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A new layer: Culture, the Irish language and identity in 2015
OpenLearn Ireland

A new layer: Culture, the Irish language and identity in 2015

...de thríocha bliain i ndiaidh sin, sa dóigh gur bheartaigh mé féin agus an Dr Seosamh Watson tionscnamh a bhunú le hiarracht a dhéanamh moill a chur ar an chreimeadh teanga. I 1984, nuair a thosaigh Oideas Gael, thiocfadh linn siúl trasna an bhealaigh go Tigh Bhiddy agus gan ach Gaeilge a chluinstin ón fhoireann agus ón chuideachta ann. Sa lá inniu (2015) tá an...
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Learning with braille – more than just joining the dots
Education & Development

Learning with braille – more than just joining the dots

...de la Serre to develop his Ecriture Nocturne (night reading) system. Barbier used a 6x6 grid with raised dots to represent the letters (and some common pairs of letters) of the French alphabet. [Barbier's sonography ('night writing')] Sonography In 1821 Barbier demonstrated his system at the Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles (Royal Institute for Blind Youth) in Paris...
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Icarus: entering the world of myth
History & The Arts

Icarus: entering the world of myth

...des Beaux Arts). These subsequent versions of the myth may on the surface depart from Ovid’s narrative, and you should note that the poem is actually reacting to the painting in the first instance, and is, therefore, ‘once removed’ from Ovid. If you already have some skills of visual analysis or feel comfortable with literary critiques of twentieth-century poetry,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Using Talk Factory for Speaking and Listening in Classrooms
Education & Development

Using Talk Factory for Speaking and Listening in Classrooms

...maths lessons. This time, they used the app on iPads as well, and going outside for some lessons. Meera used Talk Factory in a non-fiction scheme of work, named ‘voices of our generation’ to help students to convey and justify their own opinions, and question the opinions of others, on topics such as ‘social media’ and ‘education’. Talk Factory was also used...
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Article 5 mins
Remedying the impact of school closures: be kind, thank a teacher
Education & Development

Remedying the impact of school closures: be kind, thank a teacher

...maths sing-alongs with Karim Zeroual and the CBBC’s Hacker T. Dog, and the reading we did with Oti Mabuse and Tom Hardy. Despite the celebrity names, teachers were included, patiently explaining how to sound out letters and words when there you were thinking you’d been a reading expert for years. Welcome to the world of phonics. Remedying the impact of school closures...
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Article 10 mins
Measure the Astronomical Unit and watch the Transit Of Venus
Science, Maths & Technology

Measure the Astronomical Unit and watch the Transit Of Venus

...maths for you. Back to Adam. Adam Terrific, Ok Andy, how’s it getting on can we see the picture from Egypt please? Andy It’s nearly there isn’t it? Adam There, it’s very close but you can still see a little bright bit. Andy Definitely let’s see how it looks here shall we. Adam Yes can we see the white light one from here? Again very close, very close. Andy That...
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Introduction to algebra
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to algebra

...Maths Help website (http://mathshelp.open.ac.uk/). If you are interested in statistics you may like to study the free OpenLearn course, Prices, location & spread; an adapted extract from the Open University module M140 Introducing statistics...Introduction to algebra: Acknowledgements - This free course was written by the School of Mathematics and Statistics. Except for...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Is Brazil's future Utopia now a thing of the past?
Society, Politics & Law

Is Brazil's future Utopia now a thing of the past?

...de Gaulle reportedly added the phrase, “and will always be so.” The optimism was founded on the country’s huge stockpile of mineral resources, rich agricultural land and human capital in its well-developed southern and central regions. De Gaulle’s ironic addition referred to the difficulty in making good use of these advantages. When I returned to Brazil as U.S....
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