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Assessing contemporary science
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing contemporary science

...account of the implications (Guston, 2014). The application of new knowledge has the potential to change our lives for the better or for worse. We all have just as much of a stake as scientists in determining the ways that science can and should influence our lives. Therefore, we need skills and competencies to assess science and its implications (Holliman, 2008). This...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin
History & The Arts

Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin

...account: The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of the verbs and in the forms of the grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong indeed,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Life in the Palaeozoic
Nature & Environment

Life in the Palaeozoic

...account, such as evidence from the sediment enclosing the fossil, and so on. The result is always an interpretation that reflects the balance of probabilities from the available information, rather than the certain truth. [Figure 5] Figure 5 A specimen of Calymene blumenbachi from the Wenlock Limestone that rolled itself up into a ball (2.5 cm)...Life in the Palaeozoic:...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Social science and participation
Society, Politics & Law

Social science and participation

...accounts of participation. Some participation involves deliberate decisions to act together with others, such as when people march in a demonstration, vote in an election or join a group formed to pursue a shared purpose, such as protecting the environment. Other activities, such as using public transport or visiting a museum, might at first seem less obviously social but...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Studying mammals: The insect hunters
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The insect hunters

...accounts of evolution that do not assume purpose or direction...Studying mammals: The insect hunters: 1 Meeting the insect eaters - As you work through this course you will come across boxes, like this one, which give you advice about the study skills that you will be developing as you progress through the course. To avoid breaking up the flow of the text, they will...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Introduction to computational thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to computational thinking

...account the distribution of the words in a dictionary across pages: for example it would work equally well with a dictionary printed on a single, enormously long paper scroll. Wing’s discussion of abstraction draws on a wide variety of concepts. You have come across phrases such as ‘ignoring’ and ‘hiding information’, ‘levels’ and ‘layers’, ‘models’...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment
Nature & Environment

Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment

...account include: the extent of biodegradation the rate of accumulation of a substance in the biota (and so within the food chain) the retention time of a substance within an organism. An important mechanism for toxicity in the body is the poisoning of enzymes, which are the catalysts of all the bodily functions. The terms used when explaining the effects of a toxic...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Contemporary issues in managing
Money & Business

Contemporary issues in managing

...accountability for senior managers. It is also necessary to create a culture of transparency and dialogue in such contexts.’...Contemporary issues in managing: 3.4 Using collective leadership for problem-solving - A complex problem for an organisation could consist of having to innovate in terms of processes and products, to be creative and think out of the box – all...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs