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Teachers sharing resources online
Education & Development

Teachers sharing resources online

...publications, technology has greatly expanded the possibilities. The internet, social media, blogs, wikis and other tools have enabled educators to develop truly personalised networks, connecting with peers and other experts across the globe on a variety of levels, in their particular areas of interest (see, for example, Kelleher and Hutchinson, 2010; Okada et al., 2012)....
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
How teams work
Money & Business

How teams work

...public, whereas an accounting department within a larger organisation is supplying a service to other parts of the organisation. The purpose of the operational team is usually specified in terms of the level of service or the quality of the goods supplied. Operational teams usually have well-defined roles and responsibilities. While the idea of team roles is typically...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Start writing fiction: characters and stories
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction: characters and stories

...publication. To start writing fiction also means to develop your faculty of self-criticism. A great part of writing fiction is knowing how, why and when you should edit your own work. This is just one of the points at which honesty enters the equation of writing. The more ruthless you can be about your own work, the better it will be...Week 3: Writing is editing: 3.2.1...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Working mathematically
Science, Maths & Technology

Working mathematically

...Public Blow-Hard Number One, found plenty to find fault with. ‘If you cut that belt in two lengthwise, you will end up with two belts, each the same length as the original belt, but only half as wide.’ ‘No,’ said Ford Fordsen, ‘this is a very special belt known as a Möbius strip. If I cut it in two lengthwise, I will end up with one belt twice as long and half...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Babylonian mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Babylonian mathematics

...public knowledge.) [Figure 4] Figure 4 Plimpton 322 Look at the photograph and notice the main features of what remains: four columns of numbers, with words at the head of each column. Now look at the transcription (we have labelled the columns A, B, C for ease of reference), and see if any pattern is evident to you A B C [1;59,0,]15 1,59 2,49 1 [1;56,56,]58,14,5O,6,15...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Forensic science and fingerprints
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic science and fingerprints

...Public Enemy Number One' John Dillinger, attempted to make their fingerprints unrecognisable through self-mutilation. Dillinger had minor plastic surgery to change his appearance and probably at the same time had his finger tips scarred. Sadly for him, enough of his fingerprints remained to enable him to be identified from his fingerprints held on file. Activity 1:...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Making sense of ourselves
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making sense of ourselves

...public? If so, why? These kinds of questions orient to the problem of ‘social desirability’. It is very easy to work out that high scores on this scale indicate high levels of ‘prejudice’. In turn, it is easy for individuals to fill in this questionnaire in ways that present a ‘positive’ image of themselves as unprejudiced. More subtly, this pressure to act in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Exploring educational leadership
Education & Development

Exploring educational leadership

...public spending led to the shelving of Bedford’s reorganisation plans due to projected costs of £340 million plus, which they could no longer afford. Now, finally, Margaret Beaufort joined the Federation. Hugh Carr-Archer: So let me start with the new governors from Margaret Beaufort Middle School. I want to welcome new governors now. Margaret Beaufort Middle School...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs