Review: A leader's perspective
Mike Sherris Associate Head of School, Risk & Actuarial Studies gives his perspective on using the criteria-based assessment tool Review.
21L.715 Media in Cultural Context (MIT)
This course explores the international trade in television text, considering the ways in which 'foreign' programs find places within 'domestic' schedules. Looking at the life television texts maintain outside of their home market, this course examines questions of globalization and national cultures of production and reception. Students will be introduced to a range of positions about the nature of international textual trade, including economic arguments about the structuring of international m
Malcolm X - The House Negro and the Field Negro
The House Negro and the Field Negro, speech by the great Malcolm X, after the March on Washington (1963). Malcolm X was still in the Nation of Islam. (23:17)
Turning the Major Scales Into Melodies
This is a basic video explaining how the major scale can be used to create melodies using examples of Christmas songs. It is filmed from about the piano so that they keyboard and hands are easily seen by the viewer. (02:28)
Learning outcomes After studying this course, you should be able to: understand what writing an assignment involves identify strengths and weaknesses understand the functions of essays and reports demonstrate writing skills.
Evaluation of 'Advanced Database Management' module
This paper focuses on a discussion on the approach taken in analysing evaluation design for a specific faculty module on enterprise education
Mixing page sizes with the new Page tool
"Stories, streams and pocket-size screens. This is where marketers meet today's consumer," according to Allison Johnson, former marketing communications head at Apple and founder of West, a San Francisco-based marketing. Hear more from Allison on where the role of marketing is headed.
Qualitative contribution of a vr-system to architectural design: Why we failed?
The paper exposes the development of a Virtual-Reality system for modeling timber structures, and evaluations with students about its contribution to the architectural project.
The Making of the Boxtrolls | Talks at Google
Directors Anthony Stacchi & Graham Annable discuss the making of Laika Animation Studio's latest stop-motion film, "The Boxtrolls", followed by a live Q&A.
"The Boxtrolls" tells the story of Eggs (Isaac Hempstead-Wright), an orphan, lives with the Boxtrolls -- a community of quirky, mischievous creatures who inhabit a cavern beneath the city of Cheesebridge. When villainous Archibald Snatcher (Ben Kingsley) hatches a plan to get rid of the pretty harmless beings, Eggs decides to go above ground
What is a Recession?
This two minute video explains what a recession is, the basic economic terms, and the psychological factor that often fuels a recession. It moves very rapidly so the teacher should be prepared to stop the video at times to review terms. A list of terms would also be helpful. The three ways to handle a recession are mentioned as well.
Iraq says aircraft hit IS targets west of Baghdad
Iraq's Ministry of Defense releases video showing airstrikes against IS positions in Anbar province. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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2015 MLK Community Caregiver Award Nominee Rachel King, RN
Rachel King, RN, was nominated for the Annual MLK Community Caregiver Award at Duke University Hospital. Here's her story.
MUSC: Year In Review
The MUSC Health Year in Review 2014 (MUSChealth.org/YIR2014) reports on clinical and research innovation, new tele-services, and quality initiatives at the Medical University of South Carolina. Its theme is “It’s personal for us.”
Zac Posen internship and fashion week fit her just right
LaWanda Darden used to drape herself in sheets to design play clothes, but thanks to an internship with Zac Posen in summer 2014, she now knows exactly all that goes into designing a collection for New York Fashion Week.
This intense 8-week stint in New York’s Tribeca neighborhood only served to solidify her dream of becoming a fashion director of a large company or starting her own company to design special occasion and ready-to-wear clothes for men and women.
Virtual Maths - Numbers, Find the angle quiz
Interactive simulation quiz, 8 questions, Find the Angle using the simulation and enter the answers
Collective Behavior
OpenStax College
Turkey braces for influx of Yazidi refugees
Hundreds of Iraq's ethnic Yazidis cross a mountain into Turkey on foot, as they seek to escape violence by Islamic State militants. Vanessa Johnston reports.
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Robotics Roundtable
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5.5 Science in the Scottish Enlightenment This unit is concerned with science in Scotland, one of the most dynamic centres of Enlightenment thinking. Writers speak of the mid-eighteenth century as Scotland's ‘Golden Age’. In order to get a flavour of this age, it is necessary to take a very broad view of what we mean by ‘science’. Staying within the boundaries recognised by modern science faculties misses most of what is distinctive about eighteenth-century Scotland. The interconnections and cross-fertilisation between discip
