Category Archives: Uni Lectures (MIT, Stanford…)
Walter Lewin: modern art
Another demonstration of fantastic lecturing. Wonderful art too.
What is cyborg anthropology?
Amber Case at O’Reilly gives an overview in this fastmoving podcast. Here is her website: www.cyborganthropology.com I’m becoming a very big fan of definitions and theoretical frameworks. They might be completely wrong or completely right, works in progress, good for today and useless … Continue reading
Introduction to Einstein
Speaker works for me – starts out lighthearted and continues that way . Wonderful explanation of the development of this knowledge. By the end of this I think I understood the difference between Special and General Theories of Relativity and some of the … Continue reading
Of course our brains are changed by use of technology. Any implications?
Zimbardo’s (Stanford 2010) talk on how digital technology is affecting individual’s focus on the past, present or future. He extends from individual to group psychology based on “Geography of Time” by Robert Levine, arguing that pace of life or sense of … Continue reading
Normal life of an over-achiever .. with agenesis of the corpus callosum
The doctor seemed a bit surprised when he told my Mum, aged 64, the results of her full body scan. He said something like: “You don’t have a corpus callosum, but you don’t need one”, making it sound like long … Continue reading
Model for group work in the maths classroom
This posting on N-rich looks very interesting and practical. The video by Jo Boaler is very high level, so need to read the paper to see how to implement it in the classroom. I like her quote: “Many more students were successful … Continue reading
NY Times list of Top 10 Educational YouTube videos
Astonishing how many maths and physics lectures are in the top 10. Even more astonishing that top is philosophy. I wonder if people are watching the whole thing or just clicking to see what it’s like, watching a couple of minutes and … Continue reading
MIT Lecture: Incorporating ICT into formal education
Blended learning revisited.
MIT Lecture: Autism – What do we know? What do we need to know?
Lecture starts around 7 minute mark. He explained Autism at a level I could understand (mostly) but obviously used medical deficit model with focus on prevention and cure. Before they eradicate it, I hope they investigate how these ASD children are able learn … Continue reading
Conversations with History: Christof Koch (what biology can tell us about consciousness)
Interesting comments on: why and how to study consciousness, problem solving, scientific process, learning, multidisciplinary approach, tools and technology available for neurobiology [seem to be early days to me]. Thinks empirical methods are the only way to study consciousness, not religion. Confident structure … Continue reading
