The Digital Future of Education: Heutagogy and the Digital Future of Education Presentation at DTCE Manchester University
The Digital Future of Education: Heutagogy and the Digital Future of Education Presentation at DTCE Manchester University This is an overview of Fred Garnett's work on digital projects since 1995 and how it might inform us about the future.
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The words we use in Diabetes. A language matters booklet from NHS England introduced by Partha Kar about the choice of words
The words we use in Diabetes. A language matters booklet from NHS England introduced by Partha Kar about the choice of words when communicating with people about diabetes. Really nice piece of work explaining how to bring more empathy to your conversations and less stigma.
Source: england.nhs.uk
There’s no such thing as a ‘detox’ – so let’s ban the word: Using the word detox to promote drinks such as tea
There’s no such thing as a ‘detox’ – so let’s ban the word: Using the word detox to promote drinks such as tea as well as food and other products is essentially meaningless. Time to give it a rest, says Anthony Warner
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Complexity in the evaluation of medical education - how would you evaluate this one? I am really enjoying putting together
Complexity in the evaluation of medical education - how would you evaluate this one? I am really enjoying putting together the 'current topics and controversies' week at the end of our module on 'evaluation' in the MSc/PgDip Medical Education programme at University of South Wales - though I am now...
How to brew beer like a Norwegian farmer: Kveik: a word we’re likely to be seeing a lot more of in the beer world. But
How to brew beer like a Norwegian farmer: Kveik: a word we’re likely to be seeing a lot more of in the beer world. But what is kveik? Here are a couple of things it’s not: Kveik is NOT a beer style. It’s the name given in…
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Are other specialties becoming de-skilled? Tony James - a geriatrician colleague of mine from my time in Bridgend - puts
Are other specialties becoming de-skilled? Tony James - a geriatrician colleague of mine from my time in Bridgend - puts the question. A generation of Doctors unable to look after their patients?: Dr Anthony James is a Consultant Physician at Princess of Wales Hospital. There have been many changes...
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How to Clean Text for Machine Learning with Python - Machine Learning Mastery: You cannot go straight from raw text to fitting
How to Clean Text for Machine Learning with Python - Machine Learning Mastery: You cannot go straight from raw text to fitting a machine learning or deep learning model. You must clean your text first, which means splitting it into words and handling punctuation and case. In fact, there is a whole suite...
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The GERIATRIC 5Ms – the 5 simple words every geriatrician needs to know (the new mantra): Frank Molnar is a Canadian Royal
The GERIATRIC 5Ms – the 5 simple words every geriatrician needs to know (the new mantra): Frank Molnar is a Canadian Royal College specialist in Geriatric Medicine who serves as the President of the Canadian Geriatrics Society and as the editor of that society’s Continuing Medical Educa…
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How older people move in bed when they are ill: Kenneth Rockwood MD, FRCPC, FRCP is Professor of Medicine (Geriatric Medicine
How older people move in bed when they are ill: Kenneth Rockwood MD, FRCPC, FRCP is Professor of Medicine (Geriatric Medicine & Neurology) at Dalhousie University, and a staff physician at the Halifax Infirmary of the Nova Scotia Health Auth…
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Equifax Had 'Admin' as Login and Password in Argentina - Slashdot: Reader wired_parrot writes: The credit report provider
Equifax Had 'Admin' as Login and Password in Argentina - Slashdot: Reader wired_parrot writes: The credit report provider Equifax has been accused of a fresh data security breach, this time affecting its Argentine operations. The breach was revealed after security researchers discovered that an online...
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Smoking linked to frailty in older adults: A recent paper published in Age & Ageing, the scientific journal of the British
Smoking linked to frailty in older adults: A recent paper published in Age & Ageing, the scientific journal of the British Geriatrics Society, finds that current smoking in older people increases the risk of developing frailty, though f…
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The frailty journey so far: where are we heading?: Professor Martin Vernon qualified in 1988 in Manchester. Following training
The frailty journey so far: where are we heading?: Professor Martin Vernon qualified in 1988 in Manchester. Following training in the North West he moved to East London to train in Geriatric Medicine where he also acquired an MA in Medical Ethics a…
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Person-centred care in a sustainable system: Dr Eileen Burns is President of the BGS. She is currently Clinical Lead for
Person-centred care in a sustainable system: Dr Eileen Burns is President of the BGS. She is currently Clinical Lead for integration in Leeds. The BGS position is based on three priorities: all older people can access person-centred care services when they need themfunding is structured on a basis...
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Just killed off my @paper_li paper #EdMedTech Daily as it just proved impossible to filter out all the alternative health
Just killed off my @paper_li paper #EdMedTech Daily as it just proved impossible to filter out all the alternative health nonsense and proposed diabetes cures. The microblogging service that uses your twitter followers and keywords to create a daily summary of interesting stories also left you with...
Rapid assessment and frailty: Beverley Marriott is a Advanced nurse practitioner working in the Birmingham community healthcare
Rapid assessment and frailty: Beverley Marriott is a Advanced nurse practitioner working in the Birmingham community healthcare foundation trust. She is also a King’s College Older Person Fellow. "There continues to be a growing emphasis on older people and emergency hospital admissions, with Frailty...
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Frailty among older persons living with HIV: a new burden for their clinical care: Alfonso Zamudio-Rodriguez holds a master’s
Frailty among older persons living with HIV: a new burden for their clinical care: Alfonso Zamudio-Rodriguez holds a master’s degree in Public Health and is interested in frailty of older persons living with HIV. He develops his work in the department of Dr. Ávila-Funes @geriatri…
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Time for the BGS to help in Africa?: Richard Walker is a Consultant Geriatrician at North Tyneside General Hospital, and
Time for the BGS to help in Africa?: Richard Walker is a Consultant Geriatrician at North Tyneside General Hospital, and Honorary Professor of Ageing and International Health at Newcastle University. He has a research interest in non-…
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BGS Election Manifesto: Caroline Cooke is Policy Manager at BGS. Here she explains why BGS has published its own election
BGS Election Manifesto: Caroline Cooke is Policy Manager at BGS. Here she explains why BGS has published its own election manifesto, what it says and how you can get involved. The 2017 General Election offers an opportu…
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High performance communication by people with paralysis using an intracortical brain-computer interface: People with various
High performance communication by people with paralysis using an intracortical brain-computer interface: People with various forms paralysis not only have difficulties getting around, but also are less able to use many communication technologies including computers. In particular, strokes, neurological...
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Responding to social media posts with pictures of a cute hedgehog in a hat. When you see a post and don't quite know what
Responding to social media posts with pictures of a cute hedgehog in a hat. When you see a post and don't quite know what to say then perhaps the only option is to respond with a picture of a hedgehog in a hat. After all isn't that why the internet was invented? First of all the social media machine...
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