Motivation in Gamification: You have to get the motor started first 2018-04-19 | Reading time: 1 minute It's easy/easier to imagine a system that should motivate people once it's already working. However, the gap is usually to get it running in the first place.[show the article]
Things that work very well with R: short scale (or: Fishfood ;-)) 2018-04-19 | Reading time: 1 minute A short example of using R for short scale development.[show the article]
Jonathan Haidt on Institutionalized Disconfirmation in Universities 2018-03-24 | Reading time: Less than a minute A short 10 minute clip of Jonathan Haidt regarding our confirmation biases and that we need others to cancel those out.[show the article]
«What is Viewpoint Diversity?» by Heterodox Academy 2018-03-10 | Reading time: Less than a minute Heterodox Academy put a beautiful online showing the importance of viewpoint diversity.[show the article]
Assisting Students with Data Analysis 2018-02-28 | Reading time: 1 minute A few tips when it comes to students who ask for help in data analysis.[show the article]
User Centered Design — Don’t Ignore or Believe, but be the Midwife or the one who does some Artificial Insemination 2018-02-15 | Reading time: 3 minutes A few comments on the problem of developing something for a user group, and a suggestion.Image: https://www.pexels.com/photo/grayscale-photography-of-baby-holding-finger-208189/[show the article]
Making sense of the stuff you have collected during the initial stages of your PhD thesis 2017-12-04 | Reading time: 4 minutes A couple of people I know are currently in a similar stage in their PhD — they have done some studies/development/research, but they don't know what they have or where the trip is going. Some suggestions.[show the article]
MetaNook Presentation (German): Wissenschaftliches Schreiben im Studium: Oder: Wie schreibe ich das verdammte Teil bloß? 2017-11-17 | Reading time: Less than a minute A 45 minute presentation in German about scientific writing.[show the article]
Online Presentation [Broken English]: Scientific Writing 2017-10-14 | Reading time: 1 minute An online version of a presentation I did a while ago — this version is in broken English. Probably doing another take with less accent, more clarity.[show the article]
Online Presentation [German]: Wissenschaftliches Schreiben 2017-10-14 | Reading time: 1 minute An online version of a presentation I did a while ago — this one is in German.[show the article]