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This an archive video of the Video Description Research and Development Center webinar #2 - "Do It Yourself" Educational Description: Guidelines and Tools. The webinar occurred October 24, 2012. Topics in this webinar include: 1) An update of th...Read More

This an archive video of the Video Description Research and Development Center webinar #3 - "YouDescribe – How You Can Add Audio Description to Any YouTube Video!". The webinar occurred May 30, 2013. Learn about YouDescribe, the exciting new tool...Read More

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This an archive video of the Video Description Research and Development Center webinar #1 - "Bringing Video Description Into The 21st Century". The webinar occurred January 24, 2012. Topics in this webinar include: (1) A teachers' guide to using...Read More

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This an archive video of the Video Description Research and Development Center webinar #4 - Going Pro: Using YouDescribe in the Classroom and Beyond. The webinar occurred December 11, 2013. Previous VDRDC webinars have introduced YouDescribe, the...Read More

Woman wearing a white lab coat looks into a telescope as her hand holds a dial at the base in a laboratory setting. Caption. Also, you need to be a team worker.

Introduces three women who have embarked on successful careers in the biotechnology field. Profiles Allison Ross, a chemist and research technician who analyzes test samples at a busy lab; Sylvie Bilodeau-Goeseels, a research scientist tasked with...Read More

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Counts down the top ten things not to do in a job interview: not being punctual, bad presentation, bad preparation, lack of research, poor communication, bad body language, negativity, anxiety, not being yourself, and not having any questions. Acc...Read More

Closeup of a woman wearing a white hard hat, safety glasses, and vest. She looks downward as she studies something. Caption. To see exactly what kind of defects we're getting.

Three women with rewarding careers in the steel industry describe their work. Stephanie Sebastian is a production worker at a fast-paced galvanizing mill. Jennifer Zahra is a quality control inspector involved with steel tubing for automotive uses...Read More

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Why do people go to school? For most, the reason is to learn; however, sometimes people fall into the plagiarism trap, and there is little in the way of positive learning achieved. Defines plagiarism in all its modern and common forms. Students an...Read More

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Whether they arise from human causes or forces within planet Earth itself, natural disasters threaten life and civilization with what seems to be growing frequency. Studies troubling developments in marine, arctic, wetland, and urban environments ...Read More

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Draws on documentary and archival footage, 3-D and 2-D animations, and high-tech imaging to investigate a variety of virological topics: the nature of pandemics as illustrated by the SARS outbreak in China; genetic sequencing of Spanish influenza ...Read More

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Profiles three women who have fashioned successful careers in the textile industry: Nathalie Jacques, a planning manager for an upholstery and fabric manufacturer; Myriam Phaneuf, a research and development technician who creates new textile desig...Read More

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Dramatizes a fast-paced, made-for-TV movie about the race to solve one of the greatest mysteries of 20th-century science-the structure of DNA. It is the story of the diligent research, creative analysis, and perseverance of James Watson and Franci...Read More

Aerial view of a street crowded with cars and surrounded by buildings. The street runs toward a pagoda in the distance. Caption. A Beijing citizen learning English campaign.

Fifth in the five-part series. It is predicted that within a century more than half of the world's languages will become extinct, but as languages are lost, new ones emerge naturally or are constructed. Noam Chomsky, Esperantist Thomas Eccard, end...Read More

Globe Theatre stands behind bare trees at the edge of the River Thames. Caption. This is a view of the Globe Theatre.

Second of the two-part series. The concept of the theater familiar to most modern viewers had a lowly medieval birth-in churches, on festival platforms, and in the great halls of the European nobility. Hosted by Professor Richard Beacham of King's...Read More

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Genetic and neurological research has led to increasingly sophisticated medical capabilities, resulting in a growing number of moral and ethical quandaries. Surveys recent milestones in biology, many of which have produced as much controversy as i...Read More

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From the noise of an urban landscape to the musical cocoons created by high-tech devices, sound may be humanity's most lively and versatile interface with the world. Takes viewers on a sonic odyssey that assesses the frequently overlooked impact o...Read More

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Before anesthetics, surgeons relied on speed, brandy, and brutality. Reveals how a fairground dentist named Horace Wells made an essential breakthrough in pain mitigation by ingesting nitrous oxide and pulling out one of his own teeth. Recounting ...Read More

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John Hunter, surgeon to King George III, was said to have inoculated himself with a venereal disease--an example of well-intentioned research with more than one unfortunate result. Presents an overview of the battle against infectious diseases, de...Read More

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Killer bugs like the plague, cholera, and typhoid were all brought under control by adventuring self-experimenters. Looks at medical trailblazers who took the ultimate risk and injected or ingested some of the most terrifying diseases known to hum...Read More

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The maxim "You are what you eat" could have originated with a few hungry self-experimenters who proved that nutrition is critical to good health. One of the most prominent of these scientists was Dr. Joseph Goldberger, an early-20th-century resear...Read More

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