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An introduction to public leadership
Money & Business

An introduction to public leadership

...Systems of Organization: The Control of Task and Sentient Boundaries, London, Tavistock. ’t Hart, P. (2014) Understanding Public Leadership, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan. Thomas, K.W. (1977) ‘Toward multi-dimensional values in teaching: the example of conflict behaviors’, Academy of Management Review, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 484–90. West, M.A. (2004) Effective...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Open education
Education & Development

Open education

...systems required, with specific standards that had a language of their own. You might reflect here on whether you have, or would, share teaching resources using the learning object approach. What do you think would be the main issues for educators and teachers?...Open education: 2.4 OER issues - Figure 4 In 2001 the OER movement began when MIT announced its OpenCourseWare...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
Challenging ideas in mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Challenging ideas in mental health

...system later than their white counterparts, and that's for fear of being hospitalized, fear of being stigmatized. They arrive at hospital at crisis point, really. DAVID HAREWOOD Let me just-- I'm going to go to for my bag here-- I want to look, show you my records from 30 years ago. CHANELLE MYRIE Oh, wow. DAVID HAREWOOD See, look at this, I mean, this is like-- this is...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Understanding language and learning
Languages

Understanding language and learning

...systemic functional linguistics (SFL). [Described image] Figure 6 Michael Halliday Halliday (2004) argues that there are three ways of thinking about the relationship between learning and language: learning a language, learning through language and learning about language. As children are socialised, they are engaged in all three processes simultaneously. They learn a...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?

...system and causes humans who are infected to hallucinate, become aggressive and even fear water. When someone is bitten, it’s crucial to wash the wound immediately and vaccinate them as soon as possible. But this rarely happens in India. Instead, many people end up being improperly treated – for example, not receiving a full course of vaccinations after exposure....
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Article 10 mins
Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair
Education & Development

Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair

...systems. For instance, during the fifteenth century, African people such as the Wolof, Mende, Mandingo and Yoruba ethnic groups used hairstyles as means to carry messages or as status symbols, such as denoting age, religion, social rank and marital status. One of the unique features of African textured hair is its ability to be sculpted and moulded into various shapes and...
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Article 5 mins
Birth of a drug
Science, Maths & Technology

Birth of a drug

...systems are being used in this process to provide suitable leads, by consideration of the shape and electronic properties of the receptor or enzyme involved, and so designing compounds from first principles. The development of doxazosin, as described in the video, can be divided into a number of stages: the medical background; the pharmacological background; the project...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention
Money & Business

Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention

...system intended to influence events and/or consequences. The term may refer to single activities but often refers to sets of activities organized within a project, program, or instrument. We use the term “development intervention” or simply “intervention” to refer to the activities of a project, program, or instrument in the field of international development....
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs