Category Archives: technology

#scio12 Pt2: Elephant in the Room: Infrastructure and the Digital Divide

A recurring theme in the sessions I attended at #scio12, and some after hours discussions, was technological infrastructure, and the need to remember that there is a huge digital divide between the haves and the have nots.  It’s a problem … Continue reading

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National Distance Learning Week talk: Opening New Doors: Using Online Distance Ed to Attract (and keep) New Students by Mark L Parker UMUC

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WoPhy11 Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics

  Last week I was fortunate to be able to attend about half of WoPhy11.  Meeting all the fantastic undergraduate researchers in Physics was a bit intimidating, they’re all so driven and their projects, may of them self-designed, have the … Continue reading

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