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Virtual reality, 19th Century style: The history of the panorama and balloon view
History & The Arts

Virtual reality, 19th Century style: The history of the panorama and balloon view

...technologies, the idea of the “panoramic” view was far more widely disseminated than the idea of the balloon view. The impact of the panorama can be traced in balloonists’ accounts. Those trying to describe their airborne experiences found the panorama and its related devices to be a useful point of comparison. Before its appearance in 1792, authors of balloon...
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Practice supervision and assessment in nursing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Practice supervision and assessment in nursing

...education. As a Practice Supervisor and/or Practice Assessor you will be required to offer dynamic and effective supervision. This course offers you a wide range of self-directed learning materials and you will be taken through a series of themes and activities with key resources, designed to support you to develop effective, relational supervisory practice that empowers...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Making creativity and innovation happen
Money & Business

Making creativity and innovation happen

...technologies today are much more complex than those of our ancestors. In many cases intuition is poorly adapted to solving problems in the modern world. Think twice before you decide to trust intuition over rational analysis, especially in important matters, and watch out for people who tell you intuition can be a panacea for decision-making ills. (Simons and Chabris,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
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Education & Development

Young children, the outdoors and nature

...education and care. When a baby is born, there is often a wealth of friends and family who are ready to offer advice and guidance to the new parent on the best way to care for the young child. That advice is informed by family practices and society's expectations. Once the child enters a more formal care setting, advice continues to abound. It is often dictated by policy,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
CIAM (Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne)
History & The Arts

CIAM (Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne)

...technologies and strive for greater efficiency. (Le Corbusier, one of the movement's founders, often liked to compare the standardised efficiency of the motor industry with the inefficiency of the building trade.) CIAM's early attitudes towards town-planning were stark: "Urbanisation cannot be conditioned by the claims of a pre-existent aestheticism; its essence is of a...
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The reason for low wages
Money & Business

The reason for low wages

...technological advances and a rapidly changing 21st-century economy. There are some key factors for ‘wage stagnation’ that exist across contexts – including the shift from full employment to employability, the decline of unions and the international ‘race to the bottom’. Lawrence Mishel’s report Causes of Wage Stagnation for the Economic Policy Institute...
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Are mobile phones increasing health inequality in India?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are mobile phones increasing health inequality in India?

...technology is actually reducing the discrimination,” he says. NEEDS previously won awards for its mHealth projects. Alain Labrique, founding director of the Johns Hopkins University Global mHealth Initiative, Baltimore, US, says, “There is a lot of data — including our own — showing rapidly decreasing 'digital divides'. Not having a phone is not, in my...
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Ten tips for students starting university
Education & Development

Ten tips for students starting university

...technology 6: Make new friends, but don’t forget your old ones [Two female flatmates chatting on the sofa] Make an effort to strike up conversations with other students on your course and to be sociable with your flatmates, but don't forget to check in on friends and family back home. This article explains why friendships are so important... Why friendships are vital to...
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