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Systems diagramming
Digital & Computing

Systems diagramming

...resource. Like all resources, there are different ways to use it depending upon what you are trying to achieve. Whatever you are trying to achieve it is important that you not only read the text thoroughly but also undertake the Activities (there are no ‘set’ answers to these Activities as they are personal to you but I have provided my own, or other people's,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Understanding language and learning
Languages

Understanding language and learning

...resource in enabling Scarlett to begin ordering and categorising the world around her. Scarlett is also learning how to interact with other human beings in order to exchange information and get things done. That is, she both listens and speaks to her family in an interactive process of ‘turn-taking’. Although she asks very few questions she finds out many new things...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Creativity, community and ICT
Education & Development

Creativity, community and ICT

...resources being delivered over the web; they had all been involved in the design and functionality of the website and were pushing the boundaries by delivering online content using new technologies. Yet the colleagues who together helped to envision and create such an environment did not see themselves as especially creative. Have a look now at Activity 2 to explore these...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
School geography: Exploring a definition
Education & Development

School geography: Exploring a definition

...resource on 'Mapping geography' above. Do you consider there to be a ‘chasm’ between geography as a discipline and the teaching of geography in school? What is your initial reaction to: the Today programme question? ‘Does the teaching of geography matter anymore?’ (Listen to the interview by clicking on the link above.) Charles Gritzner's question, ‘Can...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places
Society, Politics & Law

‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places

...human-made barriers called levees. However, Katrina was the long-awaited and feared ‘Big One’, a powerful storm with the potential to overwhelm the levees. [Figure 1 The path of Hurricane Katrina, 25 August to 30 August 2005] Copyright © AccuWeather, Inc. http://www.accuweather.com © Copyright © AccuWeather, Inc. http://www.accuweather.com Figure 1 The path of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Heritage case studies: Scotland
History & The Arts

Heritage case studies: Scotland

...Humanities...Heritage case studies: Scotland: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the significant issues affecting heritage engage effectively in debates about heritage issues in Scotland...Heritage case studies: Scotland: 1 Case studies - The first case study in this course, ‘Battlefields as heritage sites’ by...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Equity – law and idea
Society, Politics & Law

Equity – law and idea

...human nature and conduct, such as the rule of law, democracy, capitalism or liberalism, for example. Each of these enfolds or contains a number of ideas or virtues that, should they be stripped away, would likely have profound social consequences. The same applies to equity, especially as it enfolds what are arguably two of the most important dimensions of social life:...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship
History & The Arts

Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship

...humanities scholar at Brunel University, used digital methods to investigate different kinds of affective and factual narratives about digital citizenship, identity and contentious spheres of belonging. Insights from this study, like in others, point not only to the role digital and social media may have had in promoting engagement between and among migrants and host...
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Article 15 mins