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Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons
History & The Arts

Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons

...motive in the establishment of the association and we asked in many meetings on the issue of nuclear explosions because they are very dangerous and dangerous that these radiations will be lost in our region for up to 24,000 years and billions of years and remain in rocks, plants and groundwater. We asked the state to take care of this crime carried out by France. And add...
Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?
Education & Development

Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?

...motivation to get up and explore the world around them. After around an hour of assessment, Max’s patience for screen-touching, eye-tracking, brain-monitoring and other distractions from his busy schedule of rampaging around and eating bread sticks wanes. He starts to grizzle and wriggle and claw at the EEG cap. These movements corrupt the brain activity data....
Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?

...motivated to charge ahead. It’s a clear-the-decks kind of mentality. The women are more concerned about an organisational climate in which they’re connected with others. You can extrapolate that, I think, to areas of life beyond the office. I don’t want to perpetrate stereotypes but the data here seem pretty clear.” Additional support for this comes from a highly...
Looking at, describing and identifying objects
History & The Arts

Looking at, describing and identifying objects

...motivated them to become engaged with the artefact? Presumably the answer lies in its prestige value or aesthetic qualities. We could visit the British Museum to see it ourselves, or to observe other people encountering it and see what effect it has on them...Looking at, describing and identifying objects: Does the netsuke have a meaning? - This question takes us beyond...
Talk the talk
Education & Development

Talk the talk

...motivate people? To entertain a group of people? Audience Who will be listening to your talk? What is the benefit to them of listening to it? What do they already know about the subject? Mode of delivery Will the talk involve a visual or audio mode of delivery? Will it be live or recorded? What technology will you have available? Prepare the presentation What are you...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
English: skills for learning Badge icon
Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...motivation to read. C.A good way to concentrate and remember what I read is to keep looking for ideas and examples that are relevant to me. So while I read, I ask myself: Does this happen to me or to people I know? Have I ever seen this? Do I agree? … It also helps to discuss what I have read with other students. D.I think it’s important to read actively. I read the...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Empires: power, resistance, legacies
History & The Arts

Empires: power, resistance, legacies

...motives and impacts – have also turned inward, focussing back on the imperial centre. Empires facilitated flows from colonies to the metropole, including through migration. As people from the empire came to the metropole, they staked a claim to belonging. Ambalavaner Sivanandan (1923–2018), a British Sri Lankan writer and activist, argued that ‘Colonialism and...
Open education
Education & Development

Open education

...Absolutely. Martin Hope to meet up with you sometime soon. Thanks guys. Read McAuley et al. (2010), The MOOC Model for Digital Practice. This is a lengthy report so if you do not have time to read it all focus on the Executive Summary and the section entitled ‘Gaps in knowledge about MOOCs’. Read Weller (2012b), MOOCs Inc. Before we examine MOOCs in more detail, briefly consider if the MOOC approach could be adopted in ......
Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs