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Learning through Technology
OpenLearn Ireland

Learning through Technology

...researcher, Eileen Scanlon looks at the benefits of 'inquiry learning' for young students, and how she is using the experiences to help design a customized tool kit to support evidence-based 'inquiry learning'... Learning through Technology Open University Educational Technology researcher, Eileen Scanlon looks at the benefits of 'inquiry learning' for young students, and...
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Why grow a tree? Barriers and boosters for landowners to adopt agroforestry
Society, Politics & Law

Why grow a tree? Barriers and boosters for landowners to adopt agroforestry

...research and experience on forest and landscape restoration in Mexico and Guatemala. Trailer Watch the trailer below for the seminar, Why grow a tree? Barriers and boosters for landowners to adopt agroforestry. Transcript Learning outcomes Learn about the problems of land degradation and the benefits that arise from landscape restoration. You will learn about the range of...
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Methods in Motion: Finding a voice after Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Finding a voice after Brexit

...research and teaching. What had been the point, I wondered, of trying to offer resources with which to think when the result appeared to reflect the priority of visceral feelings over thought, and to privilege authenticity (who is speaking) rather than expertise (the authority of facts and evidence). And, if what you speak is dismissed as being politically correct, how...
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Classical Studies: festivals
History & The Arts

Classical Studies: festivals

...centre of everything. ...Learn about festivals of the ancient world, and the activities and rituals that took place – including chariot races, processions and even a great banquet held in a cemetery. Some of the festivals are surprisingly similar in nature to those we enjoy today. Festivals celebrated by the Ancient Greeks and Romans Dr Jess Hughes, Senior Lecturer in...
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The world's busiest railway - Mumbai, India and rail
Science, Maths & Technology

The world's busiest railway - Mumbai, India and rail

...centre of the rail network, connecting the whole of India to the rest of the world, turned Mumbai into the economic powerhouse it is today. [Traffic outside Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station, Mumbai on bikes and mopeds] Mumbai is India’s financial capital, its City of Dreams – home to billionaires and the hopes and fortunes of all of India. Ambitious workers flood...
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It’s a long story
Health, Sports & Psychology

It’s a long story

Watch how aboriginal children create stories about who they are and pass on ancient cultural traditions using the latest digital technology...Transcript.
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Does counting calories work?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Does counting calories work?

...research centre and colleagues discovered that a dish listed as having, say, 500 calories could contain 800 instead. The difference could easily have been caused, says Roberts, by local chefs heaping on extra french fries or pouring a dollop more sauce. It would be almost impossible for a calorie-counting dieter to accurately estimate their intake given this kind of...
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About Earth In Vision
Nature & Environment

About Earth In Vision

...researchers...[Red, Blue and Green Planet Earth's overlapping with the text 'Earth in Vision' in white across the front. ] Earth in Vision is a three-year Arts and Humanities Research Council funded project based in the Geography Department of The Open University, and led by Professor Joe Smith. The project explores the BBC archives of environment themed television and...
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