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How teams work
Money & Business

How teams work

...geography, making it possible to interact and form communities with people across the world. The concept of community of practice is influencing theory and practice in many domains. From humble beginnings in apprenticeship studies, the concept was seized by businesses interested in knowledge management and has progressively found its way into other sectors. It has now...
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology

...geography is transitory when viewed in terms of the very long span of geological time). As well as evidence from sedimentary rocks, recent landforms also indicate that in the more recent geological past (within the Quaternary Period), sea-level was not the same as it is at present. Activity 12 What deposits could we look for that might suggest that sea-level was once...
Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation
History & The Arts

Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation

...geography of the keyboard. Check your progress against Figure 1 when necessary. If note names are new to you, come back to this exercise several times this week. [Described image] Figure 1 (repeated) Keyboard showing black and white notes, with white notes named (two octaves) Note that step 5 instructs you to sing in a vocal range that is comfortable for you. As mentioned...
The Byzantine icon
History & The Arts

The Byzantine icon

...geography of the icon - In 1054, Christianity was divided into two distinct Churches: the Roman Catholic Church, with the Pope in Rome at its head; and the Orthodox Church, with the Patriarch in Constantinople at its head. One of the main reasons for the divide, known as the ‘Great Schism’, was a disagreement on the descent of the Holy Ghost. The Catholic Church...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
What is heritage?
History & The Arts

What is heritage?

...geography, textual analysis and visual discrimination, to name but a few. The aim of this book is to form an introduction to heritage as a global concept, and critical heritage studies as a field of inquiry...What is heritage?: 2.1 What is heritage? - The Oxford English Dictionary defines ‘heritage’ as ‘property that is or may be inherited; an inheritance’,...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Could we control our climate? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Could we control our climate?

...geography department and at one point, he posted a slide advertising for interns in his dendrochronology lab. And I was lucky enough to get that job. He came to me with a set of data with the task of turning it into a piece of music, and we wound up with "A Song of Our Warming Planet." In the piece of music, each note will correspond to a year. And then the pitch of that...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The gut microbiome: balancing the body
Science, Maths & Technology

The gut microbiome: balancing the body

...geography is complex, and may be linked to factors such as socioeconomic status. Additionally, differing diet in different geographical regions may have a significant impact and you are going to learn more about this next...The gut microbiome – balancing the body: 3.4 The impact of diet - As you learnt previously, the gut microbiota digest nutrients from the diet of the...
Veiling
History & The Arts

Veiling

...geography? Are they not inevitably closely intertwined? It is clear that there are many contrasting points of view on the issue of veiling within Islam, and many different motives behind the adoption of different veiling practices. For some, the adoption or rejection of different styles of veiling makes them ‘unwilling targets of attention’, while others use veils as...
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs