Dr Sally Bayley presents an illuminating reading of Emily Dickinson's 'I started early, took my dog'. In her reading, she seeks out allusions to Shakespearean plays including Hamlet and The Merchant of Venice. She then answers questions about the poem. This audio recording is part the Interviews on Great Writers series presented by Oxford University Podcasts.

This patient education program discusses the benefits and risks of colon surgery for diverticulosis. It also reviews the anatomy of the digestive system, the symptoms, treatments, and complications of diverticulosis. This resource is a MedlinePlus Interactive Health Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine, designed and developed by the Patient Education Institute.

ESCOLAR aims to offer ALL elementary and middle-school students the opportunity to learn science within an engaging online environment.

This course is designed to provide early childhood education professionals with the knowledge and skills to assess their own level in terms of the eight core competencies, across the infant-toddler, preschool and out-of-school age range. This survey course consists of eight learning modules. Each module is based on one of the eight core competencies: 1) understanding growth and development of children and youth, 2) guiding and interacting with children and youth, 3) partnering with families and communities, 4) health, safety and nutrition, 5) learning environments and curriculum, 6) observation, assessment and documentation, 7) program planning and development, and 8) professionalism and leadership. Includes Powerpoint audio lectures, syllabus, and self-assessments. This course can be used for self-documentation of professional development hours.

Major developments in the political, social, and religious history of Western Europe from the accession of Diocletian to the feudal transformation. Topics include the conversion of Europe to Christianity, the fall of the Roman Empire, the rise of Islam and the Arabs, the "Dark Ages," Charlemagne and the Carolingian renaissance, and the Viking and Hungarian invasions.

This course is intended to provide an up-to-date introduction to the development of English society between the late fifteenth and the early eighteenth centuries: a vital period of social, political, economic, and cultural transition, and one which provided the immediate context of early British settlement in North America. Particular issues addressed in the lectures and section discussions, and available for deeper study as essay topics, will include: the changing social structure; households; local communities; gender roles; economic development; urbanization; religious change from the Reformation to the Act of Toleration; the Tudor and Stuart monarchies; rebellion, popular protest and civil war; witchcraft; education, literacy and print culture; crime and the law; poverty and social welfare; the changing structures and dynamics of political participation and the emergence of parliamentary government.

Ebay is a parody of I Want it That Way by the Backstreet Boys a #1 hit from 1999. This song contains animated lyrics and an economic explanation that are synchronized to the music. The song explores a wide range of economic issues including: markets, supply and demand, and gains from trade.

Have you encountered mobile payment systems like mobile credit card readers? Pretty cool—and this kind of innovation can be good for the economy. From micro to macro, in this episode of The Economic Lowdown podcast series, we'll take a look at economic growth—how innovation and technological progress can make things happen for the economy over time by organizing the factors of production to be, well, more productive.

These slides and the video presentation were first introduced at the Idaho State University Graduate Research Symposium. Then, they were adapted to fit the needs of community college professional development in-service sessions. The updated version was presented in October 2023 at both the Idaho Library Association Conference and the AECT International Convention.

CultureTalk - Arab World features native speakers from across the Arabic-speaking world giving filmed interviews, in Arabic and sometimes English, on selected topics. Text-based translations and transcriptions are often provided as downloadable documents for most Arabic videos. The videos engage a number of region/country-specific topics, including cultural traditions, religion, politics, and sports.

How elastic are rubber bands? There's more than one way to answer this question. The word "elasticity" is commonly used to describe things that have a stretchy quality to them. You might try to answer the question by stretching a rubber band across your finger and shooting it across the room. To an economist, however, elasticity can have a whole other meaning. Learn more in this episode of The Economic Lowdown.

This unit describes the overview and introduction to the electronic health record (EHR).

The course is designed to equip students with knowledge and abilities in the use of word processing, presentation and spreadsheet applications. The focuses of the course are on the integration and hands-on training on word processing, presentation and spreadsheet applications in producing business documents, designing slides for presentations and apply spreadsheets documentation. Students will be able to demonstrate the keyboarding techniques in relations to applied management studies. The course also emphasizes on applying the applications learnt by working in a team to produce group project and presentations that meets an organization’s needs.

This patient education program explains endometriosis. It reviews the anatomy of the female reproductive system, the causes, diagnosis, treatments, and management of endometriosis. This resource is a MedlinePlus Interactive Health Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine, designed and developed by the Patient Education Institute.

1) Lesson Summary:
Students will practice reading, oral and listening skills based on the theme Van Gogh’s Bedroom in Arles, by working with a virtual tour of the painter’s bedroom and by producing their own recordings of podcasts about the virtual tour.

2) Lesson Objective:
To provide students with an opportunity to develop reading, oral and listening skills based on works of art, associating the teaching of English with painting.

3) Resources/Technology for the teacher:
Online Resources
• Website page: Text Vincent Van Gogh’s “Bedroom at Arles,” or, The Outside World is Friendly
https://aestheticrealism.org/terrain-gallery/art-history-criticism/van-goghs-bedroom-at-arles-by-dorothy-koppelman/
• Facebook video: Virtual tour of Van Gogh’s Bedroom in Arles
https://www.facebook.com/breathingartit/

4) Resources/Technology for the students:
Computer Lab or Student Laptop setting
Worksheet /Learning Materials
Audacity software
Online Resources

5) Grade / Course: Bachelor of Arts degree (BA) in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), First year undergraduates – Intermediate level

6) Length of Activity: two classes (50 minutes each)

7) Intended Curriculum Learning Outcomes
• Students will use the internet to answer some questions about the text Vincent Van Gogh: The Bedroom.
• Students will discuss their understanding of the text in pairs/with the whole class.
• Students will watch the virtual tour Van Gogh’s Bedroom in Arles.
• Students will discuss what they visualize in the virtual tour.
• Students will read a text with a detailed description of the bedroom.
• Students will watch the virtual tour again and check if the written description in the text matches with the images from the virtual tour.
• Students will have to make corrections in the text when images do not correspond to the text.
• Students will discuss about their findings in pairs.
• Students will be divided into small groups of three. They will record a podcast to describe the virtual tour with their own words. In their recordings, they will have to insert some extra or wrong information about the virtual tour.
• Different groups will have to listen to the podcasts and identify the non-corresponding information.

8) Instructional Activities
Teacher will provide instructions on how to develop the activities and the necessary materials and help for the accomplishemnts of the activities (15 minutes)
Students are given time to complete the lesson activities. (35 minutes)

9) Learner Assessment: Student completion of the activities.

Can law change human behavior to be less environmentally damaging? Law will be examined through case histories including: environmental effects of national security, pesticides, air pollution, consumer products, plastics, parks and protected area management, land use, urban growth and sprawl, public/private transit, drinking water standards, food safety, and hazardous site restoration. In each case we will review the structure of law and evaluate its strengths and weaknesses.

This course consists of an international analysis of the impact of epidemic diseases on western society and culture from the bubonic plague to HIV/AIDS and the recent experience of SARS and swine flu. Leading themes include: infectious disease and its impact on society; the development of public health measures; the role of medical ethics; the genre of plague literature; the social reactions of mass hysteria and violence; the rise of the germ theory of disease; the development of tropical medicine; a comparison of the social, cultural, and historical impact of major infectious diseases; and the issue of emerging and re-emerging diseases.

This unit describes the traditions and values that guide physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals. It explores medical ethics, professionalism and legal duties and applies ethics and professionalism to specific topics, including health informatics.