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Dallas Campbell meets Frank Drake
Science, Maths & Technology

Dallas Campbell meets Frank Drake

...learn nowadays as you can, that most of them are like the sun. And it’s almost unthinkable that we are the only ones. And then later you find out, oh there’s another hundred billion galaxies, so there has to be life out there. And I think that’s quite certain. What is difficult to say is what it’s going to take to find that life because their technologies may be...
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Video 30 mins
Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?
Society, Politics & Law

Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?

...fiction, UFO cults and the New Age. By the 1970s, elf groups were well established, and strongly non-apologetic. Explaining their rationale, one of these groups, the Silver Elves, wrote: “We are an elusive people who have learned through time to be both hidden and secretive… yet we accomplish this by being both open and obvious. People upon hearing that we are elves...
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Article 10 mins
Primary education: listening and observing Badge icon
Education & Development

Primary education: listening and observing

...learn about small-scale research in the primary school and observe children’s play and classroom learning, and listen to interviews with school staff and children. You will also explore cyber-bullying and the primary school curriculum. Transcript If you wish to undertake any practical activities within schools you may do so with Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Neither land nor sea
Nature & Environment

Neither land nor sea

...Learning Journey explores the challenges of liminal living in an Indonesian archipelago...This Learning Journey considers the challenges to liminal living in an archipelago north of the Sulawesi mainland in Indonesia. From this point on we'll refer to it simply as 'the archipelago'. Liminal zones are inshore reef areas which are neither land nor sea. They are the...
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Activity 6 hrs
Effective digital pedagogy: new ways of engaging students
Education & Development

Effective digital pedagogy: new ways of engaging students

...learning. Moving beyond the desktop screen and keyboard with the widespread use of mobile technology allows the integration of the environment with technology in creative ways. In this article we consider the three Rs of Digital Pedagogy: QR - Quick response AR – Augmented reality VR – Virtual reality Why should you use the three Rs? There are many benefits to...
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Video 10 mins
Understanding children: babies being heard
Education & Development

Understanding children: babies being heard

...learning material. Despite being fictional, we hope that its members will become believable figures. The family is made up from the combined experiences of families and friends and those we know about from our own, and other people’s research. Jodie Watkins is a part-time recruitment consultant. Her partner is Eamon McLaughlin. They have a 12 month old daughter, Mia....
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Online training support for businesses
Money & Business

Online training support for businesses

...learning platform offering free flexible, distance learning content to support upskilling in industry. This new, innovative business learning hub enhances learning and development opportunities for SMEs across Northern Ireland by giving access to best practice learning on entrepreneurial leadership across three core themes: Leadership and management; Entrepreneurship...
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Article 10 mins
Teaching secondary modern foreign languages
Education & Development

Teaching secondary modern foreign languages

...learning – the idea that students will construct knowledge and understanding for themselves as a result of classroom activities and experiences. Now listen to an introduction to this course by its coordinator, Maria Luisa Pérez Cavana: Maria Luisa Welcome to the Open Educational Resource Unit Teaching Secondary Modern Foreign Languages – Issues in Practise I'm Maria...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs