2.2 Introduction to Thomas Hobbes
Part 2.2. A brief introduction to Thomas Hobbes, 'The monster of Malmsbury', his views on a mechanistic universe, his strong ideas on determinism and his pessimistic view of human nature: 'The life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short'.
1.1 An Introduction to General Philosophy
Part 1.1. Outlines the General Philosophy course, the various topics that will be discussed, and also, more importantly, the philosophical method that this course introduces to students.
CIS: Canada and NATO: Professor Neil MacFarlane - Introduction
Oxford Pearson Seminar 1: Canada, NATO and Transatlanticism
Introduction to globalisation and the current financial crisis
Ngaire Woods introduces the podcast series on globalisation and is place in the current financial crisis - outlining some of the questions they will be discussing
Introduction to the 2009 Degree Show
Final Year students discuss the 2009 Ruskin Degree Show
Introduction to the 2009 Degree Show
Final Year students discuss the 2009 Ruskin Degree Show
A History of Christianity - Introduction to the series
An introductory talk given by Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch prior to the gala screening of the first episode of the BBC TV series "A History of Christianity" at St Cross 5/11/2009
Uganda Roundtable: Researching the movements of and Ugandan military campaign against the Lord's Res
A round table discussion led by Professor Ron Atkinson, Director of African Studies, University of South Carolina. Part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research Seminar Series, Trinity 2010. Recorded 12 May 2010.
Introduction to Sport at Oxford
A short introduction to sport at Oxford.
Introduction to Sport at Oxford
A short introduction to sport at Oxford.
Introduction to the Archipelago Poetry Evening
Introduction to the Archipelago Poetry Evening
Introduction to Text Features
Text features are the traffic signs found in informational text. Index and table of contents are highlighted. (2.42)
Introduction to the Fertile Crescent
This video is a description of the civilizations that emerged on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Mesopotamia is the location of the world's first civilizations. To display the video, users must download the veoh viewer program.
20. Introduction for ICT support to set up the Confolio portfolio system (including setup of reposit
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Using Portfolio's - Introduction to the Portfolio
This resource accompanies the workbook 'Using Portfolio's for Learning and Assessment - a staff handbook'.
This resource offers guidance for staff on introducing students to portfolios to be used for learning and assessment. It is based on experience gained while working on an FDTL Project “Promoting the Development of key skills through the use of portfolios” (2002 - 2005).
The outlined Portfolio Workshops in this handbook have been developed as a result of the Project activities at Le
An Introduction to Stereological Analysis: Morphometric Techniques for Beginning Biologists
This activity presents several exercises that will introduce students to stereological analysis, which is a useful method for correlating structural and functional data.
An Introduction to Population Genetics
The evolution of populations is examined by simulations over 5 to 10 generations. Students use playing cards to simulate random mating, and then modify the mating to illustrate more natural conditions. With the addition of computer simulations, the same evolutionary principles may be applied to many generations. Discussion topics include the importance of genetic drift and mutation as the sources of raw material for evolution, the maintenance of recessive alleles in populations, and the role nat
An Introduction to Plant Vascular Systems
As a laboratory exercise that uses scientific techniques to add an investigative component to study the vascular system of plants.
An Introduction to DNA: Spectrophotometry, Degradation, and the 'Frankengel' Experiment
In this laboratory students perform three exercises as an introduction to the basics of handling and analyzing DNA. In the first, they expose circular plasmid, linear phage, and high molecular weight genomic DNA samples to a variety of physical, thermal, chemical, and enzymatic conditions that might be expected to affect DNA integrity. The DNA's are analyzed by electrophoresis on a group agarose gel. In the second, they pour and reconstruct a "Frankengel" (a gel containing sections with three di
A Laboratory Introduction to DNA Restriction Analysis
This workshop serves as an introduction to laboratory exercises in molecular biology.
