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Understanding autism Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding autism

...accounts throughout the course. The first published accounts of autism in the 1940s described it as a single syndrome. This week concludes with a history behind today's strikingly different concept of a diverse autism spectrum-- good luck. Please note: in order to earn the badge for this course, you will need to visit every page in the course, and pass the two badge...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Engineering: The challenge of temperature
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The challenge of temperature

...account?' (Figure 1) is nearly always a valid question in any discussion about a proposed engineering solution. Everything has a temperature, and everything behaves differently at different temperatures. It therefore deserves its own special place. [Figure 1] Figure 1 'Have you taken the temperature effects in to account?' Almost whatever we do, wherever we are, the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 40 hrs
Voice-leading analysis of music 3: the background
History & The Arts

Voice-leading analysis of music 3: the background

...account of form: it may be the same section of music, but it may be much longer or shorter. You can see that Example 7, although it describes only a short section of music, contains all the elements identified above. A short initial ascent is followed by a prolongation of the primary tone which covers most of the section, with the last two notes of the fundamental line...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Social marketing
Money & Business

Social marketing

...account, as discussed later in the course. Other examples relate to the many global initiatives to reduce energy consumption/carbon emissions; encourage recycling; reduce binge drinking and childhood obesity; encourage positive health behaviours; and many more...Social marketing: 2.3 Reasons for social marketing - Your thoughts should already have suggested reasons why...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Introducing global development
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing global development

...accountability and responsibility. Consider the oceans on planet Earth today, the oceans are filled with human-generated plastics, coral reefs are disappearing, fish stocks are being depleted and water temperatures are rising. The oceans are critical to the health of ecosystems globally and to climate stability. But who should take the lead in changing matters? Who should...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Sure, I know how to talk to people!
Money & Business

Sure, I know how to talk to people!

...account the fact that there are both ‘adaptive’ and ‘maladaptive’ versions of behaviour – an idea that was researched in a policing context by Alison et al. (2013), who developed their model of rapport based on coding many hours of police suspect interviews. The interpersonal circles they developed from this research are shown in Figure 2 below. [Described...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Professor Lord Nicholas Stern - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Professor Lord Nicholas Stern - Stories of Change

...account the cost of carbon dioxide at around $35 a ton, that’s the number that the US government standardly uses and I’m in print with a very powerful argument explaining that’s far too low. But if you did take $35 a ton CO2 – RH: As the cost to the climate of emitting a ton of CO2? NS: Yes, exactly right. You would have another roughly $70 because one ton of coal...
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We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?
Science, Maths & Technology

We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?

...account of chemistry or for other reasons, there is evidence that the majority of pet owners see their animals as part of the family. “This doesn’t mean they regard them as humans,” says Professor Nickie Charles, a University of Warwick sociologist with a particular interest in animal–human relationships. Close links with animals are often in addition to rather...
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Video 15 mins