News tagged with lecture
Vivid descriptions of faces 'don't have to go into detail'
Celebrated writers such as Charles Dickens and George Eliot described characters' faces vividly without going into detail about their features, according to a research group led at the University of Strathclyde.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 21, 2011 |
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3 Questions: Why Richard Feynman's lectures still mesmerize
In 1964, physicist Richard Feynman delivered a series of lectures titled “On the Nature of Physical Law.” Feynman delivered these seven one-hour lectures at Cornell in 1964, and the BBC taped them. ...
Apr 20, 2011 |
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A global teacher of 1,516 lessons and counting
From a tiny closet in Mountain View, Calif., Sal Khan is educating the globe for free. His 1,516 videotaped mini-lectures -- on topics ranging from simple addition to vector calculus and Napoleonic campaigns -- are transforming ...
Jun 27, 2010 |
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Rushing Too Fast to Online Learning?
(PhysOrg.com) -- A combination of fiscal constraints and improvements in technology has led to an increased reliance on online classes of all types -- many of which use Internet versions of traditional, live lectures. Now ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 25, 2010 |
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Number of free, noncredit courses on Web increasing
A stay-at-home mom in Maine. A physics teacher in an under-supplied school in Quito, Ecuador. A food-service-supply salesman in Lancaster, Pa., laid up for months with little to do after a hang-gliding accident. And two out-of-work ...
Jan 18, 2010 |
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'One keypad per child' lets schoolchildren share screen to learn math (w/ Video)
The slogan is "one laptop per child." But it will be a long time before that is true everywhere in the world. Meanwhile, a new device aims to make a situation that is common in poor areas - one computer shared ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Students need to pack flu kit for return to campus
The hot back-to-school item for college students? A thermometer. And a plan to go home or hunker down in a dorm room if the swine flu strikes.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 20, 2009 |
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U. of Missouri hopes to teach some iJournalism
(AP) -- Gadgets such as the Apple iPhone and the iPod Touch are mainstays on college campuses - largely for the devices' ability to help students escape the pressures of the classroom.
May 21, 2009 |
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On the Net: College too expensive? Try YouTube
(AP) -- It might seem counterintuitive to look for higher education alongside Avril Lavigne music videos, but the video-sharing site has become a major reservoir of college content.
Apr 09, 2009 |
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