Revised Intro Video
Caring in hospitals
This unit considers the type of care offered in hospitals, using Leeds General Hospital as a case study. The unit looks at the people who have roles within the hospital, how they interact with each other and patients and what they consider to be 'care'. The different approaches and contributions to care by doctors and nurses are explored and patients give their perspective on the care they receive.
Historia de la computadora para niños - en español
Aquí tienen un video gracioso para niños. En este video, explican la historia de las computadoras. (5:09)
Las Mañanitas - Vincente Fernandez (en español)
Cantado por Vicente Fernández, Las Mañanitas es una canción tradicional de cumpleaños. Esta canción es conocida en muchos países de Latinoamérica. El video trae buena calidad de sonido. También, tiene las letras escritas en inglés. (2:39)
Dia de los Muertos (en español)
Aquí tienen un video sobre el Día de Los Muertos en Santa Ana, CA. El video enseña ofrendas, comida, y cosas importantes de este día. Alomejor sería útil para un ejemplo auténtico de gente celebrando la vida de sus seres queridos. (2:38)
Centrales azucareras en Cuba - de los años 30 - en español
Este video enseña los centrales azucareras en Cuba en los años 30. Trae material de archivo original y también describe los pasos de este tipo de trabajo. No hay un narrador porque los pasos están escritos en el video. (4:03)
Bernini, Apollo and Daphne, 1622-25 - Smart History at Khan Academy
NOTE: Front Female Nudity. Bernini, Apollo and Daphne, 1622-25 (Galleria Borghese, Rome) Voices: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker (03:04)
6.831 User Interface Design and Implementation (MIT)
6.831/6.813 examines human-computer interaction in the context of graphical user interfaces. The course covers human capabilities, design principles, prototyping techniques, evaluation techniques, and the implementation of graphical user interfaces. Deliverables include short programming assignments and a semester-long group project. Students taking the graduate version also have readings from current literature and additional assignments.
03.02 Visual Assignment
Why study Law at University if I want to become a lawyer?
If you are thinking that you might eventually wish to pursue a career as a lawyer, whether a solicitor or a barrister, there are two different ways of getting the necessary qualifications. One is to study any subject at University other than Law, then do a one-year Law conversion course and finally complete the relevant vocational course to become a solicitor or a barrister. The other route is to study Law at University, typically for three years, and then take the relevant vocational course.
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French hostages free after 547 days in Afghanistan
June 29 - Two French journalists held hostage in Afghanistan for a year and a half have been released. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
1.3.5 Diagrams for further analysis and quantitative model building To gain further understanding of the connectivity in a situation, a multiple cause diagram can be converted into a
sign graph by indicating whether the cause has a positive effect or a negative effect by adding the respective signs. Not all multiple cause diagrams lend themselves to this treatment as you need much greater knowledge of the situation to be able to be sure about the causal chains in a situation and the effects they are likely to have. Sign graphs are particularly useful
1.3.4 Diagrams for connectivity
Relationship diagrams offer one way of putting more order into your understanding of a situation. Each element of a situation is named in an oval and lines between ovals indicate that there are relationships between the particular elements – but no more than this! Systems maps
are another way of developing one's understanding of a situation. Systems maps are essentially ‘structure’ diagrams. Each element or sub-system is contained in a circle or oval and a line
1.3.3 Diagrams for understanding Diagrams for understanding are best developed within the creativity phase, though sometimes you can go straight on to using a diagram more suitable to the connectivity phase. Most diagrams for understanding begin at the centre of the sheet of paper and work outwards. Buzan's (1974) spray diagram is built up from an initial idea with its branches; these branches have their own branches and so on until you reach the detail at the end of each twig. This technique is particularly useful fo
1.3.1 Systems thinking and concept Much can be said about systems thinking. However it is worth reiterating some key points here as they are central to understanding the purpose of the diagrams discussed later in this section. The word system is one that is in regular everyday use. People talk, for example, about ‘the social security system’ and the ‘telephone system’. Gamblers boast about ‘having a system’ for winning at roulette. Young people talk about being ‘against the system’.
Clashes in Egypt
June 29 - Renewed violence hits the Egyptian capital as police clash with civilians on the streets of Cairo. Rough cut. No reporter narration
U.S. Trust President tells us his dream deficit deal
Chrystia Freeland interviews U.S. Trust President, Keith Banks, at the Aspen Ideas Festival.
Stephen Adler and Felix Salmon talk Aspen Ideas Fest
Reuters Editor-in-Chief, Stephen Adler, and Reuters blogger, Felix Salmon, talk about their favorite panels at the 2011 Aspen Ideas Festival.
Chertoff: we're behind in the race to thwart cyber attacks
Stephen Adler discusses the growing threat of cyber attacks with Michael Chertoff.
1.2.1 Influences on how we perceive diagrams A few people find diagrams unhelpful; but many people who regularly use words find the discipline of conveying ideas in diagrammatic form both sharpens their understanding of the ideas and opens their eyes to alternative views. Diagrams are, like words, intensely personal ways of sharing information and seeing someone else's ideas in diagrammatic form can give a new view of what they are trying to communicate. Diagrams can also suggest new and unexpected relationships between ideas about a si
