is it transnational or suprainternational?
You decide... with the help of this flash card for block 5, globalisation.
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Block 5 flsh card 4 transnationalism versus suprainternationalism
Wednesday, 17 May 2017, 19:06
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block 5 flash card 3 international relations with a thunderbirds theme
Tuesday, 16 May 2017, 18:40
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I think I only have 2 more flash cards to do, then I will just get on with revising from the module books. It might be well time to move on, I gave this latest flash card a thunderbirds theme because it looks at International Relations. My focus might be starting to slip, only two more to go though.....
block 5 flash card 2
Tuesday, 16 May 2017, 16:15
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now for the second flash card about globalisation.
DD211 block 5 revision flash cards
Tuesday, 16 May 2017, 14:58
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So now I move onto the final taught block of DD211, block 5 globalisation.
I am still finding it good revision practice to make these, and am sharing them with some of my fellow students who attend tutorials with me.
Here it is block 5, flash card 1 Globalisation:
counting down the hours
Tuesday, 28 Mar 2017, 19:44
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I have about 8 hours of study left in block 5. The last block, block 6 is revision for the exam, so very much the home straight now. I will have to write my TMA5 a week early because of my fundraising excursion to climb mount Snowdon the following week.
So time to stop procrastinating and get on with wrapping block 5 up....
simulated human rights
Thursday, 23 Mar 2017, 20:23
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as part of my module we have to conduct a role play, to do with international law and human rights, interventionism, the UN and the sovereignty of the state. It is available on open learn and the link to the simulation is here.
http://www2.open.ac.uk/openlearn/savingsetrus/
It is interesting and disturbing at the same time, I have role played it twice and scored 78 % both times, taking different stances with both the UN and military action. I had 100% scores for both legal and political actions, but my humanitarian score was low.
It seems to be making the point that if you act or don't act, the humanitarian side of the scores is always lowest, if you go straight in with troops and aid you will score a high humanitarian score but fail on legal and political scores.
I invite you all to try the role play, please comment your scores here, I would like to know if there is a optimal path through the role play.
last block
Sunday, 12 Mar 2017, 10:51
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Here I am, still waiting for the TMA 4 mark, and 2 weeks in to the 4 week module 5.
All down hill from here, block 5 is the last learning block of the module, block 6 is set aside for revision for the final exam.
So I am getting closer to wrapping up the taught blocks, then to consolidate and do the Exam.
DD211 was alright I suppose, level 2 is hard and this module was okay.
I thought this last block, with its theme of international relations was going to be more interesting, but it seems to be quite dull.
I thought I really hated block 3, ideology, however looking back I am starting to feel the love for it a lot more, it might even turn out to be my favourite block of this module. I never thought I would be saying that 2 months ago.
you live and learn, that's the whole point of this really.
waiting is wilting
Thursday, 9 Mar 2017, 17:30
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i still wait,
under no pretense that i am waiting with any kind of grace.
Got on with my Block 5 materials, it is hard to believe this is the last block, revision for block 6, so this is it, the home straight and an exam to do.....
I might suggest it has all been exhausting!
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