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Exploring innovative assessment methods
Education & Development

Exploring innovative assessment methods

...think of it this way: formative assessment is for learning summative assessment is assessment of learning...Week 1: What is innovative assessment and why is it useful?: 1.3 Competency-based curriculum - Figure 2 portrays some of the key aspects of a competency-based curriculum. The focus is upon the learning process and should include input measures that encompass quality...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Creative writing and critical reading
History & The Arts

Creative writing and critical reading

...thinking will enhance your practice of creative writing; the more you learn about how texts operate, the better equipped you’ll be as a writer. Reading as a writer, also known as ‘critical reading’ or ‘close reading’, involves analysing how a piece works and how an author achieves particular effects. For instance, when reading a short story, you might consider...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Business ethics
History & The Arts

Business ethics

...think they should be interested in corporations because they throw up all sorts of philosophical puzzles and conundrums; what kinds of properties do corporations have? How are these corporations related to the individual human beings that make them up? Nigel: But there are all kinds of groups of people who philosophers don’t get excited about. A queue waiting to get a...
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Night sky puts on a meteor shower to celebrate Rosetta’s closest approach to the sun
Science, Maths & Technology

Night sky puts on a meteor shower to celebrate Rosetta’s closest approach to the sun

...system. It was last at perihelion (its closest approach to the sun) in 1995. Each time the comet comes to the inner solar system, it sheds dust. Over time, this debris has built up, and is smeared out along the entire track of the orbit. Once a year, in August, the Earth’s orbit crosses that of comet Swift-Tuttle, and dust from the comet is captured. If you record a...
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Chemical vapour deposition (CVD)
Science, Maths & Technology

Chemical vapour deposition (CVD)

...system [Images to demonstrate 'Chemical Vapour deposition (CVD)' - see article ] [Diagram showing the Cold Wall System] Hot wall system [Images to demonstrate 'Chemical Vapour deposition (CVD)' - see article ] Manufacture: A “high” temperature process. Cheaper, more suitable for mass-production than PVD (Physical vapour deposition), needing no special attachments,...
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What is a password manager - and should I be using one?
Digital & Computing

What is a password manager - and should I be using one?

...systems, including mobile devices. It can generate and store passwords, and manage them across multiple devices. 1Password is available for Windows and Mac computers as well as mobile devices running iOS, Android and Windows Phone. As well as generating and storing passwords, 1Password can be used to hold other confidential documents. It offers password synchronisation...
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What is biomedicine?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is biomedicine?

...systems (physiology), in particular to understanding mechanisms like the heart, arteries, nerves, brain and so on. Health is seen as a state where all the parts of the body function normally, like a new repaired car. If bits go wrong—if the body is struck down by a virus, internal changes damage it, or parts wear out—it goes in for repair by specialists. This view...
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Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?
Society, Politics & Law

Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?

...system, a view he claims is perceived as ‘nakedly sectarian’ by the Catholic community. In response, the First Minster replied that the Bishop had ‘somewhat lost the plot’ and the phrase used by Robinson in 2010 to describe the separate schools system, 'benign apartheid', has entered the debate again. This exchange is unusual in that both the Bishop and First...
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Article 15 mins