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Can renewable energy sources power the world? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Can renewable energy sources power the world?

...et al., 2010; IEA, 2010b; BP, 2010) So what is the chain of events that cause climate change on a global level?...Week 1: Introducing renewable energy: 5.1 What are the causes of climate change? - The surface temperature of the Earth establishes itself at an equilibrium level where the incoming radiative power energy from the Sun balances the outgoing reflected amd...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Creating open educational resources
Education & Development

Creating open educational resources

...et al., 2008) and it embraces OpenCourseWare but would also include any educational materials, technologies and resources offered freely and openly for anyone to use and under some licences to remix, improve and redistribute. OpenLearn is an example of a collection of OERs. The term ‘open content’ was first used by David Wiley, an academic now working at Utah State...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Introducing the voluntary sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Introducing the voluntary sector

...profile examples of this in the health service (poor care, abuse and neglect in Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust) and in technological scandals (Julian Assange and Edward Snowden). Legislation now exists in many countries to protect whistle-blowers and in the UK a charity, Public Concern at Work, provides support. Activity 3 Values and actions Timing: Allow...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research
Education & Development

Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research

...et al, 2003). Can the results be generalised? Someone who hears about or reads about your research might decide that, based on their experience then it is authentic and seems sensible. Does the data support the conclusions? This is more likely if there is more than one source of data collected over a period of time or if the findings have been checked with the...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Egyptian mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Egyptian mathematics

...style of arithmetic. For example, if you look again at the way division was described (Question 3, Comment) you will notice that it can be seen in terms of getting close to the desired result and then seeing what needs to be done to make up the remainder. The strategy used in Problem 24 is a solution method in common use up to quite recent times, appearing under various...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
The caring manager in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

The caring manager in health and social care

...style of management that builds on their personal awareness to support staff, while simultaneously acknowledging their humanity and dealing sensitively with strong feelings. This kind of approach can play an important part in retaining staff, keeping morale high and enabling people to deal with the inevitable pressures of work in health and social care. As the case study...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Engineering: environmental fluids
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: environmental fluids

...profile in terms of wind speed versus height because of the variability of heating effects and geographic features. In this region, the wind speed is modelled from a reference wind speed at a ground level to reference height, z , of 10 m. In this layer the flow is mixed and can be modelled as turbulent. In engineering applications – for example, in the design of...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Managing complexity: a systems approach
Society, Politics & Law

Managing complexity: a systems approach

...style of learning is based on the notion that the understandings most useful to us, and that most readily become part of us, are learnt by experience. The activities are designed to enable you to discover your own learning by experience. There will be a lot about reflective practice in this unit but for now I want to introduce you to some basic ideas about it...Managing...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs