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About Me

I am full of useful knowledge. The sort of person you really want at a pub quiz. I measure 800x600 although I can expand. I'm ok looking - I definitely improve with age. I'm not big-headed but I'm an expert in loads of subjects from arts and history to science. I can even train you in giving presentations. I think it's important that as many people as possible get to benefit from higher education so I've taken lots of knowledge from Open University courses and shared this online for free. I've been doing this since October 2006. You can find out more about me at OpenLearn

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Self motivated, lifelong learners. People who do crosswords. People who've never been to university but quite fancy it. Clever kids. Open source geeks. Moodle enthusiasts. Teachers. People who like learning online for free.

My Blog

Check out this video: Candletastic

Check out this video from the Open University: Candletastic
Posted by on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:20:00 GMT

YouTube video: Head spin trick

Can you work this out? Visit our YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/ouand let us know:
Posted by on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:24:00 GMT

Open University launch YouTube Channel

The Open University in the UK have launched a YouTube Channel athttp://www.youtube.com/ouView, embed, comment, befriend and subscribe! Check out the student and staff video blogs, video materials from...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:19:00 GMT

New Web 2.0 learning features

This week sees OpenLearn release a range of new Web 2.0 features for learners and educators. OpenLearn is the IMS 2007 Platinum Award-winning website with thousands of hours of free, remixable Open ...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:41:00 GMT

Life in the trees question

I've clipped a small extract from one of the free online study units at the OpenLearn website. The unit has some great video footage of wild mammals that live in trees and also narration from David At...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 06:13:00 GMT

OpenLearn shortlisted for an e-Government award

OpenLearn has been shortlisted in the Learning and Skills category of the e-Government National Awards 2007. This year's awards focus on social inclusion and the use of innovative technology to del...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:06:00 GMT

OpenLearn shortlisted for the JISC Outstanding ICT Initiative of the Year Award

OpenLearn has been shortlisted for the JISC Outstanding ICT Initiative of the Year Award, announced by the Times Higher Education Supplement (THES). More than 90% of UK universities entered in one cat...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:10:00 GMT

Free online video conferencing

Free online video conferencing has been added this week to OpenLearn, The Open University's open content initiative which now boasts more than 700,000 users globally. Aimed at enhancing the learning e...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:26:00 GMT

Study languages for free online

We've added over 40 hours of modern languages educational resources  to the OpenLearn site.The three new units of study are in French and Spanish. There are plans to publish more modern lang...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:09:00 GMT

OpenLearn a finalist in the New Statesman Awards

The New Statesman, Britain's leading political magazine today announced OpenLearn as a finalist in the Education category of their New Media Awards. The award will go to the body or project that has m...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 08:57:00 GMT