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Building confidence in using online forums
Education & Development

Building confidence in using online forums

...feedback. You might enjoy the chance to bounce ideas off other people. How comfortable you feel about posting to an online learning forum will be linked to your enthusiasm and confidence in using one. 3. What do you see as the purpose of online learning forums? Discussion Each course that uses online learning forums will use them in different ways. Indeed, forums may...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Introducing Virgil’s Aeneid
History & The Arts

Introducing Virgil’s Aeneid

...De Agostini Editore/L Pedicini Activity 3 I’d now like you to read the poem’s last lines, which you can find by going to the section on Virgil’s Aeneid on the ‘Poetry in Translation’ website. You can find the relevant passage in Book 12 of the poem by clicking on the link ‘Bk XII:887–952 The Death of Turnus’. Read this passage carefully and make some notes...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Religious diversity: rethinking religion
History & The Arts

Religious diversity: rethinking religion

...for reflecting on patriotic sacrifice. The role of Christian belief and worship is de-emphasised in comparison to St Paul’s own presentation of its purpose. The testimony of the veterans and their families emphasises the importance of these public acknowledgements of loss and sacrifice for the nation. Activity 6 Read the article ‘Occupy Protesters Chain Themselves to St Paul’s Pulpit’ which featured on the Guardian ......
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
English in the world today
Languages

English in the world today

...de vivre when speaking English – in both cases invoking images of French culture to enhance the meaning of what is being communicated. Other loanwords, however, become completely naturalised, until speakers of the language no longer notice their ‘foreignness’ at all. Below is a short selection of words of foreign origin which are in use in modern-day English. As you...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Seeing institutions in different ways
Society, Politics & Law

Seeing institutions in different ways

...classes in the school, the different ways in which teaching takes place in different classes. With the institutional lens, you might be looking at the wider ‘rules’ which, for example, require schools to arrange classes by age or by ability. With the organisational lens, in the case of your agency, you might be looking at, say, your work on a poverty reduction...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Applying to study for a PhD in psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Applying to study for a PhD in psychology

...class etc. You may therefore be considering a PhD that will build on your own life experience. However, this will only be the starting point because PhD research must produce original findings that take forward current academic thinking. You will therefore need to engage with the research of other academics, particularly through reading their work. In addition, your PhD...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
School business manager: Developing the role
Education & Development

School business manager: Developing the role

...Class Licence Number C01W0000065 with the permission of the Controller if HMSO and the Queen’s Printer for Scotland (Various extracts) Davies, B. and Ellison, L. (1999) Strategic Direction and Development of the School, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Handy, C (1995) ‘The Sigmoid Curve’, The Empty Raincoat: Making sense of the Future, Arrow Books, Random House Photo,...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Successful IT systems
Digital & Computing

Successful IT systems

...feedback or circularity, which some approaches to systems thinking regard as fundamental. In our view this is an important concept, but it is secondary to the ideas of components, interconnection and purpose. It is worth observing that you may come across the use of the word ‘system’ to refer solely to technology (such as software). Although this may fall within the...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs