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Alastair Fothergill - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Alastair Fothergill - Earth in Vision

...Project AF: My name’s Alastair Fothergill, I am a director at Silverback Films, which makes wildlife TV and movies for Disneynature at the moment. How I got hooked… As a little boy I was one of those chaps who always had a snake under my bed, I always had tadpoles, much to my mother’s frustration, and I grew up for a lot of my youth on the North Norfolk coast, which...
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Video 15 mins
Continuing classical Latin
History & The Arts

Continuing classical Latin

...Introduction - This course features a discussion that shows how languages develop – a spoken language is constantly undergoing change while written language is more conservative. In its second part it also looks at the evolution of Latin into the Romance languages: Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian and others. The discussions throughout this course are...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
The Byzantine icon
History & The Arts

The Byzantine icon

...Introduction: the 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...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Assessment in secondary science
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary science

...Introduction - This free course, Assessment in secondary science, will identify and explore some of the key issues around assessment in secondary school science. Engaging with these issues and debates will help you to reflect upon and develop your practice as a science teacher. You will also develop a greater awareness of the role of assessment in science education. In...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision

...Project I’m Harry Marshall, I’m the Creative Director at Icon Films, a company I have run in Bristol for 25 years. How I got started I’ve always felt an imposter because my degree was in English; however, I grew up in India and I went to a school in the Western Ghats and my father used to drive me to school through the jungles of Mudumalai and Bandipur, and we would...
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Video 30 mins
Introducing Homer's Iliad
History & The Arts

Introducing Homer's Iliad

...Introduction - The Iliad and the Odyssey, the two epic ancient Greek poems attributed to Homer, are widely considered to be foundational texts in Western literature. Yet, the poems contain many features that seem unusual or just plain weird to the modern reader. In order for you to be able to read and better understand the poems, you will be introduced to some of the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
A question of ethics: right or wrong?
Health, Sports & Psychology

A question of ethics: right or wrong?

...managing relationships, and the responsibilities of coaches and instructors in fostering trust, integrity, and character development...This free course, A question of ethics: right or wrong?, discusses ethical and professional principles in sport and fitness environments. Working closely with individuals and developing relationships is an inherent and often satisfying...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems
Nature & Environment

Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems

...Introduction - This course starts by looking at ecosystems and at some of the living and non-living components they contain. We will then move on to look at the importance of being able to identify and name the living things in an ecosystem, and examine some of the ways in which we can start to record some of the interactions between them. But we must never forget that we...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs