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Strategic planning for online learning
Education & Development

Strategic planning for online learning

...simple to complex for example, may require different applications of technology to support both teaching and learning. I might move from a didactic style of introduction through more participative elements, and finally to a completely pupil-centred activity, where the technology progresses from substitute to redefinition depending on the mode of pedagogy. On occasions,...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Introducing vectors for engineering applications
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing vectors for engineering applications

...simple engineering systems (such as combining forces) using vectors perform simple algebraic procedures using vectors...Introducing vectors for engineering applications: Background - It is common in engineering for physical phenomena to be represented as vector fields. A vector field is a mathematical representation of a system that describes how a quantity, such as a...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Jim Skea - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Jim Skea - Stories of Change

...simple, commercial benefits, because you’re opening up new possibilities, you’re providing a kind of platform, a foundation for new forms of enterprise and development. Frankly, I think it’s up to developing countries in thinking about what their own needs are to think about what the appropriate indicators are. In a way it doesn’t surprise me at all, but it might...
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Introducing Homer's Iliad
History & The Arts

Introducing Homer's Iliad

...simple truth is that we don’t know anything about Homer. The Iliad and Odyssey are oral poems that were composed in performance, meaning that they were crafted in the process of being sung, rather than being created in advance and recited or rehearsed as we might expect from a poetic recital. Because of this ‘composition in performance’ element, whoever the poet...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Exploring philosophy: faking nature
History & The Arts

Exploring philosophy: faking nature

...simple (a sentence or two, or simply ‘yes’ or ‘no’) as that will make it easier to compare your views now with those you will have later. Activity 1 Timing: Spend around 5 minutes on this activity. In the text box below, make some brief notes on your views in response to the following questions. Can damage ever be made right? Can restoration ever make anything...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Personal development planning for engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Personal development planning for engineering

...simple at this stage – I've included my own example as Figure 5. [Described image] Figure 5 Example SWOT analysis Activity 8 Aim of this activity: to conduct a personal SWOT analysis. Insert a blank grid into your learning log and complete your own SWOT analysis. Once you've used your analysis to identify what is feasible, you can start to prioritise and decide what you...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Understanding children: babies being heard
Education & Development

Understanding children: babies being heard

...simple to draw firm conclusions from this, and the parents had loved and supported the child continually through his experience. But it's worth bearing in mind that early experiences can be compensated for...Understanding children: Babies being heard: 6.3 Responding to need - How adults react to babies’ needs will depend on a number of things. These include how relaxed...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Minds and mental phenomena: an introduction
History & The Arts

Minds and mental phenomena: an introduction

...simple as thermostats can be said to have beliefs’. Searle asked McCarthy what beliefs his thermostats had, and McCarthy answered: ‘My thermostat has three beliefs. My thermostat believes – it's too hot in here, it's too cold in here and it's just right in here (Searle 1984, p.30). This probably seems preposterous, an extreme and egregious case of anthropomorphising...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs