Community-Based Organizations - Mitchell Baker (Mozilla)
Mitchell Baker, "Chief Lizard Wrangler" at Mozilla, discusses the organization's unique, community-based culture and how it has contributed to their success. She explains how freedom, openness, and dedication to improving Internet usability fosters extraordinary contributions from Mozilla's employees and volunteers.
6. Cleaner Coal: Minimizing Environmental Impacts of Coal-based Energy Generation (May 7, 2008)
Energy, natural resources, capture system, development, research, processes, carbonates, plant applications, experimentation, characteristics, science, engineering, materials, effectiveness, chemicals, technologies, affordability, combustion, coal, fly as
11. Foundations of the Postwar World (January 30, 2008)
world politics, international relations, empire, nation states, communism, fascism, anti-imperialism, society, sovereignty, new world order
Linear Programming: Foundations and Extensions
This book is an introductory graduate textbook on linear programming although upper-level graduate students and researchers will find plenty of material here that cannot be found in other books. It has also been used successfully to teach undergraduates majoring in Operations Research.
Human Evolution: The Fossil Evidence in 3D
Welcome to the UCSB online 3D gallery of modern primate relatives and fossil ancestors of humans. This gallery contains five modern primate crania, and five fossil crania. The crania can be rotated 360 degrees. Each cranium is accompanied by a short description of its relevance to human evolution, and a site map.
"Gender, Race, and the Complexities of Science and Technology: A Problem-Based Learning Experiment,
"What can we learn about science and technology–and what can we do with that knowledge? Who are "we" in these questions?–whose knowledge and expertise gets made into public policy, new medicines, topics of cultural and political discourse, science education, and so on? How can expertise and lay knowledge about science and technology be reconciled in a democratic society? How can we make sense of the interactions of living and non-living, humans and non-humans, individual and collectivities i
The Standard Days Method® (SDM) Toolkit: Reliable and Relevant Web-Based Information and Resource
The
SDM Toolkit provides policy makers, health care providers, and program managers
across the globe with state-of-the-art information on this highly-effective
fertility awareness-based method (FAM) of family planning that has been proven
to expand choice for women and couples.
The
SDM is a modern fertility awareness-based method of family planning that is
easy to teach, easy to learn and easy to use. Since 2002, Georgetown
University’s Institute for Reproductive Health (IRH) has w
Encouraging Inquiry-Based Research
Students categorize questions they generate in preparation for pursuing answers that expand their existing knowledge.
Video: Project-based World
Thunderbird School of Global Management Professor Bill Youngdahl, Ph.D., discusses project-minded leadership. http://knowledgenetwork.thunderbird.edu/research/
Evidence of Water on Mars
In this video, astronomer Louie Bernstein tells WatchMojo.com what the discovery of
water on mars could mean to the future of space exploration, and
discusses the possibility of finding life on mars.
Agent Based Modeling of Complex Adaptive Systems (Basic)
Our human society consists of many intertwined Large Scale Socio-Technical Systems (LSSTS), such as infrastructures, industrial networks, the financial systems etc. Environmental pressures created by these systems on Earth’s carrying capacity are leading to exhaustion of natural resources, loss of habitats and biodiversity, and are causing a resource and climate crisis. To avoid this sustainability crisis, we urgently need to transform our production and consumption patterns. Given that we, as
Easterday to Fund Ag Waste-Based Bioenergy Research at WSU Tri-Cities
RICHLAND, Wash. — A prominent agricultural family is giving $225,000 to support research being conducted in the Bioproducts, Sciences, and Engineering Laboratory at Washington State University Tri-Cities.
Cody Easterday, president of the Pasco-based Easterday Ranches and Easterday Farms, announced the three-year pledge gift of $75,000 per year.
For more on this story, follow this link http://wsunews.wsu.edu/pages/publications.asp?Action=Detail&PublicationID=21360&TypeID=1
Part 8: Example of a teacher using a systematic approach to preparing media-based lessons.
Part 8: Example of a teacher using a systematic approach to preparing media-based lessons.
Excellent web based generator for teachers and students
Create a Graph is very simple to use web based Graph Generator that I can highly recommend for younger students who may find a spreadsheet such as Excel a little
Using problem based learning and recreational logic games to build student interest and confidence.
Dr. Mar is the founding director of the Stony Brook Philosophy Department Logic Lab. In this lab faculty use games and puzzles, robots, and logic programs to teach logical and critical thinking and to create a community in which students can meet and get excited about logic and philosophy outside the classroom. Games encourage students to form learning communities to master the formal techniques of reasoning and to play games that develop logical skills in teams (e.g. Siamese chess or b
Conceptual Foundations of International Politics - Columbia University
Under the guidance of Professor Lisa Anderson, Conceptual Foundations of International Politics is a graduate course at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs which examines many of the central concepts, theories, and analytical tools used in contemporary social science to understand and explain international affairs.
Integrator-Based Filters - Haideh Khorramabadi, Berkeley Engineering
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Foundations of Theology: Biblical and Historical
This is an introductory course to the Bible and historical Christianity that aims to familiarize the student with the contents of the Bible and the development of the early Church. Special emphasis is placed on theological themes of perennial interest and the significance of the Bible for Christian thought and practice as well as the relationship of Christianity to Judaism.
Foundations of Entrepreneurship
The purpose of this course is to explore the many dimensions of new venture creation and growth and to foster innovation and new business formations in independent and corporate settings. This course uses and integrates many of the disciplines in the MBA curriculum. This course appeals to individuals who have a strong desire to become an entrepreneur, or work in a startup, early stage or entrepreneurial minded company that may be pursued now or later in their careers. It also is for those indivi
The evidence for endocrine disruption in humans
Water is a natural resource that is vital for human survival and health, although only a tiny fraction of the Earth's supply is available to humans and terrestrial animals. In this unit we look at threats, such as pollution, to water's capacity to support life around the world.
