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World in transition: Managing Resources
Nature & Environment

World in transition: Managing Resources

...skills are passed down through Kamayoqs to other farmers. An example of how it has changed one woman’s life. Providing communities with experts How a local Kamayoq is filling the role of a professional within the community. Speeding up the pace of change Funding projects to implement further change in the andean community. A Peruvian lifestyle How the poor farmers of...
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Audio 1 hr 35 mins
Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice
Education & Development

Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice

...studying this course, you should be able to: understand key concepts associated with the study of literacy recognise some of the contested positions in relation to literacy understand issues associated with a global agenda for literacy for all understand that literacy can be seen as a cultural activity and that its significance is historically situated...Literacy, social...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Can you learn a language with an app?
Languages

Can you learn a language with an app?

...skills such as writing and speaking. Among the most popular language learning apps are Duolingo and busuu. Research has mainly found positive results on the use of both Duolingo and busuu. But most of this research concentrates on studies with learners who are also signed up to language courses – learners are using the apps for extra practice – so the results don’t...
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Article 10 mins
The arts in Participatory Action Research
Health, Sports & Psychology

The arts in Participatory Action Research

...study, enabled a group of women in Guyana to address the violent and abusive domestic environments facing them. They had left their homes and communities to live in a sheltered domestic violence refuge with their children. Drawing pictures, reciting poems, and writing stories about those traumatic experiences helped them to develop positive thinking and strengthen their...
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Article 5 mins
Modelling and estimation
Science, Maths & Technology

Modelling and estimation

...study each of the sections; the whole extract should take about 16 hours to study. The extract is a small part (around 8%) of a large course that is studied over eight months, and so can give only an approximate indication of the level and content of the full course. In this extract you will learn about modelling and estimation using discrete data. The vast majority of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
New course available: How to learn a language
Languages

New course available: How to learn a language

...skills required to learn languages successfully in this free course, How to learn a language...Transcript This free course will introduce you to the skills and strategies you need for language learning. You will be encouraged to set realistic goals when learning a language, and you will be given advice on how to keep motivated to achieve these goals. You will practise...
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Article 10 mins
Continuity and learning
Education & Development

Continuity and learning

...skills. At the moment I’m studying part time to become an occupational therapist. As high as you can, stretch your legs out, Ryan. Whoops! Where are you going? Excellent. That is fantastic. I left school at 16 and went and did A levels, sort of sixth-form education. And then went to university for a few months, to study Law and Spanish. Found that wasn’t for me,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Modelling events in time
Science, Maths & Technology

Modelling events in time

...study each of the sections; the whole extract should take about 16 hours to study. The extract is a small part (around 8%) of a large course that is studied over eight months, and so can give only an approximate indication of the level and content of the full course. Many events occur in a random, unpredictable way and this extract focuses on modelling the patterns formed...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs