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Introducing music research
History & The Arts

Introducing music research

...types of music and musical practices from all cultures and historical periods. The course uses the term ‘musical practices’ because musicological study isn’t restricted to studying pieces of music and their structures and meanings, but can include the ways music is discussed or written about, related elements such as the economics and production of music, and...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Exploring immortality
History & The Arts

Exploring immortality

...de Grey, established the charity which focuses on the potential of cellular repair to extend lifespans indefinitely. De Grey has claimed provocatively that the first human to live to the age of 1,000 years has probably already been born. Meanwhile, Russian billionaire, Dmitry Itskov founded the ‘2045 Initiative’ in 2011, with the goal of achieving a...
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Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching
Education & Development

Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching

...De Montes et al, 2002). Moderators’ efforts to be even-handed in dealing with problematic posting in the teacher-student forum ended in them becoming complicit with the covert racism. We can all be influenced by the messages society constructs around us, which are negative towards groups other than white, unless we make sure we have critical overview of our actions....
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An introduction to computers and computer systems
Digital & Computing

An introduction to computers and computer systems

...types of output device. The actuator that switches on a pump of a computer-controlled central-heating system is one example; the sound system that generates the beep of an electronic heart monitor is another. Sometimes the two types of device can be the same physical device. The electric typewriter was adapted first as an output device and later an input device. Today the...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004
History & The Arts

The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004

...type of beer. Even in our thirties, with partners and babies and jobs and mortgages, we understand when someone loses their purse while drunk, pukes in a taxi, or sleeps in their clothes and crawls into work with a hangover Lager spread around the world, but British drinkers of the time stuck to their home-brewed pale ales. These drinks were weaker than the 5% alcohol...
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Social construction and social constructionism
Society, Politics & Law

Social construction and social constructionism

...types of people or particular types of condition, and that they have consequences, both for welfare policies and for peoples lives, but also that we ought to be attentive to the fact that there may be other definitions struggling to be heard sometimes, very tiny voices as it were at the edges, but nevertheless as social scientists we ought to be attentive to them. So that...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
The economics of flood insurance
Society, Politics & Law

The economics of flood insurance

...types of flooding (Flood Guidance, 2009), some of which can even affect hill-top locations. Explore the types of flooding by scrolling/rolling over/clicking on the images in Figure 2. Figure 2 Types of flooding Activity 1 Is flooding a problem? Timing: Allow 10 minutes for this activity Thinking about the types of flooding described in Figure 2, would you consider some...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Accessibility of eLearning
Education & Development

Accessibility of eLearning

...types of technology used by disabled students. consider what adjustments you might make in creating eLearning materials to ensure they are accessible and usable. consider appropriate ways to evaluate the accessibility and usability of your eLearning materials...Accessibility of eLearning: 1 Introducing accessibility and disability - With the use of computers and the web...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs