object attached to the bottom of a paper helicopter affects the time it takes to travel a fixed distance Aim: Does the mass of an object affect the time it takes to travel a fixed distance? Introduction: This is an experiment to find out the relationships between mass‚ distance‚ velocity and time. Dependent Variable: The height where the helicopter is dropped from. Independent Variable: The velocity of the helicopter‚ the time it takes for the helicopter to travel down the fixed height and
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4.2.2.1: Power distance: The power distance dimension displays the equality in societies‚ but it also expresses how the societies’ attitude is towards the inequalities. The power distance of Belgium is 65‚ while in the Netherlands it is 38. Therefore‚ it is clear that there is a cultural difference with the power distance as shown at figure 9. Belgium: Belgium scores high with the 65 power distance‚ which means that they accept and expect inequalities. In a high power distance culture it is likely
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Amtrak: Long Distance Trains: FY 2008 Long-Distance Train Facts • A long-distance train typically consists of sleepers‚ coaches‚ a diner and/or a lounge car. • Long-distance trains travel as far as 2‚800 miles and pass through as many as 12 states. • Amtrak operates 15 long-distance trains over 18‚500 route miles serving 39 states and the District of Columbia. These trains provide the only rail passenger service to 23 states. • In FY 2008 these trains carried 4.2 million passengers accounting
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Study Skills for Distance Learning Theme A Activity 1 Personal SWOT Analysis Strengths | Weaknesses | EnthusiasticConfidentFocusedResourcefulFlexibilityResolute Knowledge gained during 27 years employment in a multi discipline engineering environment. | Motivation to study after full working day.Time management at home.Studying in Isolation. | Opportunities | Threats | Work a nine day forthright (week one five days‚ week two four days).Home from work at approximately 1715.Holiday periods
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Regarding to an article by Investopedia‚ the Power-Distance Index (PDI) is an index developed by Dutch sociologist Geert Hofstede that measures the distribution of power and wealth between people in a nation‚ business or culture. The power-distance index seeks to demonstrate the extent to which subordinates or ordinary citizens submit to authority. The power-distance index figure is lower in countries or organizations in which authority figures work closely with those not in authority‚ and is higher
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A Theoretical Framework for Distance Education-Desmond Keegan Keegan suggested that electronically linking students and instructor at various locations creates a virtual classroom. Keegan suggested three questions had to be answered before one could develop a theory. Those three questions are 1.) Is distance education an educational activity? 2.) Is distance education a form of conventional education? 3.) Is distance education possible‚ or is it a contradiction in terms? These 3 questions lend
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The Audience and Uncomfortable Distance What can be problematic about this collective knowledge that the narrator and audience share is that when the distance between narrator and narratee is so collapsed—and the vein of collective knowledge laid bare—some readers (and scholars) grow uncomfortable with the narrator and‚ as a result‚ Stowe’s text. For Thomas P. Joswick‚ this feeling originates from a collective negative experience‚ rather than the positive experience of identification that the narrator
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I think distance can effect relationships in several ways‚ depending on the situation‚ the kind of relationship‚ also how or if the relationship is maintained. Fortunently I haven’t had to part from close relationships often‚ but I can share two examples in which distance had an opposite effect. I grew up in a small town‚ there was only one school that went from kindergarten thru eighth-grade. So with the exception of the occational "new student" the people in my class had known me since I was
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words plus 10%) TASK 1 GOOD ICT SKILLS ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO THE FACILITATION OF A POSITIVE DISTANCE LEARNING EXPERIENCE. PRODUCE A REPORT WHERE YOU; 1. EVALUATE HOW YOU AS A STUDENT AND INDIVIDUAL CAN MAINTAIN EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR TUTOR DURING YOUR STUDIES As a student I can maintain effective communication with my tutor by using my ICT skills which allow me to access online distance study. I can access the internet‚ log into the College ‘On Campus’ home page‚ navigate through
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accessible to everyone through taking courses online. Distance learning takes place when the teacher and student are separated from one another due to their physical location and technology is used to communicate instructions to the student and to communicate feedback to the instructor. The virtual classroom is one of the various forms of technology used as an alternative to the traditional classroom settings. Other tools used to educate from a distance include audio‚ video‚ data‚ and print. Accessibility
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