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Using Turnitin effectively: building integrity into your writing
Education & Development

Using Turnitin effectively: building integrity into your writing

...education and assessment, reflecting your commitment to producing and submitting work that is authentically your own — something to be genuinely proud of as a student. Through guided activities and practical examples, this free course will show you how Turnitin can be used as a learning tool before you submit your final assessments, helping you to develop confidence in...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Witnessing war through a smartphone lens
Society, Politics & Law

Witnessing war through a smartphone lens

...technologies are now implicated in complicated and contradictory ways, in every stage of the refugee journey. But it also shows the creative uses that Syrian refugee children make of the phone camera, for example, to capture their living conditions in Pikpa camp on the island of Lesvos. They may be victims of war, but they continue actively to imagine new lives through...
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Video 5 mins
Machine translation – how teachers can deal with online translation tools in language studies assessments
Education & Development

Machine translation – how teachers can deal with online translation tools in language studies assessments

...technological realities of learning and studying. Three approaches, or a mixture of them, may help us to solve the dilemma: It is essential there are clear definitions of what constitutes good and acceptable academic practice in the respective assessment context. Rules for the uses of translation tools and citations, and established formal policies regarding student use...
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Article 5 mins
British Science Week
Science, Maths & Technology

British Science Week

...technology, engineering and maths events and activities across the UK for people of all ages, coordinated by the British Science Association. To find out what is going on across the UK to celebrate, visit the British Science Week Event Calendar and keep up to date by following British Science Week on Twitter. To celebrate we have compiled a range of FREE resources for you...
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Article 1 hr 30 mins
Meet the ThrustWSH project team
Science, Maths & Technology

Meet the ThrustWSH project team

...technology is and why the team are so excited about it? Listen again to Butch who tells us why hydrofoils are so important for the success of this project and how they make the boat safer at high speeds. You also meet Colin Hales who is an aeronautical engineer. He explains the similarities between super-cavitating foils and supersonic aircraft wings, albeit that...
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Video 30 mins
Teaching secondary mathematics
Education & Development

Teaching secondary mathematics

...education and how this affects mathematics in the secondary school curriculum...This free course, Teaching secondary mathematics, will identify and explore some of the key issues around teaching mathematics in secondary schools. Through coming to understand these issues and debates, you will reflect on and develop your practice as a mathematics teacher and develop a...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
A question of ethics: right or wrong?
Health, Sports & Psychology

A question of ethics: right or wrong?

...education and training’ could be an issue here as the coaches did not seem to adopt good practice or possibly appreciate how this culture may impact the athletes involved. It could be questioned whether this was ‘a safe environment.’ The case study describes ‘belittling, public humiliation, shouting and generally aggressive and intimidating behaviour’ by the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Supporting children and young people's wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting children and young people's wellbeing

...technologies...Supporting children and young people's wellbeing: 1 Wellbeing in today’s society - During the last decade a number of media reports, newspaper articles and debates on social media have shared alarming statistics, which suggest that children and young people in the United Kingdom are increasingly unhappy and that their wellbeing is potentially at risk. An...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs