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How can governments ensure their cybersecurity is strong?
Digital & Computing

How can governments ensure their cybersecurity is strong?

...technology professionals. But more so than the good press and accolades, the importance of the CDRP, and the broader Cyber Disruption Response process that it is part of, are indicative of some of the reasons that Michigan’s approach to cyber security seems more mature than some other states and localities. Michigan has been engaging in a thoughtful process of building...
A brief history of the lens
Society, Politics & Law

A brief history of the lens

...technology has impacted on what the human eye can see, and extended the possibilities of what humans could explore? ...Technology and art have always been connected, from the first tools and pigments used to make prehistoric cave art, to the present-day questions that artists ask of our relationship to the world around us. Technology has had a huge impact on what the...
Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences
Education & Development

Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences

...technology and science, it is in fact an area of the utmost relevance to professionals and, indeed, everyone. This free course, Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences, draws upon examples taken from dialogues, plays and the media to discuss ethics and ethical issues within the context of Information and Computer Sciences. The course explores the...
Teaching secondary science
Education & Development

Teaching secondary science

...Education and Technology, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 257–68...Teaching secondary science: Acknowledgements - This free course was written by Sandra Amos. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is...
Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Teaching secondary music
Education & Development

Teaching secondary music

...education and how this affects music in the secondary school curriculum...This free course, Teaching secondary music, will identify and explore some of the key issues around teaching music in secondary schools. Through coming to understand these issues and debates, you will reflect on and develop your practice as a music teacher and develop a greater awareness of the...
Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Hybrid working and digital transformation toolkit
Money & Business

Hybrid working and digital transformation toolkit

...education institutions, public bodies, businesses, and other organisations share their journeys towards new ways of working, alongside expert voices in sustainability and futures planning. Hefyd ar gael yn Gymraeg. | Also available in Welsh. Free online courses Articles and activities Read more about the collection The collection hears from those in higher education...
Exploring children's difficulties with language and literacy
Education & Development

Exploring children's difficulties with language and literacy

...educators, therapists and researchers explore why children might have language and literacy difficulties, and how schools can work with psychologists to help these children develop key language and literacy skills. The interviews are introduced and contextualised by Professor David Messer of The Open University. The material forms part of The Open University course ED841...
Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept

...education is potentially problematic; it is open to multiple interpretations and can create confusion for educators who work to make all the reading undertaken – in English lessons, in projects and in cross curricula and extra curricula contexts – pleasurable. But in order to foster reading for pleasure in schools, homes and community contexts, conceptual clarity is...