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Distance education: Do students believe it should be fun?
The world is moving to distance education during the COVID-19 outbreak, this article presents students’ recent views about the place of fun within online learning.
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Education & Development
Free digital, numeracy and employability courses to build your skills
The Department for Education has partnered with the Open University to offer free training tools designed to help people find a job, advance their career or grow their business.
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Ap Gofalu Trwy'r Gymraeg
Crewyd yr ap hwn ar gyfer Prifysgol Abertawe a'r Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol i helpu myfyrwyr i fagu hyder wrth ddefnyddio'r Gymraeg yn y gweithle neu wrth astudio.
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Caring In Welsh App
This app was created for Swansea University and the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol to help students gain confidence in using Welsh in the workplace or while studying.
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Education & Development
Planning a better future
Planning a better future is an introductory course for anyone considering changing jobs, wondering how to move up the ladder or return to work after a break, and those who might be looking to aspire to better things.
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Education & Development
Cynllunio dyfodol gwell
Mae Cynllunio dyfodol gwell yn gwrs rhagarweiniol ar gyfer unrhyw un sy'n ystyried newid swydd, sydd eisiau gwybod sut i symud i fyny'r ysgol neu ddychwelyd i'r gwaith ar ôl seibiant, a rhai sy’n awyddus i anelu at bethau gwell.
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Supporting children's development
Supporting children’s development is an introductory course for anyone who is interested in children’s development, especially support staff in schools, such as teaching assistants. It builds on your knowledge and skills to develop a deeper understanding of children from the early years to school leavers. You will be introduced to some core ...
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Cefnogi datblygiad plant
Mae Cefnogi datblygiad plant yn gwrs rhagarweiniol ar gyfer unrhyw un sydd â diddordeb yn natblygiad plant, yn enwedig staff cymorth mewn ysgolion, megis cynorthwywyr addysgu. Mae’n adeiladu ar eich gwybodaeth a’ch sgiliau er mwyn datblygu dealltwriaeth ddyfnach o blant - o’r blynyddoedd cynnar i oed gadael ysgol. Byddwch yn cael cyflwyniad...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
The story of infection
How have infectious diseases, both their response to us and our response to them, evolved over the centuries?
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Education & Development
The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education
Natalia Kucirkova, Professor of Reading and Children's Development, explores the work of Jerome Bruner, Catherine Snow and Kathy Sylva...
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Education & Development
Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?
In this article, Professor Teresa Cremin explores how talking about texts, their possible meanings and interpretations should be placed at the very heart of the reading curriculum
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Education & Development
Reading: re-asserting the potency of the personal
In this article, Professor Teresa Cremin considers how discovering children’s intrinsic motivation as readers can build reciprocal communities of readers.