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Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding autism

...et al., 2010. Activity 3 Updating your knowledge Timing: Allow about 15 minutes Now revise your notes from Activity 1 in light of the quiz feedback. Keep your updated notes to hand as you read the next section...Week 1: Introducing the autism spectrum: 2 What is autism? - This section gives an overview of key facts about autism. Read it through, and add to your notes...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Children’s experiences with digital technologies
Education & Development

Children’s experiences with digital technologies

...et al., 2019) In other words, less emphasis has been given on assessing available evidence when decisions about teaching and learning are made, such as whether and how digital technologies should be used by children to support learning. For example, in the above paper, one of the teaching approaches reviewed for evidence is ‘learning with robots’. The authors...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Developing your skills as an HR professional
Money & Business

Developing your skills as an HR professional

...et al., 2013). However, others argue that it can be very helpful to be self-aware about the approaches you are taking to learning, and to try out new approaches to learning more effectively...Developing your skills as an HR professional: 2 Using reflection to improve performance - The ability to reflect on actions, and how effective they were, is expected of managers and,...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Population ageing: a global health crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Population ageing: a global health crisis?

...et al., 2009) In essence, Table 2 demonstrates the distinctive breadth of the concept of global health, with respect to its geographical reach (transcends national boundaries), the extent of the cooperation required between different countries (global), its objectives (prevention in populations, clinical care of individuals, health equity for all) and its disciplinary...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Innovation in policing
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation in policing

...et al., 2014, p. 153) Figure 1 An example of innovation in policing The imperative for innovation in a policing context has been broadly recognised and is highlighted in the National Police Chief Council’s Policing Vision 2025 policy document. One author makes the point, however, that understanding and defining innovation in policing can at times be less than...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Studying mammals: The insect hunters
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The insect hunters

...et al. (1997) Eckert Animal Physiology: Mechanisms and Adaptations, W. H. Freeman and Company © Figure 6: Adapted from Schmidt-Nielson (1975), Animal Physiology, Adaptation and Environment, Cambridge University Press and reprinted in Randall et al. (1997) Eckert Animal Physiology: Mechanisms and Adaptations, W. H. Freeman and Company Figure 6 Graph of basal metabolic...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Cognition and gender development
Education & Development

Cognition and gender development

...et al., 2002). In 1981, Carol Martin and Charles Halverson presented a new account of gender typing that drew on the ideas of earlier cognitive developmental accounts but included considerably more detail about the exact cognitive processes involved in gender development (Martin and Halverson, 1981). They proposed that the emergence of stereotypes in childhood was not...
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Article 15 mins
Recovery strategies in sport and exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Recovery strategies in sport and exercise

...et al. 2014). These symptoms are temporary, but require a period of recovery to repair. If an individual moves into their next training session without being fully recovered from the previous one, their ability to perform at their best will be inhibited. Therefore, any strategy aimed at increasing the speed of recovery is potentially advantageous. As well as being...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs