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The geological record of environmental change
Science, Maths & Technology

The geological record of environmental change

...systems and wave dominated systems. Utah: Incision surfaces at Woodside Canyon Incision surfaces at Woodside canyon. Utah: An incised valley at Tuscher Canyon A look at an incised valley at Tuscher Valley. Focussing on erosion surfaces, sequence boundaries, incised valley fills and distributaries channels. Utah: Explaining incision valleys Explaining incision valleys....
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Video 1 hr 14 mins
Note taking in relation to the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Note taking in relation to the Social Sciences

...system to suit your own needs, it will save you considerable time and effort in the long run. I think it is important that you develop good habits, develop a formula, which works for you, but also you should keep trying to rework and refine that process and it could be that the notes that you are taking towards the end of this course are rather different from the notes...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
The Rosetta Mission
Science, Maths & Technology

The Rosetta Mission

Watch this video from The Royal Observatory Greenwich/The OU and find what Rosetta and Philae have achieved as well as the impact the mission has had on our knowledge of our very own solar system...The Rosetta Mission from Royal Observatory Greenwich on Vimeo. To find out more use the hashtag #ROGSchools Learn more about Rosetta, Philae and comets
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Video 5 mins
Can we get to a world without suicide?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can we get to a world without suicide?

...thinking he found in the system. Breakthroughs have come only recently, long enough for Covington to have observed and promoted a shift away from a fatalism – and a stigma – that was preventing any progress in reducing death from suicide while we eradicated diseases and tackled other threats, such as road accidents and smoking. Covington credits a book and a bridge...
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Article 15 mins
Algorithmic Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Algorithmic Design

...think algorithmically and tweak code to create your own wallpaper patterns and be part of contemporary design practices. Through hands-on graphical experimentation using p5.js JavaScript, you'll get to experience concepts like repetition, serendipity and modularity. The algorithmic wallpaper you create will allow you to demonstrate your newfound design skills and make...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children

...think about things that they're innocently thinking [is] a nice pink bunny…. Just allow them to be children for that bit longer'. [A Playboy-themed bus in a Limassol carnival parade] A Playboy-themed float in a Limassol carnvial Such qualms would apparently have been unnecessary in relation to our young participants, all of whom claimed to understand the symbol's...
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Article 10 mins
Difference and challenge in teams
Money & Business

Difference and challenge in teams

...think about what’s happening upstream. Water is gathered across a large area, rivulets spring up in very different places and meander along; they do their own thing for a while before converging. Where they meet there can be turbulence. Upstream, there will be sections of white-water, rapids and waterfalls. As with teams, the downstream observer doesn’t witness the...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Exploring educational leadership
Education & Development

Exploring educational leadership

...systems (Cuban, 1988). From this perspective, for example, a subject leader may manage the resources to support a change in teaching method that they have been leading their colleagues to consider. This course adopts a critical perspective and argues that educational leadership and management are contested concepts. For example, we can question Cuban’s (1988) view that...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs