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Education & Development

Take your teaching online

...social interactions - In some online teaching environments, all interactions through ‘official’ channels will be obviously attributable to individual students. Forum posts will usually only be possible from students’ institutional online accounts, and therefore their name will be attached to everything they contribute. Similarly, login information for synchronous...
Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Sharenting: What is it and are you doing it?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sharenting: What is it and are you doing it?

...social media. Many parents, particularly those with young children, post pictures of baby scans, milestone moments like the first day of school. Parental posting has perceived negatively – media commentaries and newspaper articles often describe the frequency of family photo uploads on social media as irritating and annoying. So much so that the term sharenting earned a...
Stress and anxiety in the digital age: the dark side of technology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stress and anxiety in the digital age: the dark side of technology

...social media, ordering food, looking at maps… the list goes on. We literally have the internet in our pocket at all times and can seemingly find out the answer to almost any question at the touch of a button. But while these advancements in technological functionality and access are amazing; they come at a cost. There is evidence that we are becoming over-dependent, or...
What is child-led research and why is it important?
Education & Development

What is child-led research and why is it important?

...social research into a topic that inspires you. Your research will go beyond what is already known and what is available in books or online etc. It will be you creating new knowledge. You will think of a topic you want to explore, create a question you want to answer, decide how to get information to help you answer it, get the information, then analyse it and tell other...
General principles of cellular communication
Science, Maths & Technology

General principles of cellular communication

...interaction between an extrinsic stimulus and its receptor on the cell surface subsequently causes cellular responses through the activation of specific intracellular signalling pathways. You will explore this chain of events using well-characterised examples in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course...
Teachers’ knowledge of children’s literature and other texts
Education & Development

Teachers’ knowledge of children’s literature and other texts

...and reciprocally as readers in school Make one to one reader recommendations tailored to specific children Articulate an informed and strategic rationale for selecting/using texts as part of their RfP pedagogy Identify multi-layered texts that inspire and enrich literary experiences Build reciprocal and interactive reader to reader relationships with staff and children....
Legitimate or illegitimate: Fracking
Society, Politics & Law

Legitimate or illegitimate: Fracking

...down gas prices. Opponents point to environmental and health concerns: small earth tremors, high water requirements, and possible water and chemical contaminations. The debate on the real need for shale gas is ongoing. So, what is your opinion on fracking? Take part in our interactive tool 'Shades of grey - legitimate or illegitimate?' to explore this case further....
Journeying through Wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Journeying through Wellbeing

...that happen to us? And how might we protect ourselves from becoming mentally unwell? Select the image below to get started. [Launch image for the Journeying through Wellbeing interactive feature] Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari....