Cannabis in Research
Dr Steven Alexander has recorded the first podcast for the British Journal of Pharmacology. In this podcast Dr Alexander delves into the depths of cannabis research to find out how future medications might benefit from current work on this exciting topic.
Beacon for green research
In this podcast, recorded in China, Professor Jo Darkwa talks about the eagerly awaited Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies at the University's Chinese campus in Ningbo.
Language and Communication: Research (after 11/1/2008)
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Processes of Research and Engagement
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Action Research for Educational, Professional, and Personal Change
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Translating genomic research into clinical applications HeLEX
Naomi Hawkins gives a talk as part of the Centre for Health, Law and Emerging Technologies (HeLEX) at Oxford series on Talking Law and Ethics
Introducing observational approaches in research with children and young people
This unit introduces you to analysing academic writing and, in particular, the way an article might be structured to clearly explain an investigation to other researchers. It explores observation of children and young people using qualitative observation approaches in small-scale studies.
Case STudy of Reuse Warehouses and their impact on the environment and community
This video briefly describes the context of the larger senior sequence project. Looking at two reuse warehouses and the effects they have on their environment and community.
CRE Program Research Strategies
A module on the importance of doing research on your school-based conflict resolution work. Provides basic strategies and frameworks for understanding and conducting useful CRE Program research. (Revised version posted May 7, 2009)
Web-based Research - Learning Unit 4
Web-based Research - Learning Unit 4
Indigenous Research Methodologies
Indigenous Research Methodologies
Introduction to Academic Research - Learning Unit 1
Introduction to Academic Research - Learning Unit 1
Action Research
Action Research
Introduction to the Ethics of Human Subjects Research
Introduces students to ethics concepts as they apply to questions and challenges in conducting human subject research.
Texas Tech Continues Research Months After Gulf Oil Spill
Ron Kendall, Director of the Institute of Environmental and Human Health at Texas Tech, discusses the research scientists are doing to better understand how the oil and oil-dispersants mixture affect wildlife.
Animal Research: A Multimedia Approach
Students will be working with a partner to research a favorite animal. They will be required to use a wide variety of resources which include multimedia software packages, the Internet, and various books. The students will be looking up general information about their animal, such as its habitat, place on the food chain, size, etc. Ultimately the students will be responsible for presenting the information they have gathered in some form of multimedia presentation. This activity is primarily stud
Undergraduate Computer Programs
Here is a group of Java programs which were designed to help undergraduate engineering students. These programs cover the basics of aerodynamics and propulsion. The icon at the top of each section will take you to a web page which contains a simulator or calculator for an aerodynamics problem. The web page assumes that you understand the problem and contains only the applet and a couple of hyperlinks to additional pages which describe the science and math behind each problem and some additional
Keynote address: Research Agenda and Policy Perspectives on Agriculture for Development
The keynote address of the conference, by Justin Lin, the chief economist at the World Bank, focuses on future research priorities and the process of implementing the policy objectives of the 2008 World Development Report, "Agriculture for Development."
Justin Lin is the Chief Economist of the World Bank.
Tan, don't burn : how long before you burn?
This online activity offers students the opportunity to reason with numbers as they examine the practical implications of sun protection factor (SPF) numbers on sunblock. The activity is part of the Figure This! collection of 80 online mathematical challenges emphasizing real-world uses of mathematics. In this activity, the Hint and Getting Started sections illustrate how to apply mathematical reasoning. They demonstrate how to think through the answer to the initial question about how a person
Statistics Online Computational Resource for Education and Research
The goals of the Statistics Online Computational Resource (www.SOCR.ucla.edu) are to design, validate and freely disseminate knowledge. Specifically, SOCR provides portable online aids for probability and statistics education, technology based instruction and statistical computing. SOCR tools and resources include a repository of interactive applets, computational and graphing tools, instructional and course materials.
The core SOCR educational and computational components include: Distribution
