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Subject: Multidisciplinary17/12/19Discover the most watched contents and the latest additions to the AVON digital platform.
Academic Video Online (AVON) is the academic equivalent of streaming platforms like Netflix. Through the Library you can access 600,000 hours of video in fields such as anthropology, business, cinema, health, history, music and much more.
The digital platform includes over one hundred 360º and virtual reality educational videos to experience the stories first-hand.
These are the most-watched videos by the UOC Community:
This video on economics and business explores the evolution of global ethics in response to international political and economic challenges and opportunities. It argues that there is no absolute and definitive idea about what ethical behaviour is; therefore, it is determined by diverse factors and social, cultural and religious and influences. Thus, ethics in management practices, global marketing, corporate ethics or social responsibility differs from culture to culture.
This video will transport you to a robotics laboratory in the company Boston Dynamics while to observe the engineering team working.
These videos provide the bases for understanding human behaviour theory and choosing the most appropriate therapeutic approach for each patient and situation. An essential learning resource for Psychology students.
AVON platform videos include a comprehensive arts and humanities collection with theatre performances. This Broadway play is performed by the actor Kevin Kline as the soldier and poet Cyrano de Bergerac, Jennifer Garner as Roxane and Daniel Sunjata as Christian.
You will also be able to watch some BBC history programmes, presented by the historian Mary Beard, recently received an honorary doctorate degree from the UOC. AVON includes three episodes of the documentary series Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire, which explores different episodes of the history of Rome. These include the reign of Emperor Nero, the rise of Julius Caesar and the agricultural reform of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus.
If you've already seen these videos, don't miss the streaming platform's latest additions:
This series of three videos, known as "Glòria Films", is an educational classic in the field of psychology. In 1964, for the first time three real therapy sessions were recorded with different approaches, linked by the same patient, Gloria. In each video, she talks about her beliefs, feelings and actions with a different expert, DrRogers, Dr Perls or Dr Elli, founders of their own psychotherapy school.
This documentary, especially of interest to those studying psychology, explains anxiety and stress from the perspective of classical music professionals who try to perform at their best and are under great pressure. Dozens of orchestra and music school professionals describe their personal journey with fears of failure and judgement from others.
A documentary in the category of education and social work about the transition from the school system to adulthood as experienced by Brian, a young man with autism. Filmed from the intimate perspective of his sister, the video shows how he deals with everyday challenges and adapts to his new life.
Are you studying Communication? Take a look at this series of interviews with actors, actresses and filmmakers like George Clooney, Kenneth Branagh, John Cusack, Richard Gere, Danny Devito, Michelle Williams, Sir Ben Kingsley, Viggo Mortensen, Helena Bonham Carter, among others.
If you'd like to see more, check out the other AVON videos.