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Algorithmic Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Algorithmic Design

...Spanish tile manufacturer which has been making encaustic cement tiles since 1933. Their tiles integrate traditional tile-making techniques with creative designs by contemporary architects and designers from around the world. The typeface tiles in the following image were crafted through a collaboration with the designer, Sascha Lobe, drawing inspiration from the modular...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
English: skills for learning Badge icon
Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...Spanish or Italian equivalents, so speaking these languages may help. Lethargic Lethargic is included in a list of other words so context again would be a useful strategy. Even if you don’t understand its meaning, from the context you will probably understand that lethargic describes one of the effects of malnutrition. This may be sufficient unless you want to read the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains

...Spanish police interviews to introduce the characters. By doing that, you can give a real level of insight to people that just comes from a slightly different angle. A couple of other things I like to do. The show don’t tell adage is still worth its weight in gold. Just avoid the telling bit and do the showing bit. And the other thing to do or the other thing I like to...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Understanding musical scores
History & The Arts

Understanding musical scores

...Spanish dance and the Russian Trepak. The exotic Arabian dance represents coffee. The Arabian dance is written for a large orchestra, but only a few of the instruments are playing at any one time. Look at the score, and see if you can identify ‘landmarks’ that might help you follow it. First, check the instruments that will be playing by looking at the names at the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin
History & The Arts

Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin

...Spanish). However, the ‘missing’ words of most interest here are those which reveal something about the way Latin works. Look again at the translations. The words in bold have no direct equivalents in Latin but are instead represented by the endings of words. We will see how this works in detail in the following pages. Pliny the Younger, Letters, 6.16.1. English You...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
The Enlightenment
History & The Arts

The Enlightenment

...Spanish valet Cacambo, about the colonial impact of the Jesuit Fathers in Paraguay (the Jesuits were a body of Catholic missionaries): I know how the reverend fathers govern as well as I know the streets of Cadiz. It's a wonderful thing, their system of government. The kingdom is more than three hundred leagues across; it is divided into thirty provinces. The reverend...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Forensic psychology Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic psychology

...Spanish police made a positive match between the same fingerprints and another suspect, a match the FBI confirmed as correct. DNA analysis is a robust technique based on sound scientific principles, but even it can fall foul of human error. For 16 years, German police chased an elusive female serial killer known as ‘the Phantom of Heilbronn’, as the same female DNA...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Open education
Education & Development

Open education

...Spanish Journal of Pedagogy, vol. 249, pp. 223–36. Also available online at http://oro.open.ac.uk/ 28774/ (accessed 24 May 2017)...Open education: 6 Operating in an open world - This week you will explore the types of technology used in open education, and why they have been adopted...Open education: 6.1 Week 6 Introduction - The focus of this week is to really consider...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs