Effects of an Active Learning Environment: Teaching Innovations at a Research I Institution
This is a link to a JCE paper (JCE subscription required to access pdf file) describing a study of two instructional formats - passive lecture and a student-centered collaborative learning method that demonstrates the significance of group work in problem solving for a general chemistry course. As such this paper should be of interest to faculty interested in active learning methods.
Cosmology | Lecture 5
Lecture 5 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics concentrating on Cosmology. Recorded February 16, 2009 at Stanford University. This Stanford Continuing Studies course is the fifth of a six-quarter sequence of classes exploring the essential theoretical foundations of modern physics. The topics covered in this course focus on classical mechanics. Leonard Susskind is the Felix Bloch Professor of Physics at Stanford University. (1:44:16)
You Again? Reintroducing and Introducing Species
This BioBulletin Web site takes an in-depth look at the work involved in reintroducing and introducing species. The site includes text, videos, photographs, and interviews with key scientists. What Is Being Moved and Why? outlines the three motives for relocating members of a species for release into the wild.
Japan’s Nuclear Crisis
In spite of the “sickening human and social devastation on full display” in northern Japan, moderator
Richard Samuels wonders, “Is it possible to follow the train of cause and effect into the future…imagining what happens from here on?” In this session convened just days after the March 11th earthquake and tsunami, pan
Building a Business: Taking the First Steps: Company Basics
Russell Smith, CEO of Business Boffins Ltd, presents the first lecture of the 2010/11 Building a Business lecture series.
GAMBIT Research Video Podcast Episode 14, Part 4 "First Person Victim: Using Interactive Drama and
Episode 14, Part 4 "First Person Victim: Using Interactive Drama and Tragedy to Create Awareness about The Consequences of War". This video of our March 31st, 20101 research meeting will feature our friend Henrik Schønau Fog, PhD Fellow in Mediology who will present his game First Person Victim, a project that he
developed with a team of other researchers from Aalborg University, which situates the player in the middle of a war scenario as a civillian. It's a fascinating project, so don't mis
3 Studying mammals The term mammal encompasses a huge variety of animals, including humans. But what makes a mammal a mammal? This unit explores some of the features, such as reproduction, lactation and thermoregulation methods, that mammals have in common. It is the first in a series of 10 ‘Studying mammals’ units.
3 Key skills assessment units This section gives advice and guidance to help you compile and present a portfolio of selected work. You are strongly advised to read through this section so that you have an idea of what is expected. The key skills assessment units provide an opportunity for you to integrate your development of key skills with your work or study. You may choose to concentrate on skills that you need to develop and improve for your job, for a new course, or personally to help you keep abreast of new dev
English & Linguistics: Poetry with a Pulse - Rhian Gallagher
Rhian Gallagher is a poet whose writing has been widely anthologised. She won the New Zealand Post Book Award for Poetry in 2012 for her second collection of poems, Shift. 14 February 2013
SUNY Oswego 2010 Annual Report - Developing Business
Staff from SUNY Oswego's Small Business Development Center, which shared national recognition for success in economic development, talk about what they do.
Student Produced Telethon To Benefit Community; Middle School Student
Monday, Feb. 22, 2010
Contact: Raquel Marcelo, V.P. of Marketing and Alumni Affairs, Cable 8 Productions, 509-432-4373, marceraq@wsu.edu
PULLMAN, Wash. --- Cable 8 Productions held a telethon last week to support the Cougar Vision Outreach Program. The program is designed to support higher education and to bridge the gap between WSU and the Pullman community. The telethon also raised money for a Lincoln Middle School student who recently lost his mother to cancer and whose father is also deali
Business students on a study tour of Vietnam
Students take a global learning study tour of Vietnam.
Institute of Politics: General Raymond T. Odierno: Commanding General, Joint Forces Command
General Raymond Odierno, Commander of the United States Joint Forces Command, spoke to a capacity audience about the importance of leadership in a complex environment.
Recipe
In this lesson there is a lot of conversation and is one way of creating a recipe with the class.
The First Political Parties
This is a 4:31 minute video using cartoon figures that helps to explain how and why the first political parties were formed. The arguments are well done and it provides a good way to present this often difficult topic to students. The video hints at the Federalist and Republican parties. Some silly sections though.
Learn about The Prairie Provinces of Canada
a brief overview of the resources of these provinces.
Money talks: April 4th 2011
In this week's programme - goings on at Berkshire Hathaway, the ECB tightens interest rates and the latest on exchange mergers
