News tagged with educational television

Perception: Skinny people aren't lazy but overweight people are

Research at the University of Alberta shows that when a thin person is seen laying down watching television, people assume they're resting. But when people see an overweight person relaxing, it's automatically assumed they're ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 20, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (12) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New research by law professor analyzes efficacy of the FCC's current rules

University of Miami Law Professor Lili Levi has recently authored a research paper titled "A 'Pay or Play' Experiment to Improve Children's Educational Television."

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Enhanced learning with interactive courses for TV

(PhysOrg.com) -- Providing educators with the tools to create interactive TV courses will expand their ability to reach audiences in their homes and help them learn new skills, according to European researchers.

Technology / Other

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Eclipse crosses Asia, US: Millions look skyward

From a park near Albuquerque, to the top of Japan's Mount Fuji, to the California coast the effect was dramatic: The moon nearly blotting out the sun creating a blazing "ring of fire."

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Dancing droplets rock out on space station

Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit of NASA has taught more than half a million internet viewers how microgravity affects scientific principles by using everyday objects on the International Space Station. In the latest ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stanford professors propose 'lecture-less' medical school classes

Dramatic changes are needed in medical student education, including a substantial reduction in the number of traditional lectures, according to a perspective piece to be published May 3 in the New England Journal of Medicine by two ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Should teachers and students be Facebook friends?

(AP) -- Should students and teachers ever be friends on Facebook? School districts across the country, including the nation's largest, are weighing that question as they seek to balance the risks of inappropriate ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Educated women do more paid work than in the 1970s

The time diaries of working age men and women in the UK reveal that women in the 2000s who went to college or university spent more time doing paid work and did less housework compared with similarly educated ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Space shuttle discovery to fly over Washington metro area April 17

(Phys.org) -- NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) with space shuttle Discovery mounted atop will fly approximately 1,500 feet above various parts of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area on Tuesday, April 17.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google hopes to revolutionize video chat with 'Hangout' apps

Christine Egy Rose realized she was on to something powerful. Instead of the awkward monosyllabic two-minute exchange her two-year-old son Jackson typically had over a video chat link with relatives, he spent a full 50 minutes ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Earth Institute researchers develop interactive map of NYC's energy use

Midtown Manhattan is red hot; Greenpoint a cool yellow and beige. It’s all a matter of energy: A new interactive, color-coded map created by a team at Columbia’s engineering school allows viewers to pinpoint and comp ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

YouTube campaign videos more positive than television ads

(PhysOrg.com) -- YouTube campaign videos are more positive than ads aired on television, a new University of Michigan study shows.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Internet does not make young people abandon traditional media: study

Almost all 9- to 24-year-old Swedes use the internet. Most of them do so daily, and the older they are, the more they use it. Yet, this does not mean that they have ceased using traditional media, says Professor Olle Findahl, ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1


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