Naomi B. Knoble
Recently the bloggers at smaller questions took on the topic of open science. If you are not already familiar with the idea of open science, I highly recommend their post. I continue to be in awe of the momentum within the STEM fields toward disruption of the long-standing paradigm for conducting research as well as publishing [...]
The Society for Research on Adolescence biennial meeting is coming up on March 8th – 10th, 2012, in the beautiful city of Vancouver, BC [read: home of 49th Parallel Coffee, amazing restaurants, stunning international port city encrusted by snow capped mountains]. I am equally as excited about the conference as I am about being in one [...]
There is a new bill that was introduced in Congress and referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform called the Research Works Act. I strongly oppose this bill and welcome others to form opinions and take action (e.g. contact your representative in Congress). Currently, all research in the U.S. funded through public dollars [...]
Through the ABCT Couples SIG listserv, I recently learned about the LSE’s Impact of Social Sciences Project. The purpose of the project is to measure and evaluate the impact of social science research on the public. An essential part of the project is helping social scientists disseminate their work through the use of social media [...]
Stanford is offering a number of free online classes. The Model Thinking course offered in January 2012 looks fantastic, however I registered for the Game Theory class which will begin in late February 2012. What online classes look interesting to you? What do you think about open classrooms?
In preparation for a couple of upcoming projects, I am learning how to build database driven applications. I decided to spend time on learning to build a simple application after realizing that the tried-and-true option for these projects that others were recommending was wrangling multiple Excel files. At first I considered Microsoft Access, however one [...]
Is closed copyright necessary in the digital age? Larry Lessig takes on this topic in his CERN lecture, “Copyright isn’t just hurting creativity, it’s killing science.” What do you think?