Complex systems in a Nutshell
Three speakers from the University of Oxford, Felix Reed-Tsochas, Mark Fricker and Jukka-Pekka Onnela, give an introduction and overview of the science of networks focussing on two areas: social and biological networks. Consider the following phenomena - the spread of a fungus to acquire nutrients, links between venture capital funders and innovative ideas, the pattern of email and phone traffic within organisations. It has been dicovered that some of these phenomena can be understood, modelled
Professor Colin Mayer, Peter Moores Dean - Said Business School. The Dean's Podcast 01
Professor Colin Mayer, the Peter Moores Dean, the Said Business School, gives an introduction and overview of the current financial crisis.
Undergraduate Prospectus 2010 - Introduction
Undergraduate Prospectus 2010 - Introduction
UK Climate Impacts Programme
Introduction to the UK Climate Impacts programme at the Environmental Change Institute.
African Ecology: Fire and Ants
Short introduction to research on African Ecology by Dr Kate Parr.
Voluntary Carbon Offsets
Introduction to doctoral research project by student Adam Bumpus at the Environmental Change Institute
Introduction to the Environmental Change Institute
Introduction to research groups and activities at the Environmental Change Institute.
Engaging Developers with Open Source Projects - Introduction
Open source communities have a reputation for being filled with tigers ready to devour any naive developer foolhardy enough to enter their territory. This introduction dispels this myth and sets the scene for the workshop speakers.
Under the Bonnet: Technical Considerations in Running Open University Podcasting
Ben Hawkridge (Open University) talks about the technical aspect of running a university podcasting service: covering questions such as server management, accessibility issues and analyzing usage statistics.
Under the Bonnet: Technical Considerations in Running Open University Podcasting
Ben Hawkridge (Open University) talks about the technical aspect of running a university podcasting service: covering questions such as server management, accessibility issues and analyzing usage statistics
The Ashmolean Museum and the Museum of Natural History
An introduction to the Ashmolean Museum and the Museum of Natural History
Introduction to Sport at Oxford
A short introduction to sport at Oxford.
Introduction to the Archipelago Poetry Evening
Introduction to the Archipelago Poetry Evening
Statistical Reasoning I Course Lectures
This website contains a collection of lecture examples on topics such as describing data, Stata, sampling variability & confidence intervals, paired t-test & hypothesis testing, comparing means, comparing proportions, and survival analysis.
Student Newspapers
An introduction to the student newspapers at Oxford University.
Kinetic connections: Bloom's taxonomy in action
An introduction to strategies for using the web to push your students to higher levels of thinking.
Ozark, Alabama Downtown Plan
This document is a city plan for Ozark, Ala. dated October 25, 2007. Contents: Introduction to the plan -- Downtown revitalization concept -- Implementing the concept -- Organization -- Community promotion -- Design -- Economic structure -- Community connections -- Conclusion.
"Object orientation" What's it all about?
introduction to object orientation including design and analysis methods, benefits, pros and cons
To appreciate:
what is meant by “object-orientation’
how it arose
why it is a useful approach
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 Leeds Metropolitan University, but are also supported by the findings from the project as a whole.
There are
ICT Competences Acquisition using the Concorde e-Learning Platform
This communication presents some of the final results obtained in the frame of the EC funded Leonardo da Vinci pilot project with the title "Acquisition of Complementary Competencies through Open and Distance Education" (CONCORDE) and it complements other dissemination papers. Mainly, we focus here on the acquisition of the competences in the information and communication technologies using an innovative pedagogical model implemented at the level of the web platform. The targeted competences res
