Naomi B. Knoble
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?
Futurity.org is a scholarly research aggregate that provides accessible summaries of research news from universities in the US, Canada, and UK. Current news is presented by topic, tags, and readers can browse by school. While scholarly articles are not always easily understood by most readers, Futurity’s editors provide clear explanations and links to the articles [...]
The Research Information Network, a policy research group in the UK, has focused their attention on research dissemination in the digital age. Of interest: If you build it, will they come? How researchers perceive and use web 2.0 — the executive report of their findings is available at the bottom of the page in PDF. [...]
ScienceOnline 2011, the London edition, will be September 2nd & 3rd!
The National Multicultural Conference & Summit is coming up next week in Seattle, WA, from January 27 – 28, 2011. This year’s theme is captured in the title of the two keynotes: Ana Mari Cauce’s, “Is Multicultural Psychology Ascientific?” and Joseph Gone’s, “Is Psychological Science Acultural?” It is essential to explore the dynamic between culturally [...]
Another upcoming event for February is the University of Oregon’s Graduate Research Forum, which will be held on Friday, February 11th, 2011. I will be on a panel of interdisciplinary researchers discussing the challenges and rewards of conducting research with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. For more information, visit http://gradschool.uoregon.edu/?page=gradForum.