27 Jan 2011: A World Without Islam
Graham E. Fuller is currently an adjunct professor of history at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia. Previously, he spent two decades as a CIA operations officer, including 17 years in Turkey, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Afghanistan and China. He later served as vice chairman of the National Intelligence Council at the CIA, with overall responsibility for national-level strategic forecasting. Following his government career, Fuller was a senior political scientist at the RA
Giant Flying Reptiles | 2010 Hurricane Season
How did a 40 foot pterosaur get off the ground to fly through the sky? Listen here to learn about its unique launch style. Also, find out why 2010 was such a busy hurricane, and why we did not feel many of the effects in the US.
Conversations with Michael Dukakis: The Manager, Legislators, and Public Officials
Leadership and the Public Manager
Sponsored by Northeastern University's Master of Public Administration Program (http://www.polisci.neu.edu/graduate/master_public/)
Interviewer: Marion Mason
Video Production: Nick Dantzer, MPA'12
Community and Innovation: "Where and Why is Innovation Happening?"
Margaret O'Mara is a historian of the modern United States whose work looks at the growth of the knowledge economy and the reasons creativity and innovation thrive in particular places. She is the author of Cities of Knowledge: Cold War Science and the Search for the Next Silicon Valley (Princeton, 2005), which explored how Silicon Valley came to be, why other U.S. regions did not become Silicon Valley, and what the Cold War had to do with it. Her current research includes a study of high-tech g
Une typologie des typologies des applications des TIC en éducation
This article reviews 29 typologies of ICT (information and communication
technologies) uses in education proposed since 1980 by researchers and professionals in the
field. Three typology categories are distinguished: teaching-learning centered, schoolcentered and learner-centered. The first use as classification criteria: the roles attributed to a computer, the level of learner control and the instructional strategies or phases. The second category classifies ICT uses by type of school activitie
Authors @ Google: Jeff Ansell
Jeff Ansell discusses his book "When the Headline is You: An Insider's Guide to Handling the Media" at Google Cambridge.
Shopping safely online
With busy schedules and boatloads of free shipping offers shopping online is a handy option, but hackers are hungry for consumers' sensitive data. A cyber security expert offers way to shop more safely online.
Table Ronde : Précaution, prévention et gestion des risques environnementaux
Journée Santé Environnement
Quelques risques environnementaux reconnus
ISPED, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2
Les grandes questions environnementales des débuts du XXIe siècle : pesticides, champs électromagnétiques, pollution atmosphérique…ont poussé à la création de structures régionales chargées d’assurer la gestion des risques environnementaux et d
2009 Lecture 5: Normative Structures
Fifth and final lecture in the 2009 John Locke lectures entitled Being Realistic about Reasons
SPC Fall 2010 Graduation - 9:30 a.m. Ceremony
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SPC Fall 2010 Graduation - 9:30 a.m. Ceremony
St. Petersburg College will hold two Fall commencement ceremonies at First Baptist Church of Indian Rocks on Dec. 18, 2010 beginning at 9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
About St. Petersburg College:
In 1927, St. Petersburg College (then known as St. Petersburg Junior College) became Florida's first private, non-profit, two-year school of higher learning located in downtown St. Petersburg. Full accreditation fol
SP.733 Special Topics at Edgerton Center:Developing World Prosthetics (MIT)
D-Lab World Prosthetics is a collaboration between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Jaipur Foot Organization to improve the design, manufacture, and distribution of rehabilitation devices in the developing world. The course welcomes individuals interested in physical rehabilitation to work on multidisciplinary teams of students with bioengineering, mechanical engineering, material science, and medical or pre-medical backgrounds. Students will learn about the basics of human walk
Education Quotes
A seven minute video of motivational quotes for teachers and others. Might be a good video to give you inspiration.
Digital technology in education...will it transform it?
Short video expressing some views regarding digital technologies in the education system and the lack of university instruction.
Informative Rap About Hepatitis A by Nanobugs, Inc
Clay like character with letter A on front sings a rap song giving symptoms of Hepatitis A (Running Time 1:35).
National Geographic-Mudskippers
The mudskipper is the only fish to spend most of its time on land instead of water. On land is where this fish eat, walk, and mate. Watch this video to see these amazing creatures (Running Time 1:37).
Le principe de précaution : une spécificité française?
Journée Santé Environnement
Quelques grandes questions environnementales des débuts du XXIe siècle
ISPED, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2
Alors que la majorité des pays voit dans le principe de précaution un principe de politique environnementale, la France elle, lui a donné un contenu essentiellement sanitaire. En appliquant
Les champs électro-magnétiques (video)
Journée Santé Environnement
Quelques grandes questions environnementales des débuts du XXIe siècle
ISPED, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2
Les craintes que suscitent depuis plusieurs années les champs électro-magnétiques et en particulier les risques liés aux ondes des téléphones portables, des bornes wifi ou des lignes Ã
Designed-Based Research and Technology Enhanced Learning Environments
During the past decade, design-based research has demonstrated its potential as a methodology suitable to both research and design of technology-enhanced learning environments (TELEs). In this paper, we define and identify characteristics of design-based research, describe the importance of design-based research for the development of TELEs, propose principles for implementing design-based research with TELEs, and discuss future challenges of using this methodology.
