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25 February 2013
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Resources | Languages
Learn Languages with Audio Lingua
Audio-Lingua offers an extensive library of mp3 recordings in a number of different languages. Visitors to the website can listen to everything from a tutorial on how to use Skype, in French, to how to make flapjack pancakes, in English.     
France
23 February 2013
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Resources | Languages
Resource for Learning Chinese: Matching characters
This resource, the first in a 4-part series that progressively increases in difficulty, serves as an aid in learning Chinese. The familiar matching game is applied to Chinese characters—students must look at sets of similar Chinese characters and pair up the ones that match exactly. Students can build their knowledge of simple characters by...
International
22 February 2013
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Resources | Mathematics, Nature Science
Space Travel
What is the mathematics and physics of astronomy? This multimedia resource combines visuals with experiments to help students better understand the Solar System as a mathematics laboratory.
International
22 February 2013
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Resources | Social Sciences
Share My Lesson
Share My Lesson and TES Connect are both platforms created by teachers with other teachers in mind, a place to share useful resources. This specific link serves as an example, an interactive, independent learning lesson on 'Scarcity; Opportunity cost and marginal utility.'  
International
21 February 2013
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Publication | Study
Open Educational Resources: An Asian Perspective
Gajaraj Dhanarajan, David Porter
  Open Educational Resources: An Asian Perspective collects ten representative country reports and case studies on OER in Asia. Countries included are: China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines and Vietnam.
International, Asia
21 February 2013
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Publication | Book
La Educación puede suceder en cualquier momento y lugar
Juan Freire
  La educación a cualquier hora, y en cualquier sitio. Ese es el lema detrás de este libro, que recoge perspectivas sobre la educación no formal por parte de profesores, activistas, y también desde el ámbito del arte y la innovación social. 
Spain
20 February 2013
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Resources | Art
How did art change in the Renaissance?
Robert Lucas
Through this powerpoint presentation and worksheet, students gain a sense of how art changed in the Renaissance, by comparing images of Renaissance art with Medieval art.
International
20 February 2013
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Resources | Nature Science
Animation Depicting Arctic Surface Temperature Trend
Cindy Starr, Josefino Comiso
This animation shows the 20-year seasonal surface temperature trend for the spring is for the Arctic region. 
International
20 February 2013
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Publication | Journal
Open Praxis: Openness in Higher Education
Inés Gil-Jaurena, Sandra Peter, Markus Deimann, Don Olcott Jr, Jeremy Knox, Felix Kayode Olakulehin, Gurmit Singh, Dianne Conrad, Norm Friesen, Christine Wihak, Shuangxu Yin, Paul Kawachi, Osvaldo Rodriguez, Alexander Gonzalez Flor, Nadia Paola Mireles Torres, Belinda Tynan, Rosalind James
Open Praxis is a peer-reviewed open access scholarly journal focusing on research and innovation in open, distance and flexible education. It is published by the International Council for Open and Distance Education - ICDE.
International
19 February 2013
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Resources | Mathematics
An introduction to light, radiation, reflection, absorption, and the electromagnetic spectrum.
Roland Goetzke
FIS, Remote Sensing in Schools: Tracing the Invisible. 
Pan European