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We haven't seen much snow outside the OpenLearn offices this year. According to our Climate change study unit, fresh snow and sea ice have a high albedo of up to 90%. For the chance to win an OpenLearn goody bag, email us the answer to: What does it mean to have a high albedo?

Read the Climate change study unit for help with this!

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New study units for January

Top five units

This month's five most popular OpenLearn units are:

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Coca cola, antisocial behaviour, house of commons, emotion, and power... what do all these words have in common? They are all keywords that learners have used to 'tag' OpenLearn study units. You can 'tag' any study unit with a keyword to help you find it again. So what we call 'Introduction to structural integrity', some one else has called rust! Log in to see the keyword tags that you and others make.*

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Spotlight on... Cohere

This month we launch Cohere - a new Knowledge Mapping tool. Use it to:

  • record ideas, and add relevant websites
  • make meaningful connections between ideas
  • visualize a network of your ideas and others
  • import social bookmark feeds from tools like del.icio.us or OpenLearn, ready to connect web resources to your ideas
  • share maps as weblinks, or embed them in other websites
Read more about Cohere to find out how it can support your learning.


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health
Understanding health Alcohol abuse, healthy living and Alzheimer's disease all regularly hit the headlines. This unit will take a brief look at these issues and introduces you to the type of issues that you would be asked to examine should you wish to study OU course Y158 Understanding Health. Read more...
individuals
The making of individual differences. How do we become individuals? This unit looks at how genes and the environment interact making each of us unique. Looking at the period between conception and birth you will examine the issues of nature or nurture to see which has the greatest impact. Read more...
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