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Accessibility of eLearning
Education & Development

Accessibility of eLearning

...simple transcript may be sufficient; for more complex material the transcript may need to be synchronised with the visual flow, or provided as time-linked captions within the video frame itself. Visual material needs to be described for blind and partially sighted people. This includes any writing presented in an image format, such as a picture of a manuscript or a...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Canals: The Making of a Nation - Find out more
History & The Arts

Canals: The Making of a Nation - Find out more

...simple: build a tunnel. He was consulting engineer for the pioneering Standedge tunnel on the Huddersfield narrow canal – at over 5km long and 200m above sea level, it’s still the both the longest and highest canal tunnel in the UK, and one of the so-called seven wonders of the waterways. Given the technology and understanding at that time, it was an extraordinary...
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Article 5 mins
Why is it dangerous when Trump sees people as objects?
Languages

Why is it dangerous when Trump sees people as objects?

...simple: Present his remarks as innocuous. To do so he used a combination of denial (“I didn’t say that [I sexually assaulted women] at all”); bolstering, a strategy speakers use to associate themselves with something or someone that the audience views positively (“I respect women and women respect me”); differentiation, which speakers use to reframe what the...
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What should we watch out for as Trump meets Xi?
Society, Politics & Law

What should we watch out for as Trump meets Xi?

...simple fact of accounting, those dollars must then end up back in the U.S. as investments in U.S. assets. So investments in U.S. assets are the flip side of a trade deficit. As a result, inviting greater Chinese investment in U.S. assets will necessarily increase the trade deficit with China. While most economists believe that the trade deficit is a poor measure of the...
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Article 5 mins
Do challenges make learning more fulfilling - or off-putting?
Education & Development

Do challenges make learning more fulfilling - or off-putting?

...simple as solving a puzzle that at first seems impossible. With such practice, this interpretation becomes more accessible when students experience difficulty with higher stakes. [The Conversation]No one starts life knowing how to walk, tie shoelaces or ride a bike. The failures along the way – and even the falls, scrapes and bruises – can reinforce the value of the...
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Article 5 mins
Unparliamentary language: the benefits of swearing in politics
Languages

Unparliamentary language: the benefits of swearing in politics

...simple mention of the word managed to overshadow media coverage of the substantive point he was making. On Fox News, the presenter Steve Doocy tried to argue that ‘people will be talking about whether or not it’s appropriate for the president to use the “n-word” and whether or not it is beneath the dignity of his office’. [Houses of Parliament artistic...
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Article 5 mins
Social work: Effective practice with substance abusing parents
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social work: Effective practice with substance abusing parents

...simple decision and highlight the challenges in making such decisions. How will the child experience the environment in the unit? Will this be better than the inconsistences inherent in the home situation? Would the child’s removal provide better protection? Will change be made by the parents? Will it be significant enough change? Will it be sustained? Again the...
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Video 10 mins
What is a digital carbon footprint?
Nature & Environment

What is a digital carbon footprint?

...simple revelation – the biggest single thing we can do to cut our digital carbon footprint is buy less and extend the usable lifetime of the things we already have. The remaining 20% comes from the energy required to use the product or service during its lifetime. While this 20% may seem like a worthless distraction in the face of the hefty 80%, as our usage of digital...
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