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The power of infographics in research dissemination
Education & Development

The power of infographics in research dissemination

...families, into individuals, into their beliefs and then back around again in a cycle. What I love about this image is it's made up of concepts that explores our worldviews, and it helps us - it's helped me anyway - to see what others think and to see where they're coming from. And it feels just incredibly cool to do that. And what was most exciting for me designing this...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Asset allocation in investment
Money & Business

Asset allocation in investment

...families. I think of CalPERS as a perpetuity. We have long-term obligations for many generations to come. So we think long-term in everything that we do. Our actuaries think out 50 to 60 years. If you think of a career as about 30 years and then retirement as 25 to 30 years, that's 50 to 60 years. Our investors think long-term. They think in terms of a market cycle, which...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Getting started with Italian 1
Languages

Getting started with Italian 1

...family and friends; let them know you’ve decided to start learning Italian and maybe they can help you or leave you in peace when you need to study. Now that you know what’s in store for you, you are ready to get started. Buon lavoro!...Introduction: Open Centre for Languages and Cultures - This course has been developed from extract parts of LGXI001 - Beginners...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Exploring educational leadership
Education & Development

Exploring educational leadership

...family. The ‘structure–agency’ debate has dominated discussions in sociology since the 1970s, particularly in relation to the capacity of individuals and groups (‘collective agency’) to change the context (or social structures) within which they exist. Moving beyond those oppositional views, Anthony Giddens (1984) argued that individuals have the capacity for...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Making sense of ourselves
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making sense of ourselves

...family. So we have to be very particular about the cultural context we’re talking about. The individual is premised on a Western belief of the individual, that, the sort of the integrity of self. So it’s there in popular culture. It’s there as narratives of how we understand the person. Especially in psychology, it’s there very clearly as there is this sort of the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements
Society, Politics & Law

Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements

...trees, dig holes in the ground, hunt; we do fire. That’s our unique ecological signature. But our firepower comes with real limitations. Not every spark spreads. Not every fire is going to behave as we wish. And the reason is that the power to propagate resides in the setting. So we began changing the setting. We slash woods. We drain peat. We loosed livestock. In a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Take your teaching online Badge icon
Education & Development

Take your teaching online

...family and employers, and on social media. Badges are a great motivation, helping you to reach the end of the course. Gaining a badge often boosts confidence in the skills and abilities that underpin successful study. So, completing this course should encourage you to think about taking other courses...Take your teaching online: How to get a badge - Getting a badge is...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Understanding science: what we cannot know Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding science: what we cannot know

...tree diagram demonstrating how the money should be split. At the top is the £60 stake, which then splits into two branches: £30 for Alex and £30 for Bill. Bill’s £30 then splits into two further branches: £15 for Alex and £15 for Bill.] Figure 3 Solving the problem of points...Week 1: Chance and chaos: 1.4 Pascal’s triangle - Remarkably, Pascal further...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs