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Reimagining professional learning: conversations across perspectives
Education & Development

Reimagining professional learning: conversations across perspectives

...education, social work, and academic development in Higher Education – explored the synergies and differences between how professional learning is framed in rhetoric and reality. What emerged was a rich tapestry of ideas, provocations, and shared tensions that challenge us to reimagine professional learning. What is professional learning? When thinking about...
Reduce e-waste through donating old computer devices
Nature & Environment

Reduce e-waste through donating old computer devices

...technology and tools to individuals and organisations who need them. Donating is suitable for any relatively new or repairable equipment. Hardware donation tips Determine if your old computer can be reused. If your computer is less than five years old, there is a good chance it can be put to use by someone else. A computer in regular use has a lifespan of seven to eight...
Leadership: external context and culture
Education & Development

Leadership: external context and culture

...Educational leadership: exploring strategy...Leadership: external context and culture: Learning outcomes - By the end of this course you should be able to: understand how the concept of culture impacts on educational leadership practice critically reflect on the relationship between external context and culture at societal and local levels evaluate how external context...
The benefits of a longer product life
Science, Maths & Technology

The benefits of a longer product life

...technological, information-based world. Today, ideas of repair are not about looking back nostalgically on times where necessity required extreme resourcefulness, but given the multiple current crises of economy, health and climate, it is perhaps useful to consider how we can develop capabilities for the care of our material world and provide new opportunities to...
Hands-free phone tech is dangerous - so why do car firms still promote it?
Digital & Computing

Hands-free phone tech is dangerous - so why do car firms still promote it?

...technology. The advert claimed that Wi-Fi and integrated apps ensure that “drive time is no longer downtime … without compromising safety”. The ASA ruled the advert promoted unsafe driving practices by implying that attention can be shared between tasks. You might not think it, but research shows talking on a hands-free phone while driving is just as dangerous as...
Scotland's gold trail
Nature & Environment

Scotland's gold trail

...Technology on ‘Technological Innovation and Adaption: Tyndrum Lead Mine and the German Managers, 1838 to 1865: https://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/21752/1/Mills%20proof%20German%20Mine%20Managerspdf.pdf Gold from Highlands mine to be made into Scottish jewellery, The Guardian, 2 January 2020:
Masterpiece Me
History & The Arts

Masterpiece Me

...through the years, but we have reluctantly decided to retire it as the technology which drove it has become very dated and many users were finding it more frustrating than fun to struggle with Flash. Thanks to those of you who turned yourself into Masterpieces - and why not explore these other options... If you're interested in art, we've still got a lot more to share......
Building confidence in using online forums
Education & Development

Building confidence in using online forums

...education, is often done for assessment purposes. As a result, you might have feelings of being judged or assessed by what and how you write when sharing your thoughts on an online learning forum. 2. Having addressed some of the potential problems with using online learning forums, now consider the benefits, some of which were discussed in Section 1. How many benefits of...