1,710 search results

OpenLearn's response to the pandemic
Education & Development

OpenLearn's response to the pandemic

...educational resources to help develop new skills since the UK’s first lockdown in March 2020. At the start of the first lockdown, daily visitors to OpenLearn increased overnight from 40,000 to over 200,000 and the team acted quickly to put essential learning resources in the hands of those who needed them most, collaborating with academics, governments, employers and...
A difficult conversation to have about racism
Education & Development

A difficult conversation to have about racism

...education, where I could count on one hand how many brown or black children there were, did have an impact. I was different. When you’re a POC (person of colour), your experiences are often very different in comparison to your average “white” person. I often find myself being the only brown person in the room. I remember my first day of uni and thinking “Great,...
The digital revolution for academic integrity has already begun
Education & Development

The digital revolution for academic integrity has already begun

...education have become increasingly popular in the last decade due to their flexibility and affordability. However, how can institutions ensure reliable and fair assessment? Do students care whether their examination results are trusted?...In this article, I present the research findings of the e-authentication and authorship verification system for e-assessment TeSLA,...
Reimagining professional learning: conversations across perspectives
Education & Development

Reimagining professional learning: conversations across perspectives

...education, social work, and academic development in Higher Education – explored the synergies and differences between how professional learning is framed in rhetoric and reality. What emerged was a rich tapestry of ideas, provocations, and shared tensions that challenge us to reimagine professional learning. What is professional learning? When thinking about...
Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health Badge icon
Education & Development

Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health

...educators with an introduction to adult learners’ mental health. The course is designed to develop understanding of the impact mental health has on learning, as well as to explore the variety of strategies that can be employed to support adult learners experiencing a range of mental health related challenges...This free course provides educators with an introduction to...
Leadership: external context and culture
Education & Development

Leadership: external context and culture

...Educational leadership: exploring strategy...Leadership: external context and culture: Learning outcomes - By the end of this course you should be able to: understand how the concept of culture impacts on educational leadership practice critically reflect on the relationship between external context and culture at societal and local levels evaluate how external context...
Revolutions of the Sixties
History & The Arts

Revolutions of the Sixties

...de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution The American Civil Rights Movement With a focus on the Sixties as experienced by the West, you’ll explore how the era has been presented as one of protest, change and crisis. You will explore the Sixties from the point of view of politics, society, culture, religion, economics and technology. In A Spiritual Revolution?: Wicca and...
“Beagán ar bheagán: Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth” - Athbheochan na Gaeilge ó thuaidh i ré Chomhaontú Aoine an Chéasta
Languages

“Beagán ar bheagán: Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth” - Athbheochan na Gaeilge ó thuaidh i ré Chomhaontú Aoine an Chéasta

...de sin tugadh coimitmintí sonracha do phobal na Gaeilge sa chomhaontú féin. Chun an fhorbairt atá déanta ó 1998 ar aghaidh a mheas agus a scagadh mar is cuí, áfach, de réir na coimitminte thuas, is gá súil a chaitheamh siar ar chás na Gaeilge roimh an Chomhaontú stairiúil sin. Cad chuige ar tháinig ceist na teanga chun cinn go lárnach agus go leanúnach i...