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Mosquito resistance to insecticides
Science, Maths & Technology

Mosquito resistance to insecticides

...adapted extract from the Open University course S317 Biological science: from genes to species...Mosquito resistance to insecticides: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe how natural selection drives changes in allele frequencies, using mosquito resistance to insecticides as an example...Mosquito resistance to insecticides: 1 The...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...adapted from Rasmussen et al., 1993). The scene is a typical household kitchen. On the kitchen counter is a plate of biscuits. Lily is in the kitchen. Lily is hungry and can see the biscuits. Which of these assumptions, if any, do you think are reasonable to make: Lily likes eating biscuits Lily would be happy if she ate the biscuits Lily would be unhappy if she could not...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Sea level rise | International case studies
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise | International case studies

...of climate change than many other nations for a range of reasons.... Read more... EXPLORE FURTHER: Read case studies in England to see how three coastal communities have adapted to the affects of sea level rises. Too see how your local area might be affected, follow this link to the map produced by Climate Central, based on the recent paper by Kulp and Strauss (2019)....
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The drive to sustainability in Higher Education
Nature & Environment

The drive to sustainability in Higher Education

...et al. 2005; Roy et al. 2008) followed by the Jisc-funded SusTEACH research and development project – ‘Sustainability Tools for Environmental Appraisal of Carbon impacts of HE teaching models using ICTs’ that I was involved in (Caird et al. 2015a). The Factor 10 Visions and SusTEACH studies undertook an environmental audit of both distance-taught and campus-based HE...
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Supporting climate action through digital education
Education & Development

Supporting climate action through digital education

...adaptation. (Haklay et al., 2021) Kythreotis et al. confirm that: By acting as volunteers, citizens are important for data collection to inform climate research (Bonney et al., 2014; Lahoz and Schneider, 2014) as a means to understand trends, causes, impacts, and responses to, climate change. (Kythreotis et al., 2019, p. 3) Citizen science projects provide ......
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Technological innovation: a resource-based view
Science, Maths & Technology

Technological innovation: a resource-based view

...adapted extract from the Open University course T849 Strategic capabilities for technological innovation...Technological innovation: a resource-based view: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the genesis and continuing development of the resource-based view of organisations understand the distinction between organisational...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Advanced Spanish: Arts and crafts
Languages

Advanced Spanish: Arts and crafts

...entre arte y artesanía, conocerá la artesanía canaria y el contexto histórico en el que ha evolucionado. In order to get the maximum benefit from this course you should obtain copies of the following: KATTÁN-IBARRA, J. AND POUNTAIN, C. J. (2003, 2nd revised edn) Modern Spanish Grammar: A Practical Guide, Routledge, ISBN 0 415 27304 8. Diccionario Salamanca de la...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
My unique path to university: real stories
Education & Development

My unique path to university: real stories

...adapted to life as a student. [My Path to University: Tom's Story] Andrea's story Andrea shares his perspective as a young carer and the first member of his family to go to university. [My Path to University: Andrea's Story] Liam's story Liam shares his experience of joining university later in life and his hopes for the future. [My Path to University: Liam's Story]...
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