1,367 search results
Open education
Education & Development

Open education

...writing a blog post detailing your thoughts on a particular issue, and then Tweeting about your post to enable other learners to read different opinions. If you are not comfortable with making public your thoughts in this way, you can simply substitute the blog posts for entries into an unshared document, and omit the Twitter activity. However, we recommend that you do...
View course Open education
Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
Matt Ridley - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Matt Ridley - Stories of Change

...writes a weekly column in The Times and writes regularly for the Wall Street Journal. As Viscount Ridley, he was elected to the House of Lords in February 2013. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the Academy of Medical Sciences, and a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is honorary president of the International...
View audio Matt Ridley - Stories of Change
Audio 5 mins
Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?
Education & Development

Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?

...write a blog and I’ve formed a real global network of peers. Previously that use to be a really difficult thing to do – you had to be on the conference circuit for a really long time, talking to people and that meant that you were away from the office. And now you can do that kind of peer networking while you’re having breakfast in the morning. I think that’s...
View course Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?
Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Language in the real world
Languages

Language in the real world

...writing, listening, speaking, gesturing, grimacing, laughing, crying, etc. You are using language right now! Given its importance, perhaps it’s useful to begin by asking ourselves: What exactly do we mean by ‘language’? As a first step, consider the difference between ‘language’ and ‘languages’. Activity 1 Timing: Allow 30 minutes Watch the videos below,...
View course Language in the real world
Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
What do historians do?
History & The Arts

What do historians do?

...write, argue and explain. While all the activities in this list are correct, what links them is evidence. Historians work with evidence from the past and what all historians do, regardless of subject or time period, is to construct an understanding of the past from reading and analysing evidence. Evidence, known as primary sources, is the raw material of history and it is...
View course What do historians do?
Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

Working with charts, graphs and tables

...writing these down before you read on. One student has said: I am never quite sure that I have understood what the figures mean. I tend to skip over the graphs or charts that I come across, hoping that I can get the information I need from the text. This is one course in a series of Student Toolkits; there are (or will be) others to help you with such things as effective...
View course Working with charts, graphs and tables
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
More working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

More working with charts, graphs and tables

...writing down what you think are the reasons why we choose to present data in this way before you read on. One student has said: If an exam or assessment question asks me to draw a chart or a graph, my heart sinks. I don't like tackling tables either. I only ever draw a graph if I absolutely have to. This course assumes that you have some experience in drawing conclusions...
View course More working with charts, graphs and tables
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Language and thought: introducing representation
History & The Arts

Language and thought: introducing representation

...write shopping lists and diary entries, repeat nursery rhymes by rote, solve logical or arithmetical problems, make promises, tell stories, sign our names, etc. Impressive though it is, this variety in the uses of language is a potential distraction from our main interest, which is in the use of language to represent. It will therefore help if we abstract away from this...
View course Language and thought: introducing representation
Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs