World Heritage
This free course provides an overview of World Heritage, its political and cultural origins and the role of UNESCO and other agencies in identifying and listing sites. It identifies and discusses with exemplification the major conventions and protocols affecting World Heritage. It shows how World Heritage expanded from cultural to natural and other sites, as well as embracing landscapes, and intangible and industrial heritages. It provides case studies of New Lanark as industrial heritage, Bath
Panel IIA: Governance
Lack of effective governance is a fundamental challenge facing India and this manifests itself in three key issues that this panel will seek to address: (a) How does a maturing democracy ensure that the elected representatives work in a manner that truly represents the will of the people; (b) How can the delivery of public services be massively improved, and (c) How can we tackle the challenge of corruption, not just at the top levels or in government alone, but also the growing culture of corru
Peter Sheldrake on Milton Friedman- Philosopher Series - Graduate School of Business & Law
Professor Peter Sheldrake provides an introduction to the work of twentieth century philosophers and invites the audience to reflect upon the relevance of their thinking to corporate life and how they might apply the findings to their own business practice.
Recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, Friedman is best known for his theoretical and empirical research on consumption analysis, monetary history and theory, and for his demonstration of the complexity of stabilisation. Friedma
TED415 Session 2 Spring 2011
TED415 Multicultural Education Session 2 01/30/2011 Jeff Miller
Season 3 – Lesson 28 – Coffee Break Spanish The topic for this week’s episode of Show Time Spanish is food, or tapas in particular. Alba has recently had a bad experience in a tapas restaurant in Scotland, compared with her normal experiences of tapas in Spain. Mark and Alba talk about different tapas and their experience of eating Spanish food in Spain and elsewhere. Language points covered include ojalá, the word cobrar and si clauses. In this week’s intermedio, José introdu
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In this video, the instructor shows how to write a nine-digit number in standard form. Mr. Khan uses the Paint Program (with different colors) to illustrate his points. Sal Khan was the recipient of the 2009 Microsoft Tech Award in Education. (04:09)
Virtual Maths, Cuboid - Excavation quiz1
Interactive simulaton explaining how to calculate cubic capacity of a truck for carrying excavated materials
History of the American Civil War, 1861 - 1865 Map
This is a five-minute history of the American Civil War 1861 - 1865 with maps. There are no moving images--it's more of a slideshow.
Learning outcomes After studying this course, you should be able to: recognise definitions and applications of key terms relating to mental health understand and apply basic grammatical terminology describe briefly the different types of sounds used in speech in both acoustic and articulatory terms outline the key features of human language as compared to the vocalisations of other species describe the complex psychological processes inv
Communication towers kill about 6.8 million birds every year
Every year more than 6 million birds die as they migrate from the United States and Canada to Central and South America, according to a new USC study published April 25 in journal PLoS ONE.
"This is a tragedy that does not have to be," said lead author, Travis Longcore, an associate professor in the USC Spatial Sciences Institute in the USC Dornsife Collage of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
The birds are killed by the 84,000 communication towers that dot North America and can rise nearly 2,000 fe
Obama to West Point grads: It's your task to extend peace and prosperity
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May 28 - President Barack Obama tells new graduates of the West Point Military Academy that America must always lead on the world stage. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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Reuters tells the world's stories like no one else. As the largest international multimedia news provider, Reuters provides coverage around the globe and across topics including b
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Implementing Mobile and e-learning in Health and Social Care
As part of a submission for the IMS Global Award, this film discusses the outputs of the ALPS CETL and demonstrates the impact that they have had on learning and assessment in practice settings, particularly focussing on the development of competency maps, 360degree multiprofessional asessment tools and the use of mobile technology to deliver these innovative assessment processes to the Health and Social Care students on placement.
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Render and export a composition as a playable movie file. Change output module settings in the Render Queue panel to choose output format and file destination.
Introduction to econometric models and techniques, simultaneous equations, program evaluation, emphasizing regression. Advanced topics include instrumental variables, panel data methods, measurement error, and limited dependent variable models. May not count toward HASS requirement.
Here is an in-depth introduction to the Solar System and the planets that are in it. From the sun to why poor Pluto is no longer considered a planet, come along for a ride across the Solar System. FreeSchool is great for kids! (11:55)
This syllabus was submitted to the Rhodes College Office of Academic Affairs by the course instructor.,Sociology is the study of how social reality and individuals are constructed through the ongoing creation and mediation of social relationships, structures and institutions. In short, sociology is the study of how individuals and society co-exist and co-create each other. In this course we will unlearn our inherited, taken-for-granted assumptions regarding social reality and develop a critical
This video clip is a segment from Discovery Channel's Making of a Continent about the dust bowl wind erosion of the 1930s. (02:54)
Density, mass and volume interactive formula, simulation
