434 search results

Strategic planning for online learning
Education & Development

Strategic planning for online learning

...articulate a clear vision of their schools’ digital future. (Domeny, 2017; Sailer et al., 2021)...Session 1: Differentiated learning experience: 4.2 Being a strategic leader and change manager - Strategic leadership whilst not a model of leadership per se is a key dimension of any leadership activity and there has been a great deal written about what strategic leaders...
Introduction to complex analysis
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to complex analysis

...le Rond d’Alembert (1717–1783), who is perhaps best remembered for his work in classical mechanics. Indeed, the Cauchy–Riemann equations were written down by d’Alembert in an essay on fluid dynamics in 1752 to describe the velocity components of a two-dimensional irrotational fluid flow. [Described image] Jean le Rond d’Alembert (1717–1783) The...
The search for water on Mars
Science, Maths & Technology

The search for water on Mars

...les Glaces et l’Activité) instrument, which can detect minerals on the martian surface. Clay minerals and hydrated sulfates, which can only form in the presence of water, were found at Terra Meridiani, Mawrth Vallis, Nili Fossae, Aram Chaos, and Valles Marineris - as well as in isolated locations in the martian Highlands. Combining relative age information obtained...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Economics explains discrimination in the labour market
Society, Politics & Law

Economics explains discrimination in the labour market

...LES Employment Gazette According to the annual General Household Survey, the labour market position of blacks deteriorated relative to that of whites between the 1970s and 1980s. The difference between the black and white wage rose from 7.3 to 12.1 per cent while the difference between unemployment rates rose from 2.6 to 10.9 percentage points. And things have got worse...
Herodotus and the invention of history
History & The Arts

Herodotus and the invention of history

...Le roi Candaules (King Candaules). Oil on canvas, by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1859. Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico Discussion These are points of comparison that you may have noted: Candaules, when it was time for bed, led Gyges to the room, and quickly afterwards his wife entered. Gyges watched her come in and set down her clothes. When he was behind the back of the...
Young children, the outdoors and nature Badge icon
Education & Development

Young children, the outdoors and nature

...Le Gare's lab. What Cristine did was use our blicket detectors. And what she did was show children that yellow ones made it go and red ones didn't. And then she showed them an anomaly. And what you'll see is that this little boy will go through five hypotheses in the space of two minutes. SPEAKER 1: Mhm. SPEAKER 2: How about this? I made the other side. ALISON GOPNIK: OK....
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in STEM Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in STEM

...Articulate learning from the process. Re-assess practice and consider opportunities for a further cycle of research. The HEA Action Research: Practice Guide by Arnold and Norton (2018) provides examples of AR projects, guidance on developing an AR project and a model for structuring and conducting an AR project. You may like to consider AR as providing a guiding framework...
Understanding autism Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding autism

...articulate and sociable, with an obsessive interest in collecting and hoarding objects. He was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome around two decades ago, after specialists assessing his two grandchildren, Acis and Harry, noticed his unusual behaviour. His Asperger syndrome diagnosis implies that he showed no delay in language development as an infant. John’s teenage...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs