Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Higher education column for TechLearning

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

A few months back, Susan McLester, Editor in Chief of Technology and Learning magazine, asked if I would write a monthly column on higher education technology issues. Always mindful of opportunities to spread the word about CASTLE, of course I said yes!

Here are my first few articles:

Professors who blog (May 15, 2007)

Our ethical obligation (August 15, 2007)

Document management tools (September 15, 2007)

RateMyProgram.com (October 15, 2007)

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

Charles bridge in prague, czech republic.

Neuropsych

An untold story of LSD psychotherapy in communist Czechoslovakia

Uncovering the story of Milan Hausner, the Sadská clinic, and LSD psychotherapy behind the Iron Curtain.

Keywords: Joyce Neighbors

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The Past

Joyce Neighbors: the hidden mathematician who sent the U.S. to space

A woman’s name would undermine the credibility of the mission. Names of former Nazis, however, were no problem.

a close up of the sun with a black background showing a solar flare.

Hard Science

Understanding just how big solar flares can get

Recasting the iconic Carrington Event as just one of many superstorms in Earth’s past, scientists reveal the potential for even more massive eruptions from the sun.

L&D strategy

How Agile learning could revolutionize training and development

Agile learning enables an organization to pivot quickly in response to changes in technology, economic conditions, market demand, and more.

Health

Predatory publishing: Favoritism and self-promotion pollute peer review

Done properly, peer review requires that journals fulfill their role as knowledge custodians, rather than being mere knowledge distributors.

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