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Discover how to make your online teaching interactive with Microsoft Teams by using tools such as surveys, the whiteboard, and other Microsoft applications to engage students.
Event Date: 17/02/2020
Facilitator(s): Dick Chan (EDC), Kai Pan Mark (EDC)
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- Student Engagement
- Keywords:
- Microsoft software Engagement (Philosophy) Groupware (Computer software) Motivation in education Web-based instruction
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Discover how to make your online teaching interactive with Microsoft Teams by using tools such as surveys, the whiteboard, and other Microsoft applications to engage students.
Event Date: 17/03/2020
Facilitator(s): Dick Chan (EDC), Kai Pan Mark (EDC)
- Subjects:
- Student Engagement
- Keywords:
- Microsoft software Engagement (Philosophy) Groupware (Computer software) Motivation in education Web-based instruction
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Discover how to make your online teaching interactive with Microsoft Teams by using tools such as surveys, the whiteboard, and other Microsoft applications to engage students.
Event Date: 31/03/2020
Facilitator(s): Dick Chan (EDC), Kai Pan Mark (EDC)
- Subjects:
- Student Engagement
- Keywords:
- Microsoft software Engagement (Philosophy) Groupware (Computer software) Motivation in education Web-based instruction
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Discover how to make your online teaching interactive with Microsoft Teams by using tools such as surveys, the whiteboard, and other Microsoft applications to engage students.
Event Date: 03/03/2020
Facilitator(s): Dick Chan (EDC), Kai Pan Mark (EDC)
- Subjects:
- Student Engagement
- Keywords:
- Microsoft software Engagement (Philosophy) Groupware (Computer software) Motivation in education Web-based instruction
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Student video presentations can be easily recorded anywhere, anytime, with desktop computers, laptop computers and mobile devices.
Event Date: 08/04/2020
Facilitator(s): Mitesh Patel (EDC), Kai Pan Mark (EDC)
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- Assessment & Feedback
- Keywords:
- Educational Technology Video tapes in education
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- Video
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Student video presentations can be easily recorded anywhere, anytime, with desktop computers, laptop computers and mobile devices.
Event Date: 19/03/2020
Facilitator(s): Mitesh Patel (EDC), Kai Pan Mark (EDC)
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- Assessment & Feedback
- Keywords:
- Educational Technology Video tapes in education
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- Video
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Student video presentations can be easily recorded anywhere, anytime, with desktop computers, laptop computers and mobile devices. Join this webinar to learn about best practices when creating video assignments and how uRewind can be used to facilitate the creation and submission of studentsʼ video assignments.
Event Date: 20/04/2020
Facilitator(s): Mitesh Patel (EDC), Kai Pan Mark (EDC)
- Subjects:
- Assessment & Feedback
- Keywords:
- Educational Technology Video tapes in education
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- Video
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Student video presentations can be easily recorded anywhere, anytime, with desktop computers, laptop computers and mobile devices.Join this webinar to learn about best practices when creating video assignments and how uRewind can be used to facilitate the creation and submission of studentsʼ video assignments.
Event Date: 06/05/2020
Facilitator(s): Mitesh Patel (EDC), Kai Pan Mark (EDC)
- Subjects:
- Assessment & Feedback
- Keywords:
- Educational Technology Video tapes in education
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- Video
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"This book offers study skills and practices for college and university students to help them make a positive transition to post-secondary education, learn how to be a successful student, and make the most of their learning experience. This textbook was created to provide a resource for the ABE provincial level course, Student Success, and it provides resources to meet all the required and optional learning outcomes. The course can be used an elective course towards the BC Adult Graduation Diploma. Students don't need to be taking a Student Success course to benefit from this text. Post-secondary students can use this material to help them become better, more successful students. Faculty can use any parts of it to give to their students in any of their courses as applicable. Others (anyone) can use applicable life skills chapters. The book is written so each chapter stands on its own as an independent topic and doesn't require knowledge of previous chapters, so students and instructors can use only the sections they need"--BCcampus website.
