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Distance education: Do students believe it should be fun?
Education & Development

Distance education: Do students believe it should be fun?

...study experience. Various universities in Europe, South America and Africa have highlighted that many students are not prepared for the replacement of their full face-to-face learning with distance education.Consequently, understanding factors that influence learners’ engagement and enjoyment with online studies has been foregrounded for many educators, and their...
How are drones keeping track of songbirds?
Nature & Environment

How are drones keeping track of songbirds?

...study from The Auk: Ornithological Advances, researchers from Gettysburg College test this technology for monitoring songbird populations. Although the method currently has some pitfalls, it has the potential to become an important scientific tool. Surveying bird populations is crucial for environmental management, but it is inherently challenging. Some types of terrain...
What can we learn from Pokemon Go?
Education & Development

What can we learn from Pokemon Go?

...skill development; introducing new content; and reshaping how learning takes place. Changing interactions with learning environments focuses attention on where learning takes place. This extends beyond the ability to attract people to libraries and museums with a strategic use of Pokémon Go and other initiatives. Augmented reality can give access to learning environments...
An education in Religion and Worldviews
History & The Arts

An education in Religion and Worldviews

...study law, I believe the main essential skill would be to debate. And I don't think I would have learned how to do that if I hadn't studied RE. MO I know there are people alive today that wouldn't be if it wasn't for the work of all my colleagues within the brigade. SENA I am really happy that I studied RE in school, because RE was the main subject that pushed me towards...
Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept

...skills develops at the early age of 6 years (McGeown et al., 2015) and that children can be both intrinsically and extrinsically motivated at the same time (McGeown et al., 2012). The positive connotation of the word ‘pleasure’ also deserves nuancing when examining young people’s volitional engagement in reading. The experience itself may evoke a wide range of...
Open Pathways
Education & Development

Open Pathways

...study tips, and pathways from informal into formal learning. Learners in Scotland can also request a paper version, contact: Scotland-engagement@open.ac.uk Getting Started: 1) Explore To help you get started on OpenLearn, we’ve suggested a few short resources (less than 1 hour), such as videos, quizzes and animations. They are all at introductory level so should be...
Accredited CPD Courses for Career Growth
Education & Development

Accredited CPD Courses for Career Growth

...skills, earn verified CPD points and showcase your achievements to employers or professional networks...Benefits of Our Free CPD Courses: Earn CPD-accredited certificates and badges – Each course equals 24 CPD points. Download a Statement of Participation – Free and printable evidence of CPD learning. Share your achievements – Display badges on LinkedIn,...
Sibling rivalry: An important ingredient in sporting success?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sibling rivalry: An important ingredient in sporting success?

...skill level. In an earlier study on the physical performance of pre-school children, those children with older brothers or sisters performed better than only or first born children. So why is this the case? The competiveness for attention demonstrated by Rebecca Adlington and Victoria Pendleton may be one answer. Evidence suggests that later born children are more...