Begin with your intuition.
Predict what will happen before you touch the controls. No specialist vocabulary needed.
OPEN LEARNING / MACHINE LEARNING
Less mystery.
More “I get it.”
Learn how machines find patterns, make predictions and get things wrong. Small experiments. Clear explanations. A purpose beyond the model.
Free to explore · No code needed to start · Your pace
6 lessons ready to explore
12 lessons in the course plan
0 installs to get started
Built around original examplesfor community impact
BEFORE THE ALGORITHMS
A useful question
comes first.
A community kitchen wants to plan enough meals without unnecessary waste. Should it predict a number, flag a busy day, or use a simple rule?
We use this fictional setting throughout the foundations. You’ll learn the modelling ideas and practise asking whether the result actually helps.
Find your starting point ↗YOUR LEARNING PATH
One idea. One experiment.
One step forward.
Build understanding first. Open the technical layer when you’re ready.
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One learning path for everyone. Each lesson includes an optional Go deeper section with maths, Python and further reading.
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The first six lessons are available now. The second half is a proposed next stage. Progress is saved on this device. A lesson completes when you’ve tried its experiment and answered its questions.
HOW YOU’LL LEARN
Understanding you can put to work.
See the evidence move.
Adjust a model, inspect its mistakes and compare it with a simpler alternative.
Take away a useful idea.
Check your understanding, read the technical layer or try a small project.
PUT IT TOGETHER
One small project.
A complete explanation.
Turn the six lessons into a project brief, an evaluation plan and an honest model note. The worksheet runs in your browser; an optional original Python notebook takes the workflow from synthetic data to a saved pipeline.
The notebook uses its own 180 fictional days. Python setup is required; see the notebook guide. It has been tested and runs from start to finish.
QUESTIONS AND IDEAS WELCOME
Stuck, curious, or want to help?
There’s no such thing as a silly question. Ask us about anything in these lessons, suggest an improvement, or collaborate with us on a lesson or a real project for a charity or research team.
KEEP YOUR CURIOSITY GOING
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A clear next step.
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