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Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration

...Trouble seeing details in screen sharing since the screen is further away from them. Can't scroll through a slide deck at their own pace. Sharing people can't easily participate (view or type) in a shared document with the agenda and meeting notes. The disadvantages for remote people are much greater than for the sharing people and hard to notice for the sharing people....
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Supporting children's development
Education & Development

Supporting children's development

...Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise and Other Bribes, New York, Houghton Mifflin. Netmums (2011) Improving Behaviour with Reward Charts [online]. Available at: http://www.netmums.com/ preschooler/ improving-behaviour-with-reward-charts (accessed 23 January 2016). Oxley, L. (2015) ‘New voices: do schools need lessons on motivation?’, The...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Systems engineering: Challenging complexity
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems engineering: Challenging complexity

...trouble, standing in phone boxes for hours trying to get through to the help desk.’ Last week the Revenue apologised for mistakes and cancelled the latest demands. She says the Revenue still owes her money but staff tell her they cannot override the computers to correct many of the errors she has suffered. Critics inside the Revenue say the computer and call-centre...
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Level 3: Advanced 25 hrs
Managing my money
Money & Business

Managing my money

...trouble. They are for example about three times more likely to go bankrupt. It's also the case of course that retailers invest significant resources in engaging with impulsive shoppers. There's a lot of effort goes into: how can we get the impulsive spend? We need an investment into education, which promotes emotional literacy about money. We also looked at a series of...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Everyday English 2
Languages

Everyday English 2

...trouble in the school drive. Let us hope our return journeys will be easier. I expect you have read in the papers and heard on the radio and television for some time now the debate about making changes to the school year. We have held a number of meetings within school to discuss the matter. The issues are very complex and affect all aspects of school life (cough). There...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Get ready for beginners’ French Badge icon
Languages

Get ready for beginners’ French

...trouble. Try identifying some cognates yourself in the next activity. Activity 5 Translate the cognates Timing: Allow about 5 minutes Have a look at the five French cognates below. What do you think their equivalents are in English? See if you can fill in the table. Table 3 French cognates télévision présentation porc adresse carotte Words: 0 Answer Here’s a...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introduction to adolescent mental health Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to adolescent mental health

...trouble-free mental health, a situation where a young person is coping well with challenges, to points where they struggle or become unwell. As you continue through this course, you’ll refer to this spectrum periodically. [A diagram of an arrow, on the left it is green with the word ‘healthy’, then it changes to yellow with the word ‘coping’. Then it moves to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The science of nuclear energy
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of nuclear energy

...trouble. Thing is, that's still not really enough to sustain a nuclear reaction, because uranium atoms don't absorb neutrons that easily. The neutrons need to be going at just the right speed, and for that, this whole reactor needs one more thing. Just add water. The water plays a pivotal role, because it slows down those little neutrons to a speed where they're much more...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs