Policy Brief November 2010 UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education GLOBAL TRENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES TO REFORM EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES CONTENTS: Introduction The forces driving publication and use of open educational resources From open educational resources to open educational practices Impacts on educational systems Recommendations INTRODUCTION Open educa onal resources (OER) have become a major focus of discussion and ac on within
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unwillingness to work for a job‚ they become unemployed citizens. Scope and Limitation Definition of terms Issues‚ Challenges‚ and Trends that the Hospitality Industry is Facing Print Email Wang Jin-zhao‚ Wang Jing Issues‚ Challenges‚ and Trends that the Hospitality Industry is Facing Abstract: This article presents findings of issues‚ challenges and trends that hospitality industry might fact in the year ahead respectively. Top issues that will influence the global hospitality industry in
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Past and present McCarthyism affected the lives and political thinking of people in the U.S. during the 1950’s. With the Soviets declaring their intentions of exporting revolution throughout the world‚ McCarthyism effectively used the fear and hatred Americans had of communism in order to manipulate the American public and sway political decisions. After America learned‚ from Britain‚ that Klaus Fuchs‚ had spied for the Russians while working on the Manhattan Project‚ Senator McCarthy
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The most important cause of World War I is alliances because countries felt threatened by enemy countries. Alliances were when two or more countries joined together to help each other and back each other up. There were many reasons for why the countries were mad at each other. For example‚ Austria- Hungary blamed Serbia for the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and declared war on them. Germany backed up Austria- Hungary while Russia backed up Serbia. Document #3‚ by John T. McCutcheon
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UNIVERSITY OF HULL The Business School HKU SPACE Level 6 Examination 1 August 2010 Current Issues in Finance Date : 1 August 2010 Time Allowed : 2 hours Answer THREE questions – At least ONE question from each section. Standard calculators (non-programmable) may be used. Tables are attached. Do not open or turn over this exam paper‚ or start to write anything until told to by the Invigilator. Starting to write before permitted to do so may be seen as an attempt to use Unfair
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Booker T. Washington. The book mainly talks about Washington’s life and how he had over come a lot of obstacles to reach his success. The book teaches us a lot of things‚ some of them are still useful today. There are five significant ideas that Booker wanted the readers to learn from his book; these five things are: education‚ slavery‚ work‚ the relationship between two races and the meaning of success. The most obvious and significant idea of this book is the value of education. As a young man
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Monument Means the Most to me? Winston Churchill‚ former British prime minister‚ once said‚ ¨Never in the field of human conflict‚ has so much‚ been owed by so many‚ to so few!¨ This quote is from a British Prime Minister Winston Churchill during World War 2. There are multiple reasons why I like the National World War 2 monument. The monument was finished building on April 29‚ 2004‚ which was 59 years after the end of World War 2. The 3 reasons why this monument is important to me is what the pillars
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Crime trend Part 2 According to my crime trend: Career Criminals My crime trend does not seem to exist in Virginia. According to US legal “Parole has been abolished” (Us Legal‚ 2010). With parole being abolished this does not give felons a chance to become career criminals. By abolishing parole Virginia has cut down crime in their state significantly. According to the Lexington prosecutor the number of repeat offenders has risen from 1996 to 1999 about two percent each year. They are recommending
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L-2 – On the Trail of the Earliest People – CBSE – Our Past Q.1 Complete the sentences: Ans. (a) Hunter-gatherers chose to live in caves and rock shelters because they provided shelter from the rain‚ heat and wind. (b) Grasslands developed around __12000__years ago. (c) Early people painted on the walls of caves. (d) In Hunsgi‚ tools were made of limestone. Q.2 Look at the present-day political map of the subcontinent on page 136. Find out the states where Bhimbetka‚ Hunsgi
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commented (2008‚ p.37)‚ “Strategies are not and should not be developed in a vacuum. They must be responsive to the external business environment”. Especially in hospitality – a service-based industry‚ the term “external environment” is extremely important cause the products are intangible‚ which are dedicated according to the markets’ demands. This paper will base on a concise definition of the term “environment” in hospitality in order to give a view in details of the common environmental forces
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