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Teaching the First World War
Education & Development

Teaching the First World War

...Mode Collection of Persuasive Cartography. Digital image: Historic Images / Alamy Stock Photo Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don’t miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Ewch â’ch addysgu ar-lein Badge icon
Education & Development

Ewch â’ch addysgu ar-lein

...et al. (2008) fod yr un faint o wahaniaeth o fewn defnydd o dechnoleg gan y cenedlaethau iau, yr ystyriwyd eu bod yn ‘frodorion digidol’, ag yr oedd rhyngddynt hwy â’r cenedlaethau hŷn o ‘fewnfudwyr digidol’. Yr hyn sy’n bwysig yw bod sgiliau technoleg y brodorion digidol yn aml yn gyfyngedig. Felly, mae’n ymddangos na ddylem dybio bod rhywun yn hyderus...
Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Fast Reactors and Thorium
Science, Maths & Technology

Fast Reactors and Thorium

...et al. (2015) have concluded: ‘that thorium fuel offers little benefit over conventional uranium-fuelled approaches for open-cycle nuclear energy production limited to the Low-Enriched Uranium standard of 20% 235U. We suggest that short- to medium-term interest in thorium should be restricted to those countries with an interest in spent nuclear fuel reprocessing or with...
What You Need to Know About Psychometrics
Health, Sports & Psychology

What You Need to Know About Psychometrics

...et al. (2005) found that tests of general mental ability and specific cognitive abilities (verbal, numerical, perceptual and spatial) are valid predictors of both job performance and training success, especially for job roles that require complex thinking. Psychologists use different psychological theories to inform the content of each psychometric test plus statistical...
Green Brexit?
Society, Politics & Law

Green Brexit?

...ETS) - seen by many as the world's foremost market implement for carbon emissions reduction? JJ: Brexit does give more scope for the right-wing ideologues in the Cabinet to undermine existing international agreements, especially as they largely seek to by-pass Parliament by making policy via trade deals. My answer, as before, is to kick them out at the next election....
Article 10 mins
Oes gen i broblemau iechyd meddwl ac a ddylwn i gael help?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Oes gen i broblemau iechyd meddwl ac a ddylwn i gael help?

...in Welsh] Cyfeirnod Schaefer, J. D. et al. (2017). Enduring mental health: Prevalence and prediction. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 126(2), 212-224. Mae’r adnodd hwn yn rhan o ‘Gasgliad Llesiant ac Iechyd Meddwl’ wedi ei greu gan y Brifysgol Agored yng Nghymru. Gallwch ddysgu mwy a dod o hyd i gyrsiau, erthyglau a gweithgareddau eraill ar dudalen hafan y casgliad....
Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching
Education & Development

Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching

...et al, 2002). Moderators’ efforts to be even-handed in dealing with problematic posting in the teacher-student forum ended in them becoming complicit with the covert racism. We can all be influenced by the messages society constructs around us, which are negative towards groups other than white, unless we make sure we have critical overview of our actions. It’s from...
The greatest composers you’ve never heard of
History & The Arts

The greatest composers you’ve never heard of

...death. Boulanger became the first woman to win France’s famous composition competition, the Prix de Rome (which women had only been allowed to enter since 1903), in 1913 for her cantata Faust et Hélène. Despite her brief career, Lilian Boulanger also composed dozens of compositions, including piano works, songs, and several large-scale works for choir and orchestra....