Another one bites the dust — or not
A scare story from my youth and a tale of a broken hard-disk serve as reminder that even experts must check the basics.
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Month: August 2013
MOOC Participants vs. Regular University Students
MOOCs are not university classes. Participants demand more -- and they are not afraid to demand it. So lecturer's and university administrators: take care. But what might sound negative actually has one very big advantage ...
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Downloading Coursera Lectures (or other material)
You can quickly download all Coursera videos with a simple and free tool. Also works for the lecture material and anything else. Extremely useful app.
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Scientific Misconduct: Truth and Power (& Stupidity)
Scientific misconduct does not happen here. Really? You're in good company then ... Some comments about a typical replay to scientific misconduct. Also: A serial killer.
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Recommendation: Georgia Tech Welcome Speech
A good course should start with a bang, a good semester ... perhaps with this speech.
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Recommendation – Tim Minchin – If I Didn’t Have You
Tim Minchin is not only a great comedian-musician, he also chose this profession as his niche.
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The PhD’s New Clothes, or: Anonymous Information regarding Plagiarism
Are anonymous informants about plagiarism like informers in a totalitarian state? Or aren't they acting in the same way science operates, by looking at the evidence and coming to conclusions? Some suggestions.
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Thin Paper
On scanning very thin paper, DRM, and oh, Neil Gaiman.
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Turn your Home Art into an Exhibition Piece
I recently did the label design of a small art exhibition of a student conference. It's based on an artist statement of an Coursera course and turned out to be nicely. It might be something for your home, actually ...
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Bento/Food Box Poster
After playing around with Bento Boxes for a while I came up with this poster. Larger image and link inside the article.
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