self hosted.

Have a look at

• Jitsi meet
• f-droid
• Free Software Foundation Europe
• Free Software Foundation
• GNU

#jitsimeet,#FreeSoftware,#Use,#Study,#Modify,#Share,#Meeting, #Video,#Voice,#Chat

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I have just completed a course on Essay and report writing skills [3] with OpenLearn [2], which is part of the Open University [1]. In fact, this course mirrors a student tool kit book I have here, also from the OU. It is nice to have a printed and bound version.

Very useful course, lots of useful ideas, pointers to writing good essays and reports. Topics included structure, referencing, quotations,drafting, polishing and letting go. So probably just as applicable in the workplace as it is in the Academic world

I am looking forward to further study.

The UK government want all adults to spend time learning. To this end have created the skills toolkit [4] to help adults find learning and development courses.

This is a great idea, provided that employers:-

• Support employees in learning
• Value any learning an employee undertakes
• Value the commitment and work put in in order to learn new skills
• Recognise employee achievements on their CV
• See potential in their employee(s)

REFERENCES

1 Open University 2 OpenLearn 3 Course Website 4 Skills toolkit

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#Essay,#Report,#Writing,#Skills, #OpenUniversity,#OU,#OpenLearn,#Course,#E-learning,#Study, #YearOfTheFediverse,

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I have just completed the course 'Numbers, units and arithmetic' with Open Learn. This is an excellent 5 hour course and will be really useful going forward.

Well worth doing if you need a refresher as there are lots of worked examples and activities to have a go at to re-enforce learning.

You can of course, as with any OpenLearn course use this as a reference in the future if you need to revise or revisit how to do something. Full PDF of the course is also .

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• Numbers, units and arithmetic
• OpenLearn
• The Open University

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I came across this website on the Fediverse as part of a thread on science. I had a look and it appears to be something could really help anyone studying Chemistry

• Chemtube3d

A discussion that mentioned Atomic Orbitals led me to this page on the above website. This site has some nice simulations of topics that are included in the A'level Chemistry Syllabus.

There is also a website with a nice forum on science that I found too. This has a section on Chemistry and then sub forums for Organic, Inorganic and Physical chemistry.

• Science Forums

$\LaTeX$ may also be of interest to Chemistry students as you can type set Chemical Formulae etc.

In a sort of related topic, I found a useful site that gives tips on technical writing, I am familiar with some of the ideas presented here, well mostly Constructivism by Jerome Bruner from studying the Supporting Learning in Primary Schools course with the Open University.

• Technical-writing

I am trying to follow some of this idea when writing instructional blog posts. Provide information on how I do things but put quite a lot of emphasis on the reader actually going away and researching topics. Everyone's system and circumstances are different.

#science, #chemistry, #study, #alevel, #help, #support, #websites, #forum, #simulation.

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