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An appreciative approach to inquiry
Education & Development

An appreciative approach to inquiry

...world in this way. Some may feel more challenging, where you may feel you have been socialised into a more critical, problem focused way of viewing inquiry. Throughout the other weeks of the course, activities and techniques will continue to be introduced to develop a more appreciative approach. It starts by considering what it means to develop an appreciative...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?

...world views can influence our practices and our capacity to collaborate. Read the following pdf which is an extract taken from Waitoller, F. R., & Kozleski, E. B. (2013) ‘Working in boundary practices: Identity development and learning in partnerships for inclusive education’, Teaching and Teacher Education, 31, pp. 25–45. (Sections 3.3–3.6 – pp. 19–29.) In...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Getting started with Chinese 2
Languages

Getting started with Chinese 2

...world, in any time zone, whatever your motivation – leisure, professional development or academic. It’s the one stop shop for engaging with languages, professional communication and intercultural dialogue. Our short courses allow us to be agile and responsive to the needs of learners who want to be part of a global society. We offer non-accredited short courses in a...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Getting started with French 2
Languages

Getting started with French 2

...world, in any time zone, whatever your motivation – leisure, professional development or academic. It’s the one stop shop for engaging with languages, professional communication and intercultural dialogue. Our short courses allow us to be agile and responsive to the needs of learners who want to be part of a global society. We offer non-accredited short courses in a...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Getting started with French 1
Languages

Getting started with French 1

...world, in any time zone, whatever your motivation – leisure, professional development or academic. It’s the one stop shop for engaging with languages, professional communication and intercultural dialogue. Our short courses allow us to be agile and responsive to the needs of learners who want to be part of a global society. We offer non-accredited short courses in a...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Fundamentals of accounting
Money & Business

Fundamentals of accounting

...world, the assumption is that we use calculators to save the tedious process of working out calculations by hand or mentally. The danger, of course, is that you may use a calculator without understanding what an answer means or how it relates to the numbers operated upon. For example, if you calculate that 8% of £20 is £160 (which can easily happen if either you forget...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Astronomy with an online telescope Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy with an online telescope

...world at the Observatorio del Teide in Tenerife. Dr Miquel Serra-Ricart, an astronomer from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and administrator of the Teide observatory, gives an introduction to the site and to the various telescopes and facilities there. NARRATOR: The Teide Observatory belongs to Canarian Observatories and managed by the Institute Office of...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Mark Twain on whether Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare
History & The Arts

Mark Twain on whether Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare

...world to ennoble them with a title of its own choosing. Now and then when Ealer had to stop to cough, I pulled my induction-talents together and hove the controversial lead myself: always getting eight feet, eight and a half, often nine, sometimes even quarter-less-twain--as _I_ believed; but always "no bottom," as HE said. I got the best of him only once. I prepared...
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