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Supporting climate action through digital education
Education & Development

Supporting climate action through digital education

...types of skills: skills needed for green jobs that support transition to a low-carbon economy skills for a green transformation that help societies to adapt and transform social and economic injustice green life skills that crosscut both of the above. There are advantages to this wider view of green skills. It moves thinking away from a focus on economic growth and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion
Money & Business

Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion

...types of wellbeing illustrated in Figure 3. [Described image] Figure 3 Dimensions of wellbeing. This course considers the post-COVID-19 digital landscape and the hybrid ways of working that have emerged in response to the pandemic, so much of it will be focused on factors relating to occupational (work-based) wellbeing. However, occupational wellbeing is hugely affected...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
How to compare income across countries
Science, Maths & Technology

How to compare income across countries

...types of scaling. This is most obvious when we have an axis that clearly specifies units such as “millions of dollars”, but it also applies when we consider a scale such as “per 1000 people” or “per capita”. In some circumstances, we may need to do a calculation to map from our original data values (total GDP, for example) to a particular normalised expression...
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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?

...types of screen: do we mean a television screen, a tablet, a smartphone or an e-reader? Secondly, the nature of the content matters: is it an interactive drawing game, an e-book, a Skype call with Grandma or a stream of Netflix Kids videos? Thirdly, there’s the context: is there a caregiver in the room talking to the child as they interact with the screen or are they...
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Article 5 mins
Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes
History & The Arts

Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes

...types of quantitative survey data, cannot tell us the entire story – but they can provide us with very interesting perspectives over a longer time span, such as the past two decades since the UK census has begun to ask questions about religious identity. This course will try to augment – and animate – the data, exploring people’s experiences of religion,...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Exploring books for children: words and pictures
History & The Arts

Exploring books for children: words and pictures

...type of audience these books are intended for, simply from the way they look. Images aimed at younger children tend to have bright colours and bold lines. It is interesting to note the contrast in the use of colour between Inquisitive Peter and other Funny Tales and the Walter Crane Red Riding Hood. The latter’s sophisticated colours and detailed drawing seem to be...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Childhood in the digital age
Education & Development

Childhood in the digital age

...phrase ‘moral panic’ an interesting one from Tanya because I’m consistently in a moral quandary about the kind of technology he should be allowed to use and he’s only 14 months old. My husband gives him my Blackberry to play with so that we can change his nappy without him moving. Because he sees us using that it’s something that Lydia said that he is learning...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Revision and examinations
Education & Development

Revision and examinations

...phrase, in some cases it may be necessary or desirable to examine different possible or often used definitions Describe give a detailed account of Discuss explain, then give two sides of the issue and any implications Distinguish/Differentiate between look for differences between Evaluate make an appraisal of the worth/validity/effectiveness of something in the light of...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs