University College London Courses

English Grammar for Teachers

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Explore creative ways to teach English grammarThe new national curriculum requires school teachers to teach English grammar, starting in primary school.This course will help to demystify teaching English grammar and ensure it plays a creative and rewarding role in your English classroom teaching. You’ll explore various ways to teach grammar creatively to primary, secondary, and further education students.Learn the role of grammar in the UK education systemThe course begins with an introduction to the updated terminology of the national curriculum.As you understand more about the rationale and purpose of grammar within the national curriculum, you’ll look at the underlying linguistic approach of English grammar, helping to improve your confidence in using grammatical concepts and terminology.Gain in-depth knowledge of grammar rules and conceptsAs the course progresses, you’ll deepen your understanding and enhance your teaching of current grammatical concepts, functions, and forms.You’ll look at the principles behind teaching English grammar and work on embedding grammar into your lessons, making it a useful and fun activity for your students, rather than a box-ticking exercise.Discover how to use grammar teaching resources from Englicious.org effectivelyEnglicious is a free online library of original English grammar and language teaching resources. It contains lesson plans, exercises, videos and assessment materials that you can use as part of your teaching.Through this course, you’ll learn how to navigate through and effectively use Englicious.org’s English grammar resources.This course is designed for primary, secondary and further education teachers in the UK. It’s also suitable for trainee teachers, NQTs, Heads of Department and teaching staff of all subjects. Potential interest to EFL/ESOL English teachers globally.

Perioperative Fluid Therapy

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Perioperative Fluid Therapy is a web-based learning resource designed to help clinicians and those engaged in the care of the surgical patient to improve their knowledge and understanding of which intravenous fluid therapies are most appropriate for treating patients during, before and after an operation.In this course you will review the physiology of fluid homeostasis, analyse and appraise the different options for fluid therapy used in perioperative resuscitation, and discuss strategies in choosing the composition of fluid in the context of surgical losses. We will review the literature and best evidence available so you can form your own opinions as to what is the most appropriate fluid therapy in a number of perioperative settings.Fluid therapy remains a controversial subject in perioperative patient management, with variable recommendations stated in the literature for the composition and volume of the fluid given. Enrolled participants will have access to interactive learning materials, opinions from world experts and be directed to the key evidence-based journal articles and clinical guidelines on the subject. The course is written in a way which presents the case for and against controversial subjects allowing learners to form their own opinions.The course has been designed primarily aimed at hospital staff involved in the care of patients in the perioperative period. This includes anaesthetists, surgeons, physicians, theatre and clinic nurses as well as operating department practitioners of all training grades.

Teaching English Grammar in Context

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Discover innovative techniques for teaching grammarOn this five-week course, you’ll discover methods for teaching English grammar in context in primary and secondary education.With this approach, you can embed grammar in other aspects of the curriculum for a more unified experience. This engaging approach helps your students explore grammar through authentic texts and discussions around meaning, choices, and effects, rather than simply identifying features.This technique has also been shown to have positive impacts on students’ creative writing and analytical reading.Examine useful teaching tools to take back to your classroomYou’ll discover how you can teach your students to apply grammatical knowledge to a range of texts, genres, and styles to keep your activities interesting.This allows you to combine aspects of both language and literature for an integrated approach to teaching. Drawing on tools from literary linguistics and stylistics, you’ll come away with usable ideas you can immediately include in your lessons.Develop your knowledge of English grammar alongside academicsYou’ll learn from Professor Bas Aarts, Head of the Survey of English Usage at UCL, and Luke Pearce, Associate Lecturer.You will also draw on useful resources from Englicious – a free library of English language teaching materials tailored closely to the national curriculum.With the new national curriculum requiring schools to teach English grammar from primary, this course will help develop your own grammar knowledge to feel confident in the classroom.This course is designed for primary, secondary, and further education school teachers in the UK.It will also be useful for trainee teachers, NQTs, early career teachers, and PGCE students and trainee teachers looking to develop their knowledge of English grammar.

An Anthropology of Smartphones: Communication, Ageing and Health

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Discover digital anthropology and the relationship between technology and ageingThis course will develop your understanding of the concept of digital anthropology as you explore how smartphones have transformed our daily lives and how they can be used productively.Learn how smartphones have changed our livesThrough ethnographic research findings, you’ll explore the potential consequences of using a smartphone every day.You’ll examine the effect of smartphones on human relationships and participation in cultural life, as well as touch upon the current use and future potential of smartphones in the health and medical sector.Understand the concept of smart ageing and the relationship between older people and technologySmartphones are no longer a youth technology. They play a significant role in intergenerational relations and define ageing in the digital era. You’ll learn about the issues older people encounter when using smartphones and how technology has shaped models of ageing.Using the latest research, you’ll find out more about ageing in different global contexts and learn how technology is shaping and changing the experience of ageing.Discover the effect of smartphone use through the lens of digital anthropologyThe course demonstrates the potential of anthropology as a discipline and will introduce you to the technicalities of using comparative anthropology as a method of research.It also includes several new anthropological perspectives on the use of the smartphone and its impact on people’s lives.Explore digital anthropology with UCL’s expert teamUCL is a leading research hub in the area of digital anthropology. You’ll access the latest research and insights from UCL’s expert academics on fascinating anthropological concepts and issues, including digital health and ageing.This course is designed for people who are interested in understanding how the use of smartphones has changed our lives, as well as students keen to explore the contribution of anthropology to digital technologies.To take part in this course, all you will need is the ability to do some digital anthropology, whether that is done on a smartphone, tablet, laptop or any other devices. You do not need any specific software to complete the course.

The Many Faces of Dementia

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Explore key issues in dementia care and research, through four less common formsDementia is one of the foremost priorities in global health and is estimated to affect over 44 million people worldwide. This has a huge impact on individuals and on society, so improvements in understanding, care and treatments are desperately needed.In this online course, you’ll discover key issues in dementia care and research. You’ll explore four less common forms of dementia, through the eyes of people affected by them. World-leading experts at UCL will show how research into the signs, stages, symptoms and causes of these forms can bring us closer to defeating dementia.The only requirement is an interest in dementia, its effects on people and the brain.We hope that this course will be of particular interest to:Anyone who works with people diagnosed with dementiaPeople who have a friend or family member who has dementiaPeople in the early stages of the diseaseStudents with an interest in learning more about dementia

Introduction to Blockchain Technology and Applications

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Delve into blockchain technology’s beginnings and its ever-growing applicationsBlockchain technology is essential to Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies, but its applications go far beyond that.In this four-week Blockchain course, University College London (UCL) Centre for Blockchain Technologies introduces the mechanics of blockchain and explores what they can achieve.By the end you’ll understand how blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) can be used to solve diverse business problems, going far beyond financial concerns.Build solid blockchain theory and use foundationsThe course starts with blockchain’s beginnings, exploring its start in Bitcoin, its evolution in Ethereum, and beyond. Once you understand how blockchain and DLT work, you’ll see how they foster decentralisation across business operations.Deepen your blockchain understanding with real-world examplesThe theory that you’ll learn on this course is accompanied by practical case study examples and testimonials from real-world companies who are using blockchain and DLT.You’ll see how the technologies are improving supply chains, data reconciliation, and overall transparency; changing the way businesses make decisions; and disrupting conventional socioeconomic systems.Learn from the leaders in blockchain technology educationThis blockchain course was specifically created by the UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies, the world’s oldest and largest academic blockchain institution.The Centre brings its years of experience in pioneering executive education for blockchain and DLT to this course and will support you as you learn from leading experts.The flexibility of online study makes the blockchain course ideally suited to busy working professionals, allowing you to upskill and take your career to the next level without missing a beat.This course is designed for anyone interested in blockchain technology and its application to business problems. Those considering a career in the field or executives exploring business use of blockchain will benefit from this comprehensive introduction.

Conducting Remote Consultations and Triage

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Identify and manage the risks of conducting health consultations remotelyDuring the current COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare professionals are rapidly moving to conduct consultations by phone, video call, or online. This is changing the way that healthcare is delivered now and will be delivered in future.This course will provide healthcare professionals with the tools to conduct consultations and obtain basic observations remotely and safely, including basic triage.You’ll learn how to conduct history taking virtually and take essential observations in a remote setting. You’ll also consider safe patient management and how to triage patients via remote consultations.The course is designed for all healthcare professionals working in clinical practice where there’s a need to undertake remote consultations.This may include pharmacists working in a community pharmacy or GP practice, non-medical prescribers including nurses and pharmacist, GPs, practice nurses, physicians associates, paramedics working in Advanced Clinical Practitioner roles, healthcare professionals working in outpatient clinics or telehealth, trainee doctors, pharmacy and nurse students, and students in secondary education considering training as a healthcare professional.

Introduction to Digital Curation

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Digital curation can be defined as the ongoing management for use of digital material, but it can also be defined as an emerging trans-disciplinary field with no firm boundaries or established best practice. This course is designed to help you start to get to grips with digital curation in both these aspects.Having completed it, you should be able to:describe how a concern for digital curation has emerged over the recent pastexplain the main models, ideas and strategies currently used to give shape to digital curationuse the vocabulary of digital curationidentify the competencies and skills currently deemed necessary for those working in digital curationdraw on a number of online resources in order to keep your knowledge up to dateparticipate in the wider digital curation community and the development of practice in this areaThe course is intended for anyone who is interested in digital curation, be that on a personal or professional basis. It consists of a structured path through a range of topics and resources accompanied by prompts to experiment with and reflect on various aspects of digital curation. It also provides the possibility to explore this new landscape in conjunction with others who may come to digital curation from many different perspectives.

Blended and Online Learning Design

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Develop the skills you need to teach blended and online learningOnline learning is the future of teaching. This three-week teaching course aims to support teachers’ own innovations in teaching and learning online, whether you teach in a school, college or university.See what’s possible with digital technologies and online learning methodsYou’ll understand the nature of learning design in the context of both blended and wholly online learning, and will explore the Conversational Framework concept; the notion that the teaching-learning process is an interactive exchange of concepts and practice, using the ideas of social construction and collaborative learning.You’ll explore a range of digital tools and resources, including the Learning Designer tool, a free online tool to help teachers and lecturers design teaching and learning activities and share their learning designs with one another across all subjects.Optimise both blended and online learning methods for your studentsThrough using this tool, you’ll learn how to optimise synchronous and asynchronous learning, and will explore how to implement videos, screencasts, forums, shared learning designs, polls, quizzes and to bring a selection of digital tools into your teaching techniques.You’ll assess a wide range of learning designs and formative assessment methods for both blended and online learning in order to achieve specific types of learning outcomes.Learn from teaching experts at UCL Institute of Education (IOE) and the communityThroughout the course, you’ll be learning from teaching experts at the UCL Institute of Education.It’s rated as the number one education faculty in the world university rankings, and provides expertise in teaching and educational research across all sectors, primary to higher education, and across all main subject areas.This course is best suited for teachers in all sectors of formal education, primarily within the UK.This includes primary and secondary school teachers and further education and higher education teachers and lecturers across all subject areas.All the tools we use are free and open to all, or are optional for participants to explore if they wish.In particular we’ll be using the UCL Learning Designer tool.We’d recommend you use a laptop/computer to complete this course.

Why We Post: the Anthropology of Social Media

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This free online course is based on the work of nine anthropologists who each spent 15 months in fieldsites in Brazil, Chile, industrial and rural China, England, India, Italy, Trinidad and Turkey.What are the consequences of social media?The course offers a new definition of social media which concentrates on the content posted, not just the capabilities of platforms. It examines the increasing importance of images in communication and the reasons why people post memes, selfies and photographs.Over five weeks you will explore the impact of social media on a wide range of topics including politics, education, gender, commerce, privacy and equality. You will come to understand how the consequences of social media vary from region to region.Take a comparative and anthropological approach to social mediaThe course will be taught by the same nine anthropologists who carried out the original fieldwork and who are publishing eleven books based on this research.You will meet many of our informants through our films, engage with our team through video discussions and lectures, and encounter our ideas through animations, infographics and text.Adopting an anthropological and comparative approach, we strive to understand not only how social media has changed the world, but how the world has changed social media.To learn more about our research, see the Why We Post website or read our blog. If you have a question about the project, email whywepost@ucl.ac.uk.Translations of this course can be found on UCLeXtend in the following languages: Chinese, Italian, Hindi, Portuguese, Spanish, Tamil and Turkish.The only requirement is an interest in social media and people.

Supporting Early Career Teacher Development with the Early Career Framework

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Get ready for the Early Career FrameworkThe Department for Education’s (DfE) new Early Career Framework (ECF) sets out a statutory entitlement for two years’ professional development for early career teachers.The ECF will be applicable to all new teachers in England from 2021. This course is aimed at school leaders and mentor teachers who will play a part in implementing the ECF. The course will help you to understand how to plan for and support early career teacher professional development through the ECF.You’ll learn about perspectives on teacher expertise and learning, including pedagogical methods of teacher education. You’ll discuss your own understanding of teacher expertise with peers, as well as your vision for teacher development in your setting.You’ll explore how the ECF is designed to support early career teachers’ professional development. And you’ll consider what additional learning your early career teachers will need to prepare them fully for your setting.Implement the Early Career FrameworkYou’ll be introduced to the importance of implementation planning. You’ll learn about findings from research and practice and use these to consider your approach to implementing the ECF.You’ll explore the idea that mentoring is specialised practice and hear from mentors and early career teachers involved in the early roll-out of the ECF. You’ll begin to plan for high quality mentoring in your own ECF programme.The course is delivered by UCL Institute of Education, a global leader in teacher education. The Institute of Education evaluated the ECF pilot programmes and led the early roll-out of the ECF in the north of England. It is an accredited provider for the DfE’s national roll-out in 2021.This course is is relevant to those working in education across subjects and phases from early years to sixth form, and in mainstream and special education provision.It is aimed at anyone involved in meeting the requirements of the ECF in England from 2021, including:School leadership, particularly those involved in teacher development.Experienced teachers involved in teacher mentoring.Early career teachers.

Academic Writing in English for ESL Learners

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Improve your academic writing skills for essay writing in EnglishThis course will equip you with the skills to write good persuasive essays in English at university level, as well as improve your critical thinking skills, argument reasoning, and use of external sources for writing in English.Develop your academic essay writing skills to succeed at an English-speaking universityFor many ESL students around the world, it can be challenging to meet the high standard expected for academic writing in English.As writing is an essential skill in all disciplines and one of the main methods of assessments at university, these challenges can negatively impact student learning progress.Learn how to write an essay in English using evidence and critical analysisOn this course, you’ll learn the requirements for good academic writing in English.You’ll have the chance to improve your English writing skills through practice and develop your knowledge of argumentative essay structure and composition.You’ll also discover how to write critically and analytically using evidence, argument reasoning, analysis and evaluation.Build your skills in referencing and formatting for academic writing in EnglishAs you improve and evaluate your own work as well as the work of others, you’ll learn how to use external evidence in your English essay writing and how to search for primary and secondary resources.The final steps of the course will teach you how to format academic essays in English correctly and present your document.Get ESL training with academic writing experts at UCLThe course is created and led with insights from the UCL Knowledge Lab and the UCL Arena Centre.As an ESL learner, you’ll learn in an open and collaborative environment where you’ll be supported to share your experiences and resources.This course is designed for English as a second language learners and English as a foreign language learners studying in English at higher education institutions around the world.It will also be useful for learners of English who wish to improve their academic writing skills.

Perioperative Medicine in Action

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Make a difference: Improve patient outcomes with perioperative medicineToo many patients die or suffer prolonged complications following surgery.Perioperative medicine is an emerging, multi-disciplinary approach which seeks to optimise the care of high-risk surgical patients. It encompasses disciplines such as anaesthetics, surgery, nursing, elderly care, physiotherapy and healthcare management.In this RCoA-endorsed course, developed by anaesthetists at University College London (UCL) Hospitals, you’ll learn the key concepts you need to improve patient safety and reduce healthcare costs.Spanish translation available / traducción al español disponible.This RCoA endorsed course is aimed at all interested healthcare professionals, both medical and allied health professionals. This would include anaesthetists, surgeons, care-of-the-elderly physicians, pre-assessment nurses, surgical ward nurses, operating department staff, physiotherapists and medical managers, emphasising that enhanced care and improved outcomes depend on a multidisciplinary approach.Healthcare professionals might find the the Certificate of Achievement for this course useful for providing evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD), or commitment to their career.Although some of the statistics and guidelines are UK specific, the key concepts and learning aims are relevant at an international level.This run of the course will include Spanish translation of course materials / el curso ofrecerá traducción al español.

Development and Planning in African Cities: Exploring theories, policies and practices from Sierra Leone

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In the next 35 years, Africa will need to accommodate almost 900 million new urban dwellers. Hundreds of smaller cities are doubling in size every 20 years, half of Africa’s urban dwellers live in informal settlements in precarious conditions, and 75% of these are younger than 35.Our course will explore African cities through the lenses of spatial justice and social diversity, challenging myths and assumptions about urban development and demonstrating how different processes interact and shape the development of a city.The course is open to people from any disciplinary background with a desire to learn about urban development and planning in African cities and potentially to those who would like to pursue a career in urban development or planning.It is suitable for urban professionals who work or may in future want to work in Sub-Saharan Africa and would like to gain an understanding of how its cities are made and developed.

Paediatric Dentistry for Non-Specialists

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Gain practical knowledge on how to provide high-quality paediatric dentistryThis course aims to provide you with the practical advice and guidance you need to treat children’s dental issues and emergencies, achieving excellent results.Apart from various treatment options, you’ll also learn more about the prevention of dental problems, how to manage children’s behaviour during dentist visits, and how to deal with children presenting with dental trauma as an emergency.Explore practical techniques you can apply in your paediatric dental practiceAs part of this paediatric dentistry course, you’ll get a deeper understanding of the management and prevention of caries in children. You’ll learn how to assess children presenting with dental trauma and what the critical emergency treatment options are.You’ll get to develop your behaviour management skills as well as how to successfully deliver local anaesthetic injections in children. This course will highlight the importance of treatment planning and the key things to consider when managing children.Learn from the leading global provider for postgraduate dental educationDuring this course, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from dental care experts with strong clinical and teaching expertise. Their experience has provided them with significant insights into some of the most common children’s dentistry problems.This course is designed for non-specialist dentists as well as dental care professionals treating children.