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Childhood in the digital age
Education & Development

Childhood in the digital age

...data. Dr Aleks Krotoski In my life, it's increasingly rare that I have time on my own, time to think. I have a Twitter account and several blogs to maintain, plus my Facebook status updates, my photo diary, my video blogs and my podcast that I have to record. And that's the content that I create. There's also the content that I consume, not least of which are the emails...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...Data (OECD, 2005). This definition comes from a wider tradition of research into the measurement of innovation. It is used by organisations such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Commission of the European Communities (CEC) to inform innovation policy. This sets out four main types of innovation (OECD, 2005): Product innovation...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
English: skills for learning Badge icon
Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...data was collected Analysis Examines the situation in great detail using the SWOT categories Four sections or paragraphs under the following headings: strengths weaknesses opportunities threats Conclusion Describes what the study has shown Paragraph briefly summarising the findings, i.e. the content of the analysis and highlighting the key factors Recommendations Suggests...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Earthquakes
Science, Maths & Technology

Earthquakes

...data from 1960 to present, from the International Seismological Centre. The colour bar shows the corresponding depth on the image. Activity 2 Geographical distribution Looking at Figure 7, try to describe the main patterns of the geographical distribution of earthquakes. Consider also which surface features on the Earth appear to have (i) shallow, and (ii) deep...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Exploring depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring depression

...data suggests that people who are more resilient are more likely to recognise happy faces and less likely to recognise sad or fearful faces. We’ve also shown that people, exactly in line with what we hypothesise, the more resilient somebody is, the better they remember positive words and positive pictures. Geoff Watts: In the last few decades more and more hopes have...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to adolescent mental health

...data, can often raise questions of detail and meanings. In the figure it refers to emotional disorders and mental disorders. You might have wondered whether or not an ‘emotional disorder’ is classified as a ‘mental disorder’, or whether it is a separate thing (it does, in fact, come under the umbrella of mental disorder). You may also have asked whether a...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
What is a virus?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is a virus?

...data suggests that SARS-CoV-2 causes a lesser fatality risk (~1% of infected people die) compared to SARS (10%) and MERS (37%), but higher than flu (0.1%). The surface of SARS-CoV-2 is covered with clusters of ‘spike’ proteins (Figure 2). These proteins specifically bind to a protein called angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), which is present on the surface of...
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Article 20 mins
Reading communities: why, what and how?
Education & Development

Reading communities: why, what and how?

...data revealed a strong association between childhood reading and increased attainment in literacy and numeracy in adolescence (Sullivan & Brown, 2013). In addition, as teachers know intuitively, and other studies have shown, reading for pleasure has myriad other benefits such as a wider vocabulary and general knowledge, an enriched imagination and more developed narrative...
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Article 10 mins