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- Business writing Life skills Textbooks Study skills Communication of technical information Time management
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There are several textbooks for students whose majors include internships in human services, broadly defined, such case management, counseling, criminal justice, and social work. Most of these books are written in an academic format. Typically, it involves an introduction to a theoretical orientation that concerns working with others followed by a series of chapters devoted to learning professional skills associated with a given discipline. This approach is fine, as far as it goes, but also has two drawbacks. One is that the texts are usually sold by main stream publishers, which means they are expensive. Another is that they seldom address what might be described as the experiential dimension of the internship that most beginners face on their own. This new book addresses both concerns. The fact that it is offered as a free text addresses the first issue, of course, but the second one requires a new approach. It began with asking students to talk about what they experienced when going through their first internship and what they would tell others about how to make it a successful one. That work led to a structured narrative about basic practical topics, such as finding an internship, getting started there, making effective use of supervision, understanding ethics, appreciating cultural diversity, becoming competent, and completing the internship. The text includes descriptions, suggestions, and exercises. It may be used as either a primary course text or, due to its relative brevity, a supplemental one. Although the lead editor is an experienced clinician and professor who has supervised internships for a variety of human services majors over many years, the book was written with and for students to make it more readable and more useful.
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- Internship programs Academic achievement Textbooks
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- e-book
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"This book is a polished version of the author's notes for a course entitled Several Complex Variables. It should be suitable for a semester-long topics course or for self-study as an introduction to the subject. The prerequisites are decent knowledge of vector calculus, basic real analysis, and a working knowledge of complex analysis in one variable. It should be accessible to beginning graduate students after a complex analysis course, and perhaps even very advanced undergraduates. This is enough material for a semester-long course, including quite a few exercises sprinkled throughout the text, all of which the reader should at least be attempting. It is not meant as an exhaustive reference, but simply as a whirlwind tour of several complex variables"--BCcampus website.
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- Mathematics and Statistics
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- Textbooks Functions of complex variables
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- e-book
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Learn how to design and implement online proctored exams to meet the University’s minimum standards in online proctored assessment. Later in the session, find out how Dr Helen Law and Dr Shara Lee have used online proctored exams to assess students in HTI.
Event Date: 31/07/2020
Facilitator(s): Helen Law (HTI), Shara Lee (HTI), Mitesh Patel (EDC), Dave Gatrell (EDC)
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- Assessment & Feedback
- Keywords:
- Educational tests measurements Web-based instruction
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Learn how to design and implement online proctored exams to meet the University’s minimum standards in online proctored assessment. Later in the session, find out how Dr Helen Law and Dr Shara Lee have used online proctored exams to assess students in HTI.
Event Date: 26/11/2020
Facilitator(s): Helen Law (HTI), Shara Lee (HTI)
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- Assessment & Feedback
- Keywords:
- Educational tests measurements Web-based instruction
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- Video
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Online continuous assessments can range from totally online, which includes everything from conducting to completing the online assessment tasks in real-time, to partially online, which may only require the online submission of the assessment tasks. Join us in this teacher sharing session to learn about how different continuous assessment tasks can be supported by the online tools PolyU officially provides plus a highlight from an innovative teacher (RS) to share how he adopts one of these tools for his student occupational therapists as a part of the continuous assessment tasks in a professionally-accredited programme.
Event Date: 18/09/2020
Facilitator(s): Roy Kam (EDC), Sam C. C. Chan (RS)
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- Assessment & Feedback
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- Educational tests measurements Web-based instruction
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- Video
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Join us for the latest in our series of sharing sessions, in which colleagues from across PolyU reflect on their experiences of online teaching.
Event Date: 06/03/2020
Facilitator(s): Dave Gatrell (EDC), Josie Csete (EDC), Helen Law (HTI), Amy Ou (MM), Jessica Neuville (SO)
- Subjects:
- Student Engagement and Good Practices
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- Engagement (Philosophy) Motivation in education Web-based instruction
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- Video
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Just like ‘contactless’ payments which now are seen as one of the recommended ways of tackling the spread of COVID-19, the UGC-funded Augmented Teaching and Learning Advancement System (ATLAS) can help make ‘contactless’ education with on-campus experience a reality in our current hybrid teaching, learning and assessment mode. Join us in this hybrid sharing session to learn from the innovative principal investigator and SN colleagues about ATLAS and how ‘contactless’ teaching and learning with ATLAS can enable educators to minimize in-person contact and safeguard student activities during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond.
Event Date: 24/11/2020
Facilitator(s): Wong Man Sing Charles (LSGI), Lin Yang (SN), Simon Lam (SN), Roy Kam (EDC)
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- Good Practices, Lesson Design, and Assessment & Feedback
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- Computer-assisted instruction Blended learning Web-based instruction
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- Video
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Join us for the first in our series of sharing sessions, in which colleagues from across PolyU share examples of best practice in online teaching. Put your questions to Adam, Patrick and Rodney and share your own experiences of online teaching in a supportive environment.
Event Date: 18/02/2020
Facilitator(s): Dave Gatrell (EDC), Adam Forrester (ELC), Patrick Ting (SO), Rodney Chu (APSS)
- Subjects:
- Good Practices
- Keywords:
- Educational technology Instructional systems Computer-assisted instruction
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- Video
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Join us for the latest in our series of sharing sessions, in which colleagues from across PolyU reflect on their experiences of online teaching. Students recently completed a survey of their online learning experiences in the first two weeks of the semester. We will share some of the results, discuss what they mean and explore how we can use this to improve the online learning experience.
Event Date: 13/03/2020
Facilitator(s): Christine Armatas (EDC), Josie Csete (EDC), Dave Gatrell (EDC)
- Subjects:
- Student Engagement
- Keywords:
- Educational technology Instructional systems Computer-assisted instruction Students -- Attitudes
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- Video
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In view of rising COVID cases, PolyU has recently required that, in this semester, all on-campus face-to-face invigilated examinations be changed to online alternatives: take-home (durations: days) or online invigilated. In this session, Dr Lilian Pun (LSGI) will discuss how she modified her previous assessment into a take-home exam to assess her students this semester while Ir Dr Wallace Lai will share his journey of changing his exams from closed-book to open-book. Come and join us in this teacher sharing session to learn some tips and be inspired!
Event Date: 11/12/2020
Facilitator(s): Kannass Chan (EDC), Laura Zhou (EDC), Leo Chon (EDC)
- Subjects:
- Assessment & Feedback
- Keywords:
- Educational tests measurements Web-based instruction
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- Video
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In this seminar we will present statistics related to online teaching during Semester 2 together with student feedback about their experience of online teaching. Analytics relating to usage of Learn@PolyU, uRewind and synchronous platforms such as Bb Collaborate and MS Teams provide a picture of how online teaching was conducted during the suspension of on-campus classes. Combined with student feedback from surveys and via the SFQ, this information is useful for informing teaching improvement and enhancement as well as for seeing what other teachers did online during this period.
Event Date: 29/07/2020
Facilitator(s): Christine Armatas (EDC), Kannass Chan (EDC), Joseph Chow(EDC), Ada Tse (EDC)
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- Learning Analytics
- Keywords:
- Learning Psychology of Feedback (Psychology) Web-based instruction Communication in education
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- Video
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Assessment is an integral part of teaching and learning. However, designing and conducting online assessments can be challenging tasks. Would you like to get some tips on designing open-book assessments and quizzes, and ways of conducting them effectively online? Join this webinar to learn some good practices and maybe share your own with others!
Event Date: 05/10/2020
Facilitator(s): Wallace Lai (LSGI), Kannass Chan(EDC), Laura Zhou(EDC), Leo Chon (EDC)
- Subjects:
- Good Practices and Assessment & Feedback
- Keywords:
- Educational tests measurements Web-based instruction
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- Video
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Teaching in an online environment can be challenging. It is even more challenging to engage and motivate students in an online class when your students do not want to turn on their microphones and webcams. Would you like to get some tips on how to make good use of some of the features of online platforms to create an interactive classroom for online learning? Come and join us in this teacher sharing session and be inspired, enlightened and stimulated!
Event Date: 27/07/2020
Facilitator(s): Laura Zhou (EDC), Kannass Chan (EDC), Leo Chon (EDC), Scott Chin (SD)
- Subjects:
- Student Engagement and Lesson Design
- Keywords:
- Internet in education Web-based instruction Instructional systems -- Design
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- Video
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Teaching in an online environment can be challenging. It is even more challenging to engage and motivate students in an online class when your students do not want to turn on their microphones and webcams. Would you like to get some tips on how to make good use of some of the features of online platforms to create an interactive classroom for online learning? Come and join us in this teacher sharing session and be inspired, enlightened and stimulated!
Event Date: 25/09/2020
Facilitator(s): Laura Zhou (EDC), Kannass Chan (EDC), Leo Chon (EDC), Scott Chin (SD)
- Subjects:
- Student Engagement and Lesson Design
- Keywords:
- Internet in education Web-based instruction Instructional systems -- Design
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- Video
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Explore a selection of engaging activities that use the new features in Microsoft Teams to enhance your online teaching.
Event Date: 01/09/2020
Facilitator(s): Green Luk(EDC), Dick Chan(EDC), Kai Pan Mark (EDC)
- Subjects:
- Lesson Design
- Keywords:
- Microsoft software Computer-assisted instruction Groupware (Computer software)
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- Video
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Explore a selection of engaging activities using Blackboard Collaborate Ultra that can enhance your extended/hybrid classroom practice: teaching online and face-to-face students simultaneously. Discuss some of the potential challenges you might experience in this mode of teaching and work with colleagues to develop possible solutions to them.
Event Date: 18/06/2020
Facilitator(s): Dave Gatrell(EDC), David Watson (EDC)
- Subjects:
- Lesson Design
- Keywords:
- Educational technology Instructional systems Computer-assisted instruction
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- Video
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Explore a selection of engaging activities using Blackboard Collaborate Ultra that can enhance your extended/hybrid classroom practice: teaching online and face-to-face students simultaneously. Discuss some of the potential challenges you might experience in this mode of teaching and work with colleagues to develop possible solutions to them.
Event Date: 29/06/2020
Facilitator(s): Dave Gatrell(EDC), David Watson (EDC)
- Subjects:
- Lesson Design
- Keywords:
- Educational technology Instructional systems Computer-assisted instruction
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- Video
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To participate in the webinar, simply click on the link to register. Please register with your Connect email address. You will receive an email which has the link to access the session before the session starts.
Event Date: 30/06/2020
Facilitator(s): Dick Chan (EDC), Dr KP Mark (EDC)
- Subjects:
- Lesson Design
- Keywords:
- Educational technology Instructional systems Computer-assisted instruction
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- Video
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Explore a selection of engaging activities using Zoom that can enhance your extended/hybrid classroom practice: teaching online and face-to-face students simultaneously. Discuss some of the potential challenges you might experience in this mode of teaching and work with colleagues to develop possible solutions to them.
Event Date: 22/06/2020
Facilitator(s): Dave Gatrell(EDC), Dick Chan(EDC), Kai Pan Mark (EDC)
- Subjects:
- Lesson Design
- Keywords:
- Computer conferencing in education Computer-assisted instruction Internet videoconferencing College teaching -- Aids devices Web-based instruction
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- Video
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Explore a selection of engaging activities using Zoom that can enhance your extended/hybrid classroom practice: teaching online and face-to-face students simultaneously. Discuss some of the potential challenges you might experience in this mode of teaching and work with colleagues to develop possible solutions to them.
Event Date: 02/07/2020
Facilitator(s): Dave Gatrell(EDC), Dick Chan, Kai Pan Mark (EDC)
- Subjects:
- Lesson Design
- Keywords:
- Computer conferencing in education Computer-assisted instruction Internet videoconferencing College teaching -- Aids devices Web-based instruction
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- Video
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What is technical writing? You can think of it as writing about specialized topics or you could also think of it as using technology to communicate your ideas. A science lab report, a specification, a change order for building construction, or patient education materials–just to name a few–are all considered technical writing. Similarly if you design a webpage or a brochure this can also be considered technical writing. Academic writing, the writing you do for school, generally is informative or persuasive writing and usually only comes in a few different genres. In technical writing, on the other hand, one is often documenting what was done (such as a science experiment or auto repair invoice). Therefore the format of the writing is often as important as the content. This leads to an emphasis on usability and accessibility for your documents. Finally, although citing your sources is important in all writing, you will find that in some fields of technical writing, such as the sciences and engineering, it is one of the more important considerations of your writing.
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- English Language
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- English language -- Technical English Textbooks Technical writing
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- e-book
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Centuries of inequality can't be solved with access to technology alone -- we need to connect people with training and support too, says tech inclusionist 'Gbenga Sesan. Sharing the work behind the Paradigm Initiative, a social enterprise in Nigeria that's empowering young people with digital resources and skills, Sesan details a vision for creating life-changing opportunities for generations of people across Africa.
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- Sociology, Technology, and Social Sciences
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- Technology -- Social aspects
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- Video
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The American LGBTQ Rights Movement: An Introduction is a peer-reviewed chronological survey of the LGBTQ fight for equal rights from the turn of the 20th century to the early 21st century. Illustrated with historical photographs, the book beautifully reveals the heroic people and key events that shaped the American LGBTQ rights movement. The book includes personal narratives to capture the lived experience from each era, as well as details of essential organizations, texts, and court cases that defined LGBTQ activism and advocacy.
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- Sociology
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- Lesbians Gay liberation movement Gay rights Gays United States History Textbooks
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- e-book
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This open access textbook was developed as an upper division undergraduate textbook for theories of personality. Its intended audience are students from Portland State University enrolled in Psychology 432 Personality course. The chapters are shorter than some personality textbooks and in this particular course Psy 432 the textbook is combined with other readings including scientific articles on personality. This open access textbook may be of interest to other courses interested in teaching about theory and research on personality.
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- Psychology
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- Human behavior Social service Textbooks
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- e-book
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The video covered three questions: (1) Are ideas protected by copyright? (2) What is the difference between ideas and expressions? (3) Is making a 2D copy of a 3D work copyright infringement? The Copyright Classroom series is supported by HKU Teaching Development Grant (TDG) and Knowledge Exchange (KE). It is a collaborative project of HKU Law Faculty, Architecture Faculty, Knowledge Exchange Office, Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative, and Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. For further reference - Copyright Ordinance (Cap 528).
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- Copyright infringement Copyright -- Art Copyright
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- Video
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The video covered three questions: (1) What does "making an adaptation" mean? (2) What is "public domain"? (3) Does inclusion of a pop song in a performance infringe any copyright? The Copyright Classroom series is supported by HKU Teaching Development Grant (TDG) and Knowledge Exchange (KE). It is a collaborative project of HKU Law Faculty, Architecture Faculty, Knowledge Exchange Office, Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative, and Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. For further reference - Copyright Ordinance (Cap 528).
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- Copyright -- Performing rights Copyright infringement Public domain Copyright
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- Video
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The video covered three questions: (1) Can cartoon images be printed on cushions? (2) Can song lyrics be printed on tote bags? (3) What are "pirated goods"? What are the consequences of selling them? The Copyright Classroom series is supported by HKU Teaching Development Grant (TDG) and Knowledge Exchange (KE). It is a collaborative project of HKU Law Faculty, Architecture Faculty, Knowledge Exchange Office, Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative, and Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. For further reference - Copyright Ordinance (Cap 528).
- Keywords:
- Copyright infringement Copyright
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- Video
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The video covered three questions: (1) Can songs or videos on online platforms (e.g. YouTube) be used freely? How do online platforms ensure copyright protection? (2) What are Creative Commons licences? How can a licensor set his/her licence conditions? (3) Do memes infringe any copyright? The Copyright Classroom series is supported by HKU Teaching Development Grant (TDG) and Knowledge Exchange (KE). It is a collaborative project of HKU Law Faculty, Architecture Faculty, Knowledge Exchange Office, Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative, and Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. For further reference - Copyright Ordinance (Cap 528).
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- Copyright licenses Social media Copyright infringement Copyright
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- Video
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The video covered two questions: (1) Can students include translations of other people's works in their research essays? (2) What should students be aware of when including images and videos online in their assessments or projects? The Copyright Classroom series is supported by HKU Teaching Development Grant (TDG) and Knowledge Exchange (KE). It is a collaborative project of HKU Law Faculty, Architecture Faculty, Knowledge Exchange Office, Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative, and Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. For further reference - Copyright Ordinance (Cap 528).
- Keywords:
- Copyright licenses Copyright infringement Copyright Fair use (Copyright)
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- Video
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The video covered two questions: (1) Can journalists include other people's works in news articles? (2) When does the exception of criticism, review, and reporting current events apply? The Copyright Classroom series is supported by HKU Teaching Development Grant (TDG) and Knowledge Exchange (KE). It is a collaborative project of HKU Law Faculty, Architecture Faculty, Knowledge Exchange Office, Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative, and Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. For further reference - Copyright Ordinance (Cap 528).
- Keywords:
- Reporters reporting Copyright Fair use (Copyright)
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- Video
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A perfect introduction to the exploding field of Data Science for the curious, first-time student. The author brings his trademark conversational tone to the important pillars of the discipline: exploratory data analysis, choices for structuring data, causality, machine learning principles, and introductory Python programming using open-source Jupyter Notebooks. This engaging read will allow any dedicated learner to build the skills necessary to contribute to the Data Science revolution, regardless of background.
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- Computing
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- Data mining Computer science Artificial intelligence Textbooks
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- e-book
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There’s no shortage of fonts these days. There are so many options for every single project. Building a font collection is a smart way to organize all your favorite fonts. Check out this article to learn more about classifications and find some great inspiration.
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- Typography and Design Elements
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- Type type-founding Web sites -- Design Graphic design (Typography)
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- Others
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The ELC professional development model was designed to improve the quality of teacher candidates’ Practicum field placements and align teaching in field placements with Learning Standards used in the teacher education program. Teams of four educators from varied settings worked in a Practicum placement setting for one semester to improve their teaching and align it with Learning Standards. An action research approach improved teaching challenges teams faced. Research articles were read to improve teams’ teaching challenges by implementing one agreed strategy. Teams video-recorded, assessed, and reflected on the impact of the strategy on their teaching, on teacher candidates’ learning and on children’s learning. This text compiles six case studies from this model to illustrate how teaching challenges were improved. Appropriate for practiced educators as well as educators in training, this text provides a real world look into applying Learning Standards in early childhood classrooms.
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- Teachers -- Training of Early childhood education Textbooks
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- e-book
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Thousands of languages thrive across the globe, yet modern speech technology -- with all of its benefits -- supports just over a hundred. Computational linguist Kalika Bali dreams of a day when technology acts as a bridge instead of a barrier, working passionately to build new and inclusive systems for the millions who speak low-resource languages. In this perspective-shifting talk, she outlines what happens when a language is omitted from the digital landscape -- and what can be gained when communities keep pace with the future.
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- Language and Languages and Computing
- Keywords:
- Computational linguistics
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- Video
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When Nicolas Bourbaki applied to the American Mathematical Society in the 1950s, he was already one of the most influential mathematicians of his time. He'd published articles in international journals and his textbooks were required reading. Yet his application was firmly rejected for one simple reason: Nicolas Bourbaki did not exist. How is that possible? Pratik Aghor digs into the mystery.
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- Mathematics and Statistics
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- Mathematics -- History Bourbaki Nicolas Functions
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- Video
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For the poor and vulnerable, the health impacts of climate change are already here, says physician Cheryl Holder. Unseasonably hot temperatures, disease-carrying mosquitoes and climate gentrification threaten those with existing health conditions, while wealthier people move to higher ground. In an impassioned talk, Holder proposes impactful ways clinicians can protect their patients from climate-related health challenges -- and calls on doctors, politicians and others to build a care system that incorporates economic and social justice.
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- Social ecology and Health Sciences
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- Public health Climatic changes -- Social aspects
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- Video
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An online lecture on the topic of "The Magic of Light".This lecture is suitable for secondary school and university students as well as the general public.
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- Physics
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- Light Reflection (Optics)
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- Video
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Government agencies frequently contract with nonprofit or for-profit organizations to provide services to improve the well-being of their clients―for example, by reducing recidivism, homelessness, or drug use. Governments have traditionally paid service providers on the basis of the number of clients they treat. The past decade has seen a number of Pay for Success (PFS) or results-based finance (RBF) programs, in which service providers are paid for their outcomes or results. For example, whereas a government agency contracting with a service provider to reduce recidivism among young men released from prison would traditionally have paid the service provider for the hours spent counseling a client, a PFS contract pays the organization for success in reducing the clients’ rate of recidivism from some baseline. This handbook is written for government officials considering the adoption of Pay For Success (PFS) programs and for students in public policy and business schools interested in studying outcomes-oriented government contracts for services. Part One introduces concepts necessary to develop and operate a service delivery program and then surveys some of the issues specific to PFS. Part Two presents two detailed case studies and a number of shorter descriptions of PFS programs. Part Three focuses on the components of PFS programs; it also discusses barriers to their development and ways of overcoming them. An editable file (docx) is also available.
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- Sociology
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- United States Public welfare -- Finance Federal aid to public welfare Textbooks
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- e-book
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"If we want to fix our politics, we have to do something about inequality," says social psychologist Keith Payne. Showing how economic inequality changes the way people see and behave towards one another, Payne helps explain the rise of the political polarization that's slicing up society -- and challenges us to think twice the next time we dismiss someone for the sake of politics.
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- Sociology and Psychology
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- Social psychology Equality
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- Video
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Do you want to learn a bit more about the history of sans serifs? The last few years have brought a lot of changes in branding. Many companies were shifting from serif fonts to sans serifs. Check out this article to learn more about the reasons behind it.
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- Typography and Design Elements
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- Type type-founding History
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- Others
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Microglia are the primary immune cells in the central nervous system. In the brain, they play central roles in proper development and function, as well as dysfunction and disease. In her first talk, Dr. Beth Stevens provides an overview of the many ways microglia cells operate, and how they can both harm and protect the brain. Fairly recent advances in the study of microglia through imaging have allowed researchers to identify different microglia states and study their dynamic roles at different stages of development. In her second second talk, Dr. Stevens dives deeper into the mechanisms that allow microglia to shape the network of connections between neurons in the brain. She provides an introduction to the role of microglia in synaptic pruning, the process of eliminating extra synapses in healthy developing brains. She then goes on to explain how the reactivation of this process affects aging and diseased brains.
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- Medical Laboratory Science
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- Microglia Brain -- Diseases
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- Video