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Engineering: environmental fluids
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: environmental fluids

...determine the height h at which the air temperature reaches 0°C. Give your answer to 2 significant figures. Solution In Figure 1, studying the proportions of the slope part of the graph by similar triangles of height (vertical) divided by temperature (horizontal) gives 11000 m divided by 56.5 super degree cap c prefix plus of 15 super degree cap c equals z divided by 15...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Citizen science and global biodiversity Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Citizen science and global biodiversity

...determine the need for additional training or other support needed. Second, it’s important for a research team to include a professional scientist for any project to have scientific validity and, perhaps, to provide support for the non-professional participants and to communicate the project’s findings. Statistical and technical expertise for data analysis and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Childhood in the digital age
Education & Development

Childhood in the digital age

...determination theory (SDT) for what motivates people seems particularly relevant to untangling the reasons behind young children’s fascination with the digital world. SDT uses the idea that there are two different types of motivation, ‘intrinsic motivation’ and ‘extrinsic motivation’. The first refers to doing an activity for its own sake because it is enjoyable...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Managing and managing people
Money & Business

Managing and managing people

...determines how effective you can be. How the organisation is structured and your position in it affect your authority and your responsibilities, and impose constraints on what you are able to achieve. Similarly, the culture of the organisation, with its unwritten norms and ways of working, also influences your ability to be effective as a manager. Effectiveness, then,...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective

...determine without extensive research. The term ‘fixed element’ suggests the existence of formal constraints (i.e. that something must occur at a particular point in the performance). In some cases, it may be more relevant to talk about ‘building blocks’: where, for example, the music is limited to set melodic phrases or rhythms which may be combined in numerous...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Open education
Education & Development

Open education

...determined for open education. This activity builds on that work, but is based on further research in the area of OER. Read this JISC report on OER or the OER Research Hub evidence report. Based on your reading, write a blog post of around 500 words, setting out what you perceive as the three key issues in OER, and how these are being addressed. For instance, if you feel...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
Animals at the extremes: polar biology
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: polar biology

...determination of fecundity have evolved among large birds and mammals and are particularly evident in arctic species. Like most large ungulates, reindeer produce only one offspring a year and suckle it for more than 6 months, by which time the next pregnancy may be well underway. Observations on Svalbard reindeer show that in December, nearly all adult females are...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Assessment in secondary science
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary science

...determined which class they were placed in. Often associated with these memories are feelings of anxiety or elation. For those who find learning more difficult, assessment may impact on their self-confidence and self-worth, as well as their attitude towards the subject and towards school. This is unsurprising given that examinations mean that whatever someone feels they...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs