Breaking up the euro area
The barriers to leaving are high but could still be crawled over by a country determined to leave
Developing Distance Learning Material
This paper is intended as a practical guide to help with writing Distance Learning material.
This paper considers:
Topic One – Introduction and an approach to writing Distance Learning Material.
Topic Two – Content of the material
Topic Three – Achieving the Learning Outcomes.
Topic Four - Some tips on style and aspects of authoring the material.
By following guidelines it will help to.
• Speed up the writing process
• Have a consistent style
• Help the students
Most
Good Practice Guide in Question and Test Design
This booklet will provide an introduction to good practice in question and test design. It includes the art of using objective tests to assess some aspects of student learning. At the outset you should be aware that objective tests are just one method of assessment. They are useful for assessing knowledge, comprehension and application and in some circumstances can be used to assess higher order skills such as evaluation and synthesis. They cannot be used to assess creativity, integration of ide
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
Numeracy Basics - interactive quiz (Part 2)
Part 2 of the SCORM object of the Numeracy Basics - interactive quiz split into four smaller SCORM modules tested on X-Stream VISTA.
NB. No final statistics as none of the modules store the result scores as global variables, and therefore one cannot create that global statistics. SCORM 2004 supposedly supports this – one can revisit this statistic when a new LMS is out that supports SCORM 2004 (Blackboard 9 is supposed to do this, but in its current pilot setup here at LeedsMet SCORM does no
Numeracy Basics - interactive quiz (Part 4)
Part 4 of the SCORM object of the Numeracy Basics - interactive quiz split into four smaller SCORM modules tested on X-Stream VISTA.
NB. No final statistics as none of the modules store the result scores as global variables, and therefore one cannot create that global statistics. SCORM 2004 supposedly supports this – one can revisit this statistic when a new LMS is out that supports SCORM 2004 (Blackboard 9 is supposed to do this, but in its current pilot setup here at LeedsMet SCORM does no
Numeracy Basics - interactive quiz (Part 1)
Part 1 of the SCORM object of the Numeracy Basics - interactive quiz split into four smaller SCORM modules tested on X-Stream VISTA.
NB. No final statistics as none of the modules store the result scores as global variables, and therefore one cannot create that global statistics. SCORM 2004 supposedly supports this – one can revisit this statistic when a new LMS is out that supports SCORM 2004 (Blackboard 9 is supposed to do this, but in its current pilot setup here at LeedsMet SCORM does no
Philosophical issues in research
Introduction to philosophical issues in research and questions to help you draw out the philosophical underpinnings of your own research. It will also help you identify those adopted by existing research that you read.
Numeracy Basics - interactive quiz (Part 3)
Part 3 of the SCORM object of the Numeracy Basics - interactive quiz split into four smaller SCORM modules tested on X-Stream VISTA.
NB. No final statistics as none of the modules store the result scores as global variables, and therefore one cannot create that global statistics. SCORM 2004 supposedly supports this – one can revisit this statistic when a new LMS is out that supports SCORM 2004 (Blackboard 9 is supposed to do this, but in its current pilot setup here at LeedsMet SCORM does no
"With or Without" - Learning New Words
This is a humorous animated cartoon that could be used as an introduction to a more in depth lesson about the difference between the words "with" and "without." (0:50)
Lecture 16 - 11/18/2010
Lecture 16
Lecture 16 - 11/18/2010
Lecture 16
Lung Cancer CT Scan Clinical Trial Results Show Benefit
"Twenty percent fewer lung cancer deaths seen among those who were screened with low-dose spiral CT scan than with chest X-ray. http://bit.ly/ah084K
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is today releasing initial results from a large-scale test of screening methods to reduce deaths from lung cancer by detecting cancers at relatively early stages.
Reggie Munden, M.D., from the Department of Thoracic Imaging and principal investigator of the trial at MD Anderson talks about the impact of the stud
Build Your Own PC Tutorial Part Two
This is the second in a two part video showing how to assemble a desktop PC. The video shows step by step how to insert components into the computer. You can stop the video toward the end, because the producers go into a video review of the computer case...which is not necessary.
JFK Inaugural Address
President John F. Kennedy's inaugural address, January 20th.
Clickable Word Picture for Kids - Bedroom
This video demonstrates an interactive computer program and can be use to show children the use of furniture and clothing in the bathroom. Run time 01:02.
S Korea: new Def.Min. talks tough
South Korea's new defence minister visits the scene of last month's deadly North Korean cross-border shelling and gives a warning to the North.
Flight chaos in Spain after strike
Flight controllers returning to work after a sudden stoppage which shut down Spanish air traffic face a huge backlog of thousands of passengers stranded at airports.
Globalization of Science: Opportunities for Competitive Advantage from Science in China, India and B
When Fiona Murray visited research centers in China recently, scientists greeted her quizzically: “People were baffled about what a business school professor was doing in stem cell and gene sequencing labs,” Murray says.
As it turns out, Murray’s tour was integral to her own MIT Sloan research exploring how
The Shape Song
A song about the shapes. (03:14)