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The power of infographics in research dissemination
Education & Development

The power of infographics in research dissemination

...phrase popularised way back in the 1970s by Alvin Toffler (1970), who characterised it as ‘the difficulty a person faces when taking a decision in the presence of excessive information’. By 2002, Eppler and Menjis were identifying five causes of information overload: multiple sources of information too much information difficult-to-manage information irrelevance or...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Basic science: understanding experiments
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding experiments

...type of fungus that is found all around us, in water, soil, on plants, on animals and in the air. Like all organisms, when yeasts are put in the right type of environment they will thrive; growing and reproducing. Your experiments were designed to help you identify which environment promotes the most yeast growth. The first three glasses in your experiment contained...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Groups and teamwork
Science, Maths & Technology

Groups and teamwork

...types of theories about effective leadership...Groups and teamwork: 1 course outline - The focus of this course is on relating to groups of other people rather than one-to-one relationships. Reading 1 develops some general concepts about 'groups' and 'teams', not just those at work. The later readings look at groups from particular perspectives or contexts, with the aim...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Panic buying and how to stop it
Health, Sports & Psychology

Panic buying and how to stop it

...type of fear that also seems to be highly relevant here is the fear of missing out, created in panic buying. However, explaining panic buying as merely being fear-based does not provide a satisfactory level of explanation of the problem of panic buying. Instead, we must look to norms to understand the escalating dynamic. Norms shape most day-to-day behaviours. People have...
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Article 10 mins
Obesity: balanced diets and treatment
Science, Maths & Technology

Obesity: balanced diets and treatment

...type of nutrient can lead to disease, starvation (or dehydration in the case of water) and subsequent death. Fibre is a component of food that is not nutritious but is important to include in our diet. Fibre or roughage is non-digestible carbohydrate and it has an important role in aiding the movement of food through the gut. There is also an absolute requirement for some...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Planning a better future
Education & Development

Planning a better future

...types of people – from subcontractors to my colleagues and I think that’s quite helped me and the knowledge and experience I’ve gained from doing work experience, and doing work, working and doing that part time, degree part time, I think I’ve gained a lot more knowledge and experience doing it that way as well. Lynne Johnson So if you want to become a quantity...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
General principles of cellular communication
Science, Maths & Technology

General principles of cellular communication

...types express exactly the same repertoire of signalling components. Rather, cells have signalling systems that suit their physiological function. The main focus of this topic is cellular communication that occurs when extrinsic stimuli bind to receptors on their target cells. Although not all cellular communication relies on the activation of receptors, it is the most...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis
Languages

A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis

...types of meaning-making - It’s worth noting however that writing as we know it today is not a single technology resulting from a single invention. It’s a combination of various innovations which took place over a long period, with differing effects in different parts of the world. But the stages of evolution it went through are very similar in all these different...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs