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Soil as the book of nature
Nature & Environment

Soil as the book of nature

...Educate yourself and others with the Soil Science Educational Resource. Join surveys, for example, the OPAL national soil and earthworm survey. Support those who are working to improve soils situation, such as the Soil Association. Open University courses Neighbourhood nature [Free version] Environment: journeys through a changing world Other links BBC One - Life British...
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Article 5 mins
An appreciative approach to inquiry
Education & Development

An appreciative approach to inquiry

...education at any level and any context to engage in teacher inquiry, practitioner research or scholarship. Through structured activities introducing the 4D model of appreciative inquiry, you will use story techniques to identify existing strengths...This free course, An appreciative approach to inquiry, is designed to support groups of practitioners or individuals adopt...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Remembering Peter and John
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering Peter and John

...educational establishment, away from the workplace and family. Eric Wade, taught and directed numerous residential (summer) schools as a friend and academic colleague of Peter. It was he who appointed him as one of the first tutors at the OU. Eric fondly recalled Peter’s engagement with teaching and students. Tom Kinneavy did team teaching with Peter at these Schools....
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Saint Patrick and modern narratives of Irish identity
OpenLearn Ireland

Saint Patrick and modern narratives of Irish identity

...educator and Irish citizen, I see that the role of media and social media in stoking these flames of discontent is ever more clear and echoes research from established academics including Dikwal-Bot and McIntyre. Their studies show how whiteness has come through as a message from established far right leaders to disconnected and disconcerted young Irish men regarding what...
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Article 10 mins
An introduction to computers and computer systems
Digital & Computing

An introduction to computers and computer systems

...technology. Figure 2 shows such a computer, Colossus 10. [This is a black-and-white photograph of the Colossus 10.] Figure 2 Colossus 10 in Block H of Bletchley Park, now part of The National Museum of Computing. The large frame on the right of the picture with wheels attached is the input device. It guides paper tape with the stream of characters from an intercepted...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Attacked but not hacked: How secure was the US election?
Society, Politics & Law

Attacked but not hacked: How secure was the US election?

...technologies. To wit: Some states use fully electronic voting while others retain the traditional paper ballot. Polls open and close at different times across the country. Some states may offer a window for early voting while others do not. There is no unified national election “system” that could be attacked or disrupted in a single effort. Unfortunately, refuting...
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Riches & misery: the consequences of the Atlantic slave trade
History & The Arts

Riches & misery: the consequences of the Atlantic slave trade

...technology. These were also years of large British involvement in the slave trade. So were these two trends related? Undoubtedly the slave trade affected the British economy in a number of ways. The British cotton mills, which became the emblem of the “Industrial Revolution”, depended on cheap slave-produced cotton from the New World; cotton would have been more...
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Article 10 mins
Does handing a company on to the children work?
Money & Business

Does handing a company on to the children work?

...technology that allows CEOs to observe their workers’ productivity, it is only profitable to invest in the technology if the CEOs then use the information to discipline the low productivity workers. Thus, the “reputation cost” incurred by family CEOs may act as a constraint on investing in this technology. We find empirical support for the predictions of the model....
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