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An introduction to interaction design
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to interaction design

...human life, for example, healthcare. While in the past, if you wanted to check your heart, you would need to go to a doctor who would use a stethoscope to listen to it (Figure 7a), these days a range of wearable products can monitor vital signs while we go about our daily activities. For example, biometric shirts designed to monitor the vital signs of sports players...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Teaching mathematics Badge icon
Education & Development

Teaching mathematics

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Week 2: Teaching and learning: percentages and fractions: Introduction - In this week’s study you will read about the effectiveness of diagrammatic representations in helping learners to access mathematics and to develop their conceptual understanding of fractions,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Nationalism, self-determination and secession
Society, Politics & Law

Nationalism, self-determination and secession

...human groups that think of themselves as nations challenge the existing order and assert their right to a state of their own. And at the same time it is a kind of gentle introduction to how to study political ideas. It is more theoretical, or philosophical, than historical, but that doesn’t mean it has no purchase on the real world. The practical examples with which it...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Young people’s wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young people’s wellbeing

...resources (e.g. money) and social relationships. There is an implicit recognition here of the part played by social disadvantages such as poverty in many people's experience of poor mental and physical health. [Three friends laughing outside] Writing in support of using the notion of wellbeing in public policy, Hetan Shah has argued that ‘an incredible amount is spent...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
On-screen graphic design: The early years of television
Science, Maths & Technology

On-screen graphic design: The early years of television

...resources and under investment. It was nearly 20 years after the launch of BBC Television, that its first full-time graphic designer was employed, John Sewell, in 1954. This saw the start of a commitment to the profession, but for a long time Graphic Design remained under the control of Scenic Design, when it really should have been its equal, considering the amount of...
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Assessment in secondary science
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary science

...Resource 1, ‘Assessment techniques’, describes some classroom formative assessment techniques. For each of the techniques described, consider: the nature of the assessment information that could be obtained by the technique the possible criticisms (for example, how reliable is it?) the possible challenges of implementing each one in a class of 30 students. Isolated...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Assessment in secondary mathematics
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary mathematics

...resource for helping others in their learning. For example, suppose you have been doing some work on place value and decimals and you want to find out if students have a good understanding of these concepts. You ask the students to put the following numbers in order, smallest first: 0.3, 0.7 and 0.4. You may find little out from the result! Suppose, instead, that you...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Population ageing: a global health crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Population ageing: a global health crisis?

...human history, there will be more people over 60 than under 15. 1 in every 5 people will be elderly. In 1950 there were 12 working people for every elderly person. Today: 9. 2050: 4. More money out, less money in. Economic impact: Growth, Savings, Debt, Investment, Consumption, Labor markets, Pensions, Taxation Social impact: Family composition, Living arrangements,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs