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Teaching the First World War
Education & Development

Teaching the First World War

...change the current view on the causes of the war (for historians, but particularly for German governments) was the desire to revise the Treaty of Versailles. In the 1960s, the Fischer controversy occurred at the height of the Cold War, with Germany only very recently divided. Against this background, the German political establishment tried to discredit Fischer. The...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts

...changed by the oxygen absorption process. The blood that enters the lungs has been around the body and doesn't have much oxygen left in it, since it's been used elsewhere. After passing through the lungs, however, the blood becomes full of oxygen again. Essentially, the blood is ‘recharged’ by passing through the lungs...Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Children’s perspectives on play
Education & Development

Children’s perspectives on play

...change and technological developments, albeit embraced as progress by adults, might have unintended consequences for children’s freedom to play and the available spaces in which to play...Children’s perspectives on play: 4.1 Views on play and creativity - Throughout this course you have been asked to think about your own understanding, values and beliefs about...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?
Science, Maths & Technology

We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?

...changed, of course: hunting, transport, protection and other such necessities have slipped to a secondary role. The predominant function of domestic animals in advanced industrial societies is companionship. When medical researchers started to take an interest in the health effects of pet ownership, they began to find all sorts of beneficial consequences, physical as well...
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Video 15 mins
The Roman Empire: introducing some key terms
History & The Arts

The Roman Empire: introducing some key terms

...change. A central reason for this is that the old republican mechanisms of government were not proving adequate to managing the vastly extended territory, and the situation was open to exploitation by powerful individuals. Various solutions were tried before Augustus eventually took sole control. Click to view Plate 1: Map showing the growth of Roman rule. (Based on...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs
Information security
Science, Maths & Technology

Information security

...changing landscape of information security, featuring topics for both business executives and security professionals. BrightTALK IT Security Webcast Direct Presentations by leading experts in information security. Covers topics such as application, computer, network and internet security, access control management, data privacy and other hot topics. BrightTALK Information...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare
History & The Arts

Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare

...changed. Infectious diseases, which had killed huge numbers of people, were gradually brought under control. As life expectancy increased, degenerative diseases, associated with old age, began to cause more deaths. However, although people were living longer, they actually spent more time off work because of illness. James Riley's studies of the records of friendly...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Questioning crime: social harms and global issues
Society, Politics & Law

Questioning crime: social harms and global issues

...changing social attitudes over time, including political factors such as women’s voting rights (or lack of them) and cultural factors such as religious differences. On the other hand, some activities, even as extreme as killing another person, may not always be considered a crime. Whether it is considered a crime may depend on who carries out the act and for what...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs