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Accessibility and inclusion in digital health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Accessibility and inclusion in digital health

...think really that was one of the most powerful steps in the app. And so because I was guided by the therapists, they were meeting me regularly, I felt confident enough to take those steps, that if I was feeling particularly anxious or traumatised again, that I could talk it over with them. The app gets you to write a letter to a friend as if that friend was you. And so...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements
Society, Politics & Law

Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements

...systems, and fire-retardant materials. What do you think Pyne means by the ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ kinds of fire? Why does he think that too much of the ‘wrong’ kind of fire and not enough of the ‘right’ kind of fire is making the world uninhabitable? Discussion Your answer may include some of the following points. By distinguishing between the ‘right’ and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
How have family budgets changed in sixty years?
Money & Business

How have family budgets changed in sixty years?

...system, or ‘COICOP’ to its friends. Back then, though, we used a different system of spending categories, the so-called Family Expenditure Survey or ‘FES’ system. This, then, is what we need to use to make meaningful comparisons between today’s data and those from 1957. Over this period, on the FES basis the proportion of total expenditure on housing has doubled...
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How long would it take to colonise the galaxy?
Science, Maths & Technology

How long would it take to colonise the galaxy?

...System in a human lifetime. However, with our present technology, or at least the technology that might come in the next century or so, we can imagine an amazing prospect. [Imagined vision of a spaceship passing above a distant planet] Consider a ship that leaves the Earth and takes 90 years to traverse the 10 light-years to a nearby star. The ship departs carrying 1000...
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Article 5 mins
Causal loop diagrams
Science, Maths & Technology

Causal loop diagrams

...systems dynamics movement and are most used in organisational settings. Causal loop diagrams are used to graphically depict dynamic interrelationships among variables you may not have considered before. They allow you to see how parts of a system that are separated by location or time might nonetheless interact to generate problems. They can be used as the basis for a...
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Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...Thinking about animal minds Timing: Allow 20 minutes for this activity Try to answer the following questions about animal minds, drawing on your own experiences and understandings. Type your responses (up to 100 words for each question) in the box below the three questions, and then select ‘Save’. Do animals feel emotions? What evidence is there to suggest that they...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Assessing contemporary science
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing contemporary science

...system works, that you do have that capacity to think differently, to accept new data, to understand you might have very good experimental techniques to study what you’re interested in. There’s still capacity for paradigm shifting new evidence to come along, and then you have to adjust, you have to incorporate that. And actually in later years, you know, I’m pleased...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
One belief, big impact: could your view of learning improve inclusive practice?
Education & Development

One belief, big impact: could your view of learning improve inclusive practice?

...system, and towards identifying and addressing barriers within the environment. This approach is underpinned by an understanding of learning as a dynamic process situated within cultural, historical and social contexts. Try out the following activity First, reflect on a couple of labels commonly used in your practice or educational setting. How might these labels...
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Article 5 mins