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Five tips to make online teaching neuroinclusive
Education & Development

Five tips to make online teaching neuroinclusive

...multiple formats [Audio file icon] Realistic neuroinclusive teaching objectives recognise that one size doesn’t fit all, because every student will have different needs. So the best thing we can do as teachers is to provide lots of choice, to enable each student to engage with the material in a way that works for them. You might consider: • sending out slides with alt...
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Astronomy: images of the Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy: images of the Universe

...multiple antennae to produce radio wavelength images. But however an image is made, the basic end result – as shown in Figure 1 – is a two-dimensional (x, y) array of pixels: a grid that records the brightness at related locations on the sky. [Described image] Figure 1 How information is stored in a simple (greyscale) astronomical image. The data are stored as an x, y...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Who belongs to Glasgow?
Society, Politics & Law

Who belongs to Glasgow?

...multiple identities, uniqueness of place, interdependencies. There are many different ways of interpreting and representing the character and identity of a place – many different geographical imaginations. Identities of places are a product of social action and of how people construct their own representations of particular places. This OpenLearn course provides a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)
Education & Development

Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)

...multiple exclusions’ – racial, social, educational and economic. Such ‘multiple exclusions’ have been documented in England, where Parsons (1999), for example, has explored the link between ethnicity and school exclusions, and has documented the disproportionate numbers of minority ethnic students who find themselves permanently out of school. More recently,...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Better regulation or austerity politics? Undoing social protection
Society, Politics & Law

Better regulation or austerity politics? Undoing social protection

...multiple deprivation – are losing £782 on average per household, while authorities covering the richest areas are losing just £48 on average. Hart district council in Hampshire, the least deprived local authority, is losing £28 per household, while in Liverpool District B, the most deprived area, the figure is £807”. Perhaps the clearest finding in my interviews...
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The Psychological Risks in Reality TV and How Aftercare Should be Done
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Psychological Risks in Reality TV and How Aftercare Should be Done

...multiple risks, including harms such as distress, trauma, negative attitude change, moral damage, lowered self-esteem, embarrassment and loss of dignity, disempowerment, insecurity, anxiety, engendered fears, mental stress/fatigue, and peer disapproval or bullying. This led to changes in regulations and reference in Ofcom guidance for under-18s in UK. Because there is a...
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The machine that is still changing the world
Science, Maths & Technology

The machine that is still changing the world

...multiple steps that each take no longer than 84 seconds. If a task takes longer, the stage in the process has to be duplicated adding to costs. Any variation in how long a step takes would seriously disrupt the flow of work, so every single action at every step in the process is controlled and continuously improved. This intensity of improvement activity is a clear...
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The Silver Bridge Disaster: Stresses and strains
Science, Maths & Technology

The Silver Bridge Disaster: Stresses and strains

...multiple eyebars makes the overall design of the bridge safer against factors such as these. The construction engineers in Pittsburgh knew what they were doing and could rely on their own tried and tested expertise. At this time, the American Bridge Company also went on to construct both the ‘Silver’ and ‘Hi Carpenter’ bridges. However those bridges were...
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