Category: Regenerative Economy

  • MIT OpenCourseWare 21A.215 Medical Anthropology

      MIT OpenCourseWare | Anthropology | 21A.215 Medical Anthropology, Fall 2004 | Readings. Related articles Free Online Course Materials | Resource Home | MIT OpenCourseWare (anthonyvenable110.wordpress.com) Participate in the Extreme and Informal Learning Survey (saylor.org) New Year’s Resolution: MIT OpenCourseWare (ritholtz.com) Introduction to Psychology now available in MIT OpenCourseWare’s innovative OCW Scholar format (web.mit.edu) Invtitation…

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  • CSU Systems Engineering

    CSU Online Plus – Systems Engineering | Online Master’s Degree – Colorado State University. The field of systems engineering increasingly blends human factors and behavioral science with engineering technologies. Related articles CSU to take a 3-D look at cause and restoration of High Park fire (denverpost.com) CSU hopes to study drilling emissions in Garfield County…

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  • Texas Tech University Systems Engineering program

    Texas Tech University :: Distance Learning Program. The field of systems engineering increasingly blends behavioral science and human factors with hard engineering skills… Related articles Texas Tech University President Named New President at the University of Alabama (whnt.com) What’s Missing from Project Management in IT (herdingcats.typepad.com) Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBOK) (herdingcats.typepad.com) What Do…

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  • University of Michigan College of Engineering & Computer Science

    University of Michigan – Dearborn: College of Engineering & Computer Science. Related articles Does a computer science degree matter anymore? (theneteconomy.wordpress.com) The state of IT education (computerworld.co.nz) Google execs on tour (fijitimes.com) Computer Science @ Khan Academy (adafruit.com) Making Magic With Computer Science and Art (theepochtimes.com) Khan Academy Launches The Future of Computer Science Education…

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  • Online Education Beats the Classroom?

    Intriguing study by SRI for the Dept. of Education that found that over a 12-year span, 99 studies of quantitative comparisons of online and classroom performance for the same courses. The analysis for the Department of Education found that, on average, students doing some or all of the course online would rank in the 59th…

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  • Social networks make medicine human again

    ‘ An excellent article in Businessweek highlights the fact that Social networks like PatientsLikeMe let people take charge of their own care—changing the nature of drug research and the practice of medicine Related articles Deals of the Week Ponders PatientsLikeMe and Empowerment (invivoblog.blogspot.com) Merck to draw on social network for psoriasis patients (fiercebiotechit.com) Merck’s partnership…

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  • Eastern meditation inspired approach infiltrates psychology

    After decades of sometimes ineffective Western psychological methods, increasingly more psychologists are turning to anthropology and cross cultural approaches to understand the human mind. This one practices in Western Mass… Mind Power – The Boston Globe. Related articles Mind is the Cause of Confusion (shambhala.com) The Wind Never Lies (madinamerica.com) How Meditation Can Make You…

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  • Cornell University Information Science

    Cornell has a great Information science program as well… Cornell University – Information Science – Overview. Related articles Cornell NYC Begins Accepting Applications for ‘Highly Selective’ Beta Class (betabeat.com) Artificial Vision: Cornell and Stanford Researchers crack Retinal Code (pharmaceuticalintelligence.com) Cornell University to install nets on bridges in bid to prevent suicides (foxnews.com)

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  • Ph.D. in Information Science and Technology: Syracuse University iSchool

      Another good program in information science: Ph.D. in Information Science and Technology – iSchool – Syracuse University. Related articles Syracuse Hack BeerText.Us Hits Thousands of Users in 72 Hours (twilio.com) Syracuse University Men’s Soccer features Central New York trio of freshmen (cnycentral.com) Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies Offers Certificate of Advanced Study in…

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  • UC Berkeley School of Information: Birth of the iSchool

      Increasingly new information schools are cropping up with combine engineering, social science and technology studies. School of Information. Related articles Yale Braunstein, professor of information, dies at 67 (ischool.berkeley.edu) Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies Offers Certificate of Advanced Study in Data Science (digital-scholarship.org) UC Davis tops Sierra magazine’s green rankings (universityofcalifornia.edu) UC Berkeley…

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  • Mobile communications and loneliness

      An article in Boston Globe magazine charts the curious trend away from real human interaction towards entirely digitally mediated ones and notes the importance of being “un reachable” at times which is becoming increasingly difficult, and of being able to tolerate being alone. In particular the article cites research by an NYU social scientist…

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  • Wordle and the future of Data Visualization

      I’ve been testing this neat new app called Wordle which I found out about on the Many Eyes site made by Martin Wattenburg and will create visualizations of any text. I applied it to my delicious bookmarks and to my blog. It’s also been applied on Many Eyes to analyze speeches and more.  …

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  • IT Training Courses & Certifications | Business Management Courses

    IT Training Courses & Certifications | Business Management Courses. Related articles SEO Training Certification Workshops Now Include A Fresh New Agenda and Introduces Google Day Over 5000 professionals have successfully completed Jigsaw Academy’s online SAS and analytics training courses GAIN Online Site Training Courses available Do online courses spell the end for the traditional university?…

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  • OurStage: discover indie artists

    OurStage. Related articles Get Acquainted: Dice Ceno (spacedoutmagazine.com) Has Digital Delivered on its Promise? (digiday.com) Australian Pop/Rock Band, The Jefferson, Venture to the U.S. to Tour Their Powerful Melodic Debut Album “Safe Return To Earth” (prweb.com) Rapt.fm: Rap freestyle with anyone in the world (and just maybe, be the next Eminem) (venturebeat.com) AppNeta Launches Real…

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  • Abbott Looks to Consumer for Growth

    Abbott Looks to Consumer for Growth – WSJ.com. Related articles Gilead Shares Rise on Hepatitis C Treatment (minyanville.com) Hep C drugs bring high cure rates in trial (todayonline.com) Abbott’s three oral hepatitis C drugs produce high cure rates in trial (medcitynews.com) Abbot Holding Steady For Long-Term Investments (seekingalpha.com) Big Corporate Breakups In 2011 (forbes.com) Abbott…

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  • INCOSE – Directory of Systems Engineering Academic Programs

      INCOSE – Directory of Systems Engineering Academic Programs.   Related articles   Strategy Bridge Exhibits at 2011 INCOSE International Symposium (prweb.com) A Run for INCOSE President-Elect (ibm.com) UMBC Training Centers Prepares Individuals for the Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) Examination (prweb.com) Strategy Bridge International Welcomes New Senior Client Program Manager (prweb.com) New IBM Engineering…

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  • The Wikipanion Experience

      The Wikipanion Experience.   A time magazine top 10 iphone app     Related articles   8 Apps Every Writer and Blogger Should Know (mashable.com) Wikipanion – Robert Chin (itunes.apple.com) 11 Apps Optimized for Your iPhone 5 (iphone.appstorm.net) 7 Awesome Wikipedia Apps for iPad (educatorstechnology.com) The best apps, communities & tools for writers and…

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  • The social networks of happiness

    One person’s happiness goes a long way, study finds – The Boston Globe. using social networking to study the dissemination of emotional health Related articles You May Have To Choose Between A Happy Life And A Meaningful Life (businessinsider.com) An Introvert’s Guide to Happiness (everydayhealth.com) Some Things That Will Make You Happy… (ejaife.wordpress.com) Are Your…

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  • WikiMatrix – Compare them all

    WikiMatrix – Compare them all. My friend Peter Dorfman told me about this site which compares all the Wiki platforms. Related articles Wiki Research Ideas/Submission rules (meta.wikimedia.org) Make WordPress Look Like a Wiki: 5 Ways (wpjedi.com) A Comprehensive List of Educational Wikis you might Need (teacherlingo.com) User:Happy-melon/Templates (meta.wikimedia.org) Wikimedia wikis (meta.wikimedia.org) Wikimedia visual identity guidelines…

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  • Ahead of the Curve: Two Years at Harvard Business School

    Yikes. His conclusion is that MBA students at Harvard insecure overachievers and “a factory of unhappy people”. Related articles Is management a religion? (lucasolari.com) How MIT Became the Most Important University in the World (bostonmagazine.com)

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  • Oxford MBA: global business + real beer

    Degree programmes. 21 months. 51k Euros. Good beer. Related articles Media Invitation: Silicon Valley Comes to Oxford 2012 Will Examine Big Data – Hailed as the Next Technological Revolution That is Set to Transform How We do Business (prweb.com) Admissions Director Q&A: Stephan Chambers of the Saïd Business School at Oxford University (clearadmit.com) The entrepreneurs…

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  • Cornell University MBA: Liberal arts + business

    Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. Related articles CEO of Colombia’s Largest Bank to Deliver Durland Lecture on October 18 (prnewswire.com) Cornell Offers a Virtual Peak at its Upcoming New York City Tech Incubation Campus (scientificamerican.com) BioCell Technology to Highlight Widening Applications of BioCell Collagen at the International Society of Sports…

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