Category: Lifelong Learning

Coursera / Social Psychology: WEEK 5: Conflict, Peacemaking, Intervention | “Blessed be the peacemakers”

Week 5 Reflection We need more peacemakers on the Web. I have been appalled at some of the catty personal Web postings from people that I thought I knew pretty well both in person and through their professional posts on the Web. At times there seems to be a competition for the most snark, as…

September 15, 2013
THE LATEST “APPCESSORIES” FOR SMART PHONES, TABLETS AND COMPUTERS | Senior Center today

Monday, September 9, 1:00 pm An Appcessory is an app for a smart phone or tablet that works in concert with an external hardware accessory-like a smart scale that also measures BMI & tracks to your phone. Join Andre Saunders and his team from Best Buys Mobile Department for a demo and bring your phone…

September 9, 2013
Coursera / Social Psychology: Week 4 – Group Behavior: The Good, Bad, and Ugly

Week 4 Reflection The timing of this course seems almost prescient! I know that the course was delayed from its original start date so that the interactive features could be added to the lectures. It is this interactivity that makes this course such a standout, but what really is amazing

September 8, 2013
Coursera / Social Psychology: Week 3 – Obedience, Conformity, and Deindividuation

Week 3 Reflection It was very fortuitous for me that this week’s lectures and readings coincided with my first week back at school as a tutor/mentor. It brought to mind my first year of teaching

August 31, 2013
FLASH! Seminars and OpenGrounds UVA | So much to learn, so many ways to get involved!

FLASH! Seminars One time mini-classes that bring together faculty, students, and community members in small, informal settings to explore ideas and issues outside the formal classroom. Seminars are announced a week in advance and held in locations around UVA and Charlottesville. Website OpenGrounds OpenGrounds Studio brings together students, professors, scientists, artists and community members to collaborate,…

August 28, 2013
Coursera / Social Psychology: Week 2 – Self-Presentation and Persuasion

Week 2 Reflection What a fantastic course! Each one of the lectures and readings is more fascinating than the last! For me, the most memorable topics this week were those

August 24, 2013