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Introducing technology and innovation management
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing technology and innovation management

...writing letters to each other. Mail order shopping and writing letters were made possible by innovations that were groundbreaking in their day. Compare the impact of the introduction of running water, electric lighting and indoor plumbing with some more recent innovations. As Chakrabortty (2012) comments, ‘You might love your iPhone, and I might spend too much time on...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Understanding science: what we cannot know Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding science: what we cannot know

...writing out all the different combinations, where the plants are labelled a, b, c, d, e, then the combinations are abc, abd, abe, acd, etc., but it is much quicker to use Pascal’s triangle. You just look at the entry in the sixth row and the fourth column in the triangle (remember to start counting from zero), and you will see that the answer is 10...Week 1: Chance and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision

...writing ideas for briefs or overseeing the rest of the team as they edit, etc., to make sure that… number one that obviously the quality is really, really high but also that the ideas are something new and something fresh in the world that we work in. How I got started Originally I went to Brighton University, I trained in graphic design. I always knew I wanted to work...
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Video 30 mins
How to compare income across countries
Science, Maths & Technology

How to compare income across countries

...write it as /100. So 5% is the same as 5/100. 5/100 can also be written as 0.05. A 5% increase means take the original amount ( 1x the original amount) and add 5%, or 0.05x the value, to it. That is, a 5% increase means multiply the original amount by itself (1x) and another 0.05x itself, to give 1+0.05 = 1.05 times the original amount. To see how quickly the...
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Video 45 mins
Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?
Education & Development

Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?

...write Jenny Radesky and her colleague Barry Zuckerman in their study of digital play. Children this young are still developing the ability to choose what to pay attention to and what to ignore, and they have trouble generalising from symbolic representations to the real world. Preschool-aged children need to interact with actual physical objects in order to develop their...
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Article 5 mins
The moral equality of combatants
History & The Arts

The moral equality of combatants

...write that ‘the most basic … architectonic distinction that structure[s] the law of war is the radical separation of Jus ad Bellum and Jus in Bello . The lawfulness of war has no bearing on the proper conduct of war’ (2008, p. 20). It is often suggested that the JaB and JiB conditions also apply most directly to different groups of people. Statesmen and politicians...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
Historical perspectives on race
History & The Arts

Historical perspectives on race

...writing about slavery, we usually talk about ‘enslaved people’ rather than slaves. This language is important because it acknowledges the humanity of enslaved people, instead of using the description forced on them by their enslavers. This course also uses language that accurately describes people’s experiences and complex identities within their own political and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Understanding autism Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding autism

...writing some quick notes summarising your current knowledge and understanding of autism. Maybe you already know quite a bit, or maybe you know very little at all, but you will almost certainly come to this course with some ideas. Activity 2 How accurate is your current knowledge? Timing: Allow about 10 minutes Now take the interactive quiz at this link: ‘What do you...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs