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  • MOOC 
    Why Move Towards Cleaner Power

    Why Move Towards Cleaner Power

    This course looks at how increasing greenhouse gases are warming the climate and what it means to decarbonise - reduce the greenhouse gas intensity of - the power sector. It will also provide a range of arguments in favour of decarbonisation, including consideration of ease of access to a secure and affordable energy supply and improvements to health and the environment. This course gathers together information about these different motivating factors for building a lower carbon power sector in one place, and includes a careful consideration of the importance of the political context. This course will challenge you to critically analyse your own political context. We would welcome advisors to senior decision makers in government, civil society activists and others interested in understanding and promoting renewable electricity to take this course. This course will help you develop a better understanding of the different dimensions of a move towards a cleaner power sector and develop more nuanced and detailed arguments.

    Subjects:
    Environmental Engineering and Environmental Policy and Planning
    Keywords:
    Renewable energy sources Energy policy Greenhouse gases -- Prevention Climatic changes
    Resource Type:
    MOOC
     
  • Video 
    Why The US Military Made GPS Free-To-Use

    Why The US Military Made GPS Free-To-Use

    This video explains how GPS works, security issues of GPS, and why US military GPS can be made free for use.

    Subjects:
    Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
    Keywords:
    Global Positioning System Artificial satellites in navigation
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    Why Tunnels Don't Collapse

    Why Tunnels Don't Collapse

    This video shows how simple reinforcement is used to prevent collapse of rock tunnels. Tunnels play an important role in our constructed environment as passageways for mines, conveyance for utilities, and routes for transportation. Rock bolts are a type of reinforcement for stabilizing rock excavations, usually made from steel bars or bolts. This simple construction method dramatically reduces the cost of making tunnels through rock safe from collapse.

    Subjects:
    Structural Engineering
    Keywords:
    Underground construction Rock bolts Tunneling Tunnels
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    Why do buildings fall in earthquakes?

    Why do buildings fall in earthquakes?

    Earthquakes have always been a terrifying phenomenon, and they’ve become more deadly as our cities have grown — with collapsing buildings posing one of the largest risks. But why do buildings collapse in an earthquake? And how can it be prevented? Vicki V. May explains the physics of why it is not the sturdiest buildings, but the smartest, that will remain standing.

    Subjects:
    Building and Real Estate and Disaster Control and Management
    Keywords:
    Building failures -- Prevention Earthquake resistant design Earthquake engineering Buildings -- Earthquake effects
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    Why everything you know about autism is wrong | Jac den Houting | TEDxMacquarieUniversity

    Why everything you know about autism is wrong | Jac den Houting | TEDxMacquarieUniversity

    Being diagnosed with autism is often seen as a tragedy. But for Jac den Houting, it was the best thing that's ever happened to them. As an autistic person, concepts like the Neurodiversity paradigm, the Social Model of Disability, and the Double Empathy Problem were life-changing for Jac. In this talk, Jac combines these ideas with their own personal story to explain why we need to rethink the way that we understand autism. Jac den Houting is a research psychologist and Autistic activist in pursuit of social justice. Jac currently holds the role of Postdoctoral Research Associate at Macquarie University in Sydney, working alongside Professor Liz Pellicano. In 2015, Jac was awarded an Autism CRC scholarship to complete their PhD through the Autism Centre of Excellence at Griffith University in Brisbane. Prior to this, they gained almost 10 years’ experience as a psychologist in the criminal justice system, with the Queensland Police Service and Queensland Corrective Services. Jac was identified as Autistic at the age of 25, and is proudly neurodivergent and queer. After participating in the inaugural Future Leaders Program at the 2013 Asia Pacific Autism Conference, Jac quickly became established as a strong advocate for the Autistic community. Jac is a current member of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network of Australia and New Zealand (ASAN-AuNZ)’s Executive Committee, the Autism CRC’s Data Access Committee, Aspect’s LGBTQIA+ Autism Advisory Committee, and the Aspect Advisory Council. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

    Course related:
    RS3320 Clinical Sciences in Developmental Dysfunction
    Subjects:
    Health Sciences
    Keywords:
    Autistic people Autism Autistic people -- Services for
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    Why the Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapsed

    Why the Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapsed

    Wind can be one of the most critical and complicated loads on civil structures. The case of the Tacoma Narrows bridge is a well-known cautionary tale that’s discussed in engineering and physics classrooms across the world. Both resonance from vortex shedding and aeroelastic flutter contributed to the failure. When you push the envelope, you have to be vigilant because things that didn’t matter before start to become important (e.g. wind loads on lighter structures). Unanticipated challenges are a cost of innovation and that’s something that we can all keep in mind.

    Subjects:
    Structural Engineering
    Keywords:
    Washington (State) -- Tacoma -- Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940) Suspension bridges Wind-pressure
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Image 
    Wikimedia Commons

    Wikimedia Commons

    A media file repository making available public domain and freely-licensed educational media content (images, sound and video clips)

    Keywords:
    Photographs Sound recordings Video recordings
    Resource Type:
    Image
     
  • e-journal 
    Wine Business Case Research Journal

    Wine Business Case Research Journal

    Published by the Wine Business Institute at Sonoma State University, the WBCRJ is the premier outlet for applied wine business research to teach business strategy and leadership. All cases are decision focused and involve real people and events in the global wine business context. Case exhibits include financial statements, making them a highly valuable learning resource. Each issue provides an industry digest of the cases to inform global wine researchers and industry practitioners about cutting-edge challenges and possible solutions.

    Subjects:
    Food and Beverage
    Keywords:
    Wine wine making Wine industry
    Resource Type:
    e-journal
     
  • MOOC 
    Wine Tasting: Sensory Techniques for Wine Analysis

    Wine Tasting: Sensory Techniques for Wine Analysis

    Discuss the often perplexing question of how to pair wine with food, and the physical, structural, textural, and aromatic aspects of both the "wine side" and the "food side" of the equation

    Keywords:
    Wine wine making Wine tasting
    Resource Type:
    MOOC
     
  • e-book 
    Working in the Food Service Industry

    Working in the Food Service Industry

    Food Service Industry

    Subjects:
    Food and Beverage
    Keywords:
    Food service -- Vocational guidance Food service employees -- Vocational guidance Food service management
    Resource Type:
    e-book
     
  • Presentation 
    Workshop on Semantic Business Process Management - A Toolkit for Business Process Owners to Capture Early System Requirements

    Workshop on Semantic Business Process Management - A Toolkit for Business Process Owners to Capture Early System Requirements

    This video was recorded at 5th Annual European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC), Tenerife 2008. The degree of automation in the management of the business process space of single enterprises and whole value chains is still unsatisfying. A key source of problems are representational heterogeneities between the various perspectives and the various stages in the life-cycles of business processes. Typical examples are incompatible representations of the managerial vs. the IT perspective, or the gap between normative modeling for compliance purposes and process execution log data. As early as in the 1990s, researchers have evaluated the potential of using ontologies for improving business process management in the context of the TOVE project; however, the impact of that work remained beyond initial expectations. Since 2005, there is now a renewed and growing interest in exploiting ontologies, of varying expressivity and focus, for advancing the state of the art in business process management, in particular in ERP-centric IT landscapes. The term "Semantic Business Process Management" has been suggested for the described branch of research in an early 2005 paper, which is now frequently cited as the first description of the overall vision. A flagship activity in the field is the European research project "SUPER", with more than a dozen premier industrial and academic partners, among them SAP, IDS Scheer, and IBM. In the past two years, substantial advancement has been made in investigating the theoretical and practical branches of this vision. However, the interdisciplinary nature of the topic requires a tight collaboration of researcher from multiple fields of, namely the BPM, SOA, Semantic Web, Semantic Web services, and Economics communities. There is a clear need for an annual event at which those communities meet, debate, challenge each others approaches, and eventually align their research efforts. Due to the strong involvement of Semantic Web researchers in the field, ESWC is the ideal target venue for this event. In this workshop, we want to bring together experts from the relevant communities and help reach agreement on a roadmap for SBPM research. We aim at bundling experiences and prototypes from the successful application of Semantic Web technology to BPM in various industries, like automotive, engineering, chemical and pharmaceutical, and services domains. The particular focus is on deriving reusable best-practices from such experiences, and to yield convincing showcases of semantic technology.

    Subjects:
    Management and Computing
    Keywords:
    Industrial management Workflow -- Management
    Resource Type:
    Presentation
     
    OER
  • Presentation 
    Workshop on Semantic Business Process Management - Organization Structure Description for the Needs of Semantic Business Process Management

    Workshop on Semantic Business Process Management - Organization Structure Description for the Needs of Semantic Business Process Management

    This video was recorded at 5th Annual European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC), Tenerife 2008. The degree of automation in the management of the business process space of single enterprises and whole value chains is still unsatisfying. A key source of problems are representational heterogeneities between the various perspectives and the various stages in the life-cycles of business processes. Typical examples are incompatible representations of the managerial vs. the IT perspective, or the gap between normative modeling for compliance purposes and process execution log data. As early as in the 1990s, researchers have evaluated the potential of using ontologies for improving business process management in the context of the TOVE project; however, the impact of that work remained beyond initial expectations. Since 2005, there is now a renewed and growing interest in exploiting ontologies, of varying expressivity and focus, for advancing the state of the art in business process management, in particular in ERP-centric IT landscapes. The term "Semantic Business Process Management" has been suggested for the described branch of research in an early 2005 paper, which is now frequently cited as the first description of the overall vision. A flagship activity in the field is the European research project "SUPER", with more than a dozen premier industrial and academic partners, among them SAP, IDS Scheer, and IBM. In the past two years, substantial advancement has been made in investigating the theoretical and practical branches of this vision. However, the interdisciplinary nature of the topic requires a tight collaboration of researcher from multiple fields of, namely the BPM, SOA, Semantic Web, Semantic Web services, and Economics communities. There is a clear need for an annual event at which those communities meet, debate, challenge each others approaches, and eventually align their research efforts. Due to the strong involvement of Semantic Web researchers in the field, ESWC is the ideal target venue for this event. In this workshop, we want to bring together experts from the relevant communities and help reach agreement on a roadmap for SBPM research. We aim at bundling experiences and prototypes from the successful application of Semantic Web technology to BPM in various industries, like automotive, engineering, chemical and pharmaceutical, and services domains. The particular focus is on deriving reusable best-practices from such experiences, and to yield convincing showcases of semantic technology.

    Subjects:
    Management and Computing
    Keywords:
    Industrial management Workflow -- Management
    Resource Type:
    Presentation
     
    OER
  • Presentation 
    Workshop on Semantic Business Process Management - Semantic business process validation

    Workshop on Semantic Business Process Management - Semantic business process validation

    This video was recorded at 5th Annual European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC), Tenerife 2008. The degree of automation in the management of the business process space of single enterprises and whole value chains is still unsatisfying. A key source of problems are representational heterogeneities between the various perspectives and the various stages in the life-cycles of business processes. Typical examples are incompatible representations of the managerial vs. the IT perspective, or the gap between normative modeling for compliance purposes and process execution log data. As early as in the 1990s, researchers have evaluated the potential of using ontologies for improving business process management in the context of the TOVE project; however, the impact of that work remained beyond initial expectations. Since 2005, there is now a renewed and growing interest in exploiting ontologies, of varying expressivity and focus, for advancing the state of the art in business process management, in particular in ERP-centric IT landscapes. The term "Semantic Business Process Management" has been suggested for the described branch of research in an early 2005 paper, which is now frequently cited as the first description of the overall vision. A flagship activity in the field is the European research project "SUPER", with more than a dozen premier industrial and academic partners, among them SAP, IDS Scheer, and IBM. In the past two years, substantial advancement has been made in investigating the theoretical and practical branches of this vision. However, the interdisciplinary nature of the topic requires a tight collaboration of researcher from multiple fields of, namely the BPM, SOA, Semantic Web, Semantic Web services, and Economics communities. There is a clear need for an annual event at which those communities meet, debate, challenge each others approaches, and eventually align their research efforts. Due to the strong involvement of Semantic Web researchers in the field, ESWC is the ideal target venue for this event. In this workshop, we want to bring together experts from the relevant communities and help reach agreement on a roadmap for SBPM research. We aim at bundling experiences and prototypes from the successful application of Semantic Web technology to BPM in various industries, like automotive, engineering, chemical and pharmaceutical, and services domains. The particular focus is on deriving reusable best-practices from such experiences, and to yield convincing showcases of semantic technology.

    Subjects:
    Management and Computing
    Keywords:
    Industrial management Workflow -- Management
    Resource Type:
    Presentation
     
    OER
  • MOOC 
    World of Wine: From Grape to Glass

    World of Wine: From Grape to Glass

    Learn about the principles and practices of how grapes are grown and wine is made.

    Subjects:
    Food and Beverage
    Keywords:
    Vineyards Wine wine making
    Resource Type:
    MOOC
     
  • Video 
    World's Largest Batteries - (Pumped Storage)

    World's Largest Batteries - (Pumped Storage)

    The vast majority of our grid-scale storage of electricity uses this clever method. Electricity faces a fundamental problem that comes with pretty much any product that’s provided on-demand: our ability to generate large amounts of it doesn’t match up that closely with when we need it. The storage of electricity for later use, especially on a large scale, is quite challenging. That’s not to say that we don’t store energy at grid scale though, and there’s one type of storage that makes up the vast majority of our current capacity.

    Subjects:
    Environmental Engineering, Hydraulic Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering
    Keywords:
    Energy storage Water-power Pumped storage power plants
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Courseware 
    Writing Academic Essays

    Writing Academic Essays

    This is an open course on writing academic essays in English. It starts with a lesson on the the different types of essays. Then you'll learn how to write introduction paragraphs, body paragraphs, and conclusion paragraphs.

    Subjects:
    English Language
    Keywords:
    English language -- Rhetoric -- Study teaching (Higher) Academic writing
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
  • Others 
    YouGlish

    YouGlish

    Use YouTube to improve your English pronunciation. With more than 100M tracks, YouGlish gives you fast, unbiased answers about how English is spoken by real people and in context.

    Course related:
    ELC1013 English for University Studies and ELC1A08 Digital Literacies and Language
    Subjects:
    English Language
    Keywords:
    English language -- Study teaching
    Resource Type:
    Others
     
  • Video 
    Z Table use

    Z Table use

    Using of Z table

    Subjects:
    Statistics and Research Methods
    Keywords:
    Mathematical statistics Statistics
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Courseware 
    Zero-Energy Design: an approach to make your building sustainable

    Zero-Energy Design: an approach to make your building sustainable

    Reduction of energy consumption of buildings is an important step in the move towards a sustainable economy. How can buildings be made net zero energy, in different climates? This course introduces you to zero energy design. It will teach you a stepped approach to design a zero energy climate concept for existing buildings: homes, schools, offices, shops etc. It will demonstrate how an integrated approach, which takes into account both passive measures (such as thermal insulation and sun shading) and active measures (such as heat pumps and photovoltaic panels), can deliver the best results. It will do so by providing you with an overview of possible measures, and through reviewing several case studies of zero energy buildings in the Netherlands, with lessons for other climates as well. Thus, you will learn which measures are most suitable for individual buildings under local climate conditions. This course is for anyone interested in making buildings more energy efficient, who already possess asic technical knowledge.

    Subjects:
    Environmental Engineering and Building Services Engineering
    Keywords:
    Buildings -- Energy conservation Architecture energy conservation Buildings -- Energy consumption Buildings -- Environmental aspects
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
  • MOOC 
    e-Learning Ecologies: Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning for the Digital Age

    e-Learning Ecologies: Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning for the Digital Age

    For three decades and longer we have heard educators and technologists making a case for the transformative power of technology in learning. However, despite the rhetoric, in many ways and at most institutional sites, education is still relatively untouched by technology. Even when technologies are introduced, the changes sometimes seem insignificant and the results seem disappointing. If the print textbook is replaced by an e-book, do the social relations of knowledge and learning necessarily change at all or for the better? If the pen-and-paper test is mechanized, does this change the nature of our assessment systems? Technology, in other words, need not necessarily bring significant change. Technology might not even represent a step forward in education. But what might be new? How can we use technologies to innovate in education? This course explores seven affordances of e-learning ecologies, which open up genuine possibilities for what we call New Learning – transformative, 21st century learning: 1. Ubiquitous Learning 2. Active Knowledge Making 3. Multimodal Meaning 4. Recursive Feedback 5. Collaborative Intelligence 6. Metacognition 7. Differentiated Learning These affordances, if recognized and harnessed, will prepare learners for success in a world that is increasingly dominated by digital information flows and tools for communication in the workplace, public spaces, and personal life. This course offers a wide variety of examples of learning technologies and technology implementations that, to varying degrees, demonstrate these affordances in action.

    Keywords:
    Web-based instruction Education Internet in education Computer-assisted instruction Education -- Computer network resources
    Resource Type:
    MOOC