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 educa onal circles‚ par cularly
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Management:- Human Resource Management (HRM) is the function within an organization that focuses on recruitment of‚ management of‚ and providing direction for the people who work in the organization. HRM can also be performed by line managers. HRM is the organizational function that deals with issues related to people such as compensation‚ hiring‚ performance management‚ organization development‚ safety‚ wellness‚ benefits‚ employee motivation‚ communication‚ administration
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Change in Time A culture’s sense of time is based on how that culture views the past‚ present or future. Americans have a very different sense of time compared to China and France‚ our view of time is time is important and shouldn’t be wasted on trivial things. Americans believe deadlines are more important than building relationships or getting comfortable with big decisions. China has a very different point of view on time‚ it’s to be cherished and used to build relationships and to make better
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Unit 024 – Promote child and Young Person Development Outcome 1) Be able to assess the development needs of children or young people and prepare a development plan 1. Explain the factors that need to be taken into account when assessing development You can assess a child’s development by doing a variety of different observations; narrative‚ tracker‚ language and video but you must also take into account confidentiality. Before carrying out observations you must get permission from the parent’s
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management of human assets have evolved through the years to address many issues. Change in labor laws‚ introduction and advancement in technology‚ and the way mankind has evolved has forced many trend changes in human resources management (HRM). In today ’s organizations‚ human resources management has many functions and roles. According to Brannen (2000) human resources management departments include the administrative role of processing benefits and keeping employee records. Human resources management
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Introducing philosophy to children is a very controversial subject. Michael S. Pritchard‚ the author of Reasonable Children‚ explores the concept of introducing philosophy to children within the schools before they enter their college years. Pritchard assumed that the study of philosophy should begin at a college level. At the start of this assignment my first reaction was similar to Pritchard’s‚ philosophy starts during the college years. I could never imagine discussing
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help give people further control over their environments‚ arguing that technological progress would eventually spur social progress. In addition‚ Émile Durkheim developed the concept of functionalism in the sociological field‚ which emphasizes on the importance of interdependence between the different institutions of a society and their interaction in maintaining cultural and social unity. His most well known work‚ The Division of Labour in Society‚ which outlines how order in society could be controlled
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Mega Trends Megatrends are global‚ transformative and macro-economic forces in societal development that will very likely affect the future in the next era. They involve business‚ economy‚ society‚ cultures and personal lives thereby defining our future world and its increasing pace of change. Mega trends have different meanings and impacts for different industries‚ companies and individuals. Analysis of these mega trends and their implications forms an important component of a company’s future
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Overview of Medicine’s Origins‚ Social Impacts‚ Ethics and Trends Miguel A. Cruz Thomas Edison State College Author Note Miguel A. Cruz‚ Department of Pathology‚ Dwight Eisenhower Medical Center DDEAMC. This essay was written as part of written assignment 4 for the course of Current Trends & Applications (2012-11-APS-401-OL009)‚ Thomas Edison State College. Correspondence concerning this essay should be addressed to Miguel A. Cruz‚ Department of Pathology‚ Dwight Eisenhower Medical Center
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body of written works of a language‚ period‚ or culture. 2. Imaginative or creative writing‚ especially of recognized artistic value:"Literature must be an analysis of experience and a synthesis of the findings into a unity" (Rebecca West). 3. The art or occupation of a literary writer. 4. The body of written work produced by scholars or researchers in a given field:medical literature. 5. Printed material: collected all the available literature on the subject. 6. Music All the compositions of
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