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A collection of illustrated audio recordings in the Romanian language by students at the School of Languages and Area Studies, the University of Portsmouth. The recordings narrate the situation of contemporary Romania, and describe the city of Timişoara in Western Romania, the nation's second-largest city.
Introductory presentation outlining the structure and characterstics of wikis, together with video resources and simple tasks for beginners. The presentation also gives a description of relevant learning environments, such as the use of scaffolding, and process-based and constructivist learning theories, and finishes with links to other wiki-related resources useful for teachers and learners, such as Wikimedia.
Introductory lecture, suitable for a Cultural Studies class, on the use of public signs to interpret culture. The presentation gives an account of the structure and origins of signs, drawn from the natural world and ancestral history, illustrated with some specfic examples from a British context.