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Five tips to make online teaching neuroinclusive
Education & Development

Five tips to make online teaching neuroinclusive

...typing on laptop] We all know that most students can’t maintain full concentration for an hour and a half without their attention wandering. That’s just not how human brains work! But for neurodivergent students, attention patterns can be much more unpredictable because they can vary day by day, or according to the student’s stress level or general health. So it’s...
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Developing good academic practice
Education & Development

Developing good academic practice

...phrase means, and the skills it involves, you’ll be able to take the quiz now and identify the areas you need to brush up. Once you’ve studied these areas you can then retake the quiz to confirm that you now understand them. If you’re new to university study we recommend that after you take the quiz, you work through the course section by section, and take the quiz...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Colour in Byzantine Art
History & The Arts

Colour in Byzantine Art

...De Sensu considers sight as the most important among the senses, while in De Anima he states that ‘The purpose of sight is colour’. The significance of colour as the ultimate manifestation of sight was developed further in Byzantium, where colour was associated with both earthly and heavenly powerfulness; as such it was discussed extensively in patristic and...
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Can natural infrastructure help Brazil beat its water crisis?
Nature & Environment

Can natural infrastructure help Brazil beat its water crisis?

...de Janeiro, Brazil] The Ilha Grande, near Rio Serious water crises have plagued Brazil’s major cities in recent years.Severe pollution in Rio de Janeiro’s Guanabara Bay is jeopardizing sailing and other water sports at the upcoming Olympic Games. A historicdrought from 2013 to 2015 in São Paulo dramatically slowed farm and factory production, threatening the national...
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Effective writing in professional social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Effective writing in professional social work practice

...types of social work writing understand the importance of professional writing as part of practice explain why writing is central to the lives of people being written about demonstrate description and analysis skills in writing...Effective writing in professional social work practice: 1 Writing in social work - Social workers spend more than half of their time writing...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Ada Lovelace Day
Science, Maths & Technology

Ada Lovelace Day

...de Prony who had been commissioned to draw up new books of tables for the French government. De Prony’s task was immense; he would need to create logarithms for all of the numbers from 1 to 10,000 – accurate to nineteen decimal places, and the sines of angles to no less than twenty-five decimal places! De Prony’s solution was to create three teams of mathematicians....
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How can you take your teaching online?
Education & Development

How can you take your teaching online?

...What works in a classrooom or lecture theatre may not work online. Have an understanding of the types of technology used by disabled students and the challenges they face in this free course: Still looking for inspiration? Check out some examples of our most popular free courses, interactives and animations for inspiration on how to present your teaching online....
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History How-to videos: Metal detection
History & The Arts

History How-to videos: Metal detection

...types of artefacts and coins that I found, so that gave me an interest in history that started growing in me over the years. When you go on a new site that you know has got a good bit of history there is a good bit of excitement there and you’re envisaging, you’re actually trying to look under the soil. In your brain, you envisage all these different artefacts and...
